Arc coverage
Reported pieces on the names attached to Circle's Arc — what has shipped, what rests on a single press release, and where the primary source sits.
10 Sept 2026
Circle's Arc vs Tempo: two stablecoin chains, two theories of payments
Tempo went live on 18 March 2026; Arc's mainnet opens 16 September. Two stablecoin chains, two fee models, and the incumbents hedging across both.
09 Sept 2026
Is there an ARC token? What Circle has said about the Arc blockchain, and what it hasn't
Arc's gas is USDC, not a token. What Circle has published about the separate ARC governance token, what it hasn't, and which other Arcs keep colliding.
08 Sept 2026
The eleven founding validators of Circle's Arc, and what the mark actually commits them to
Circle named eleven founding validators for Arc on 5 August 2026. Who they are, why HSBC and Goldman Sachs are not among them, and what the mark means.
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