Circle launches Arc mainnet with BlackRock and Visa among validators, mints 10 billion ARC tokens
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First seen16 Sept, 10:30Circle launches Arc mainnet with BlackRock and Visa among validators, mints 10 billion ARC tokens
Circle confirmed it completed the genesis mint of 10 billion ARC tokens this week, although a public launch of the token remains undecided.
The Block•James Hunt
Follow-up16 Sept, 10:30Circle Launches Arc Mainnet With BlackRock, DTCC and Visa Producing Blocks
The Layer 1 charges gas in USDC and runs proof-of-authority across a permissioned set of 11 institutions plus Circle. More than 100 applications are live at launch, with Aave, Morpho and Uniswap anchoring DeFi. Circle minted 10 billion ARC tokens this week without committing to a public launch.
The Defiant•The Defiant Team- Follow-up16 Sept, 10:30
Circle Launches Arc Mainnet With BlackRock, DTCC and Visa Producing Blocks
The Layer 1 charges gas in USDC and runs proof-of-authority across a permissioned set of 11 institutions plus Circle. More than 100 applications are live at launch, with Aave, Morpho and Uniswap anchoring DeFi. Circle minted 10 billion ARC tokens this week without committing to a public launch.
The Defiant•The Defiant Team 
Follow-up16 Sept, 11:08Circle launches Arc mainnet with BlackRock, Visa and other founding validators
Arc's launch signifies a transformative shift in financial markets, enhancing blockchain adoption with institutional trust and innovative privacy features.
CryptoBriefing•Vivian Nguyen
Latest16 Sept, 12:57Blackrock and Visa Now Validate Circle’s Arc; So Do Two XRP Ledger Partners
Circle has opened Arc’s public mainnet with 11 founding validators drawn almost entirely from traditional finance. At least two of them are also among Ripple’s closest commercial partners. The Validator List Reads Like a Bank Directory Arc’s genesis validator cohort is Blackrock, the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), Galaxy, Global Payments, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), […]
Bitcoin.com News•Shiraz Jagati