Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain): Circle Launches Arc Mainnet with BlackRock and Visa as Validators, Mints 10 Billion ARC Tokens
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Circle Launches Arc Mainnet with BlackRock and Visa as Validators, Mints 10 Billion ARC Tokens Circle has launched the public mainnet of Arc, an open Layer 1 blockchain for financial markets and agentic activity. More than 100 applications and 100+ institutions and ecosystem builders are live at launch. Founding validators include BlackRock, DTCC, Galaxy, ICE, Mastercard, SBI Group, Standard Chartered and Visa. Arc uses USDC for gas and offers sub-second finality. Circle also completed the genesis mint of 10 billion ARC tokens but said this does not commit it to a public token launch.