{
  "id": 7766566,
  "title": "Circle launches Arc mainnet with BlackRock and Visa among validators, mints 10 billion ARC tokens",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/circle-launches-arc-mainnet-with-blackrock-and-visa-among-validators",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-16T10:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Block",
    "slug": "the-block",
    "url": "https://www.theblock.co/news/ecosystems/2026-09-16-circle-launches-arc-mainnet-with-blackrock-and-visa-among-validators-mints-10-billion-arc-tokens-415250"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Circle confirmed it completed the genesis mint of 10 billion ARC tokens this week, although a public launch of the token remains undecided.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Cointelegraph",
        "title": "Circle launches Arc mainnet with USDC as native gas token",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/circle-launches-arc-mainnet-with-usdc-as-native-gas-token",
        "published": "2026-09-16T11:39:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Finextra",
        "title": "Circle launches Arc mainnet",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/circle-launches-arc-mainnet",
        "published": "2026-09-16T13:17:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}