{
  "id": 7790328,
  "title": "Circle launches Arc mainnet",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/circle-launches-arc-mainnet",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-16T13:17:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Finextra",
    "slug": "finextra",
    "url": "https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48419/circle-launches-arc-mainnet"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Circle has launched the mainnet of its Arc Layer-1 blockchain network. According to Finextra, Arc is purpose-built for financial markets, real-time money movement, and agentic economic activity.\n\nThe network, as reported by Cointelegraph, uses USDC as its native gas asset and offers Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatibility and deterministic sub-second settlement finality. It supports more than 20 fiat stablecoins, including USDC, and has links to over 20 blockchains through Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) and Gateway.\n\nThe Block reports that Circle completed the genesis mint of 10 billion ARC tokens this week, although a public launch of the token remains undecided. Circle’s CEO Jeremy Allaire called Arc “the single most significant launch in Circle’s history since USDC itself.”",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Block",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-09-16T10:30:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}