Representatives (Stellars) spoke at Consensus Hong Kong conference about on-chain ownership, creator royalties, and the evolution of ARC Stellars as a driving force behind ARC.

Partners with Mira Bingin, a boutique hotel and recovery space in Uluwatu, Bali, offering Stellar members complimentary recovery day passes, discounts on room rates, and special rates for group bookings.

Listed as a hot coin in a daily crypto market overview.

Participates in the BLOCK:LOUNGE Trading Esport 2026 trading competition at Consensus Hong Kong 2026 on February 11, 2026.

Launched the Arc Builders Fund, a Circle Ventures initiative dedicating funds and mobilizing an investor network to support early-stage teams building financial applications on Arc.

Partners with LianLian Global, one of the largest payments and cross-border firms in Asia, for use cases around global treasury and settlement.

CCTP processes over 50% of all bridged traffic across major bridge providers in recent months. The Interop Labs acquisition agreement was signed with the deal expected to close in early 2026.

Circle acquires Interop Labs team, original developers of Axelar interoperability stack, to accelerate Arc and CCTP multichain infrastructure development, following Circle's acquisition of Axelar.

Bybit joins Circle Arc public beta to participate in stablecoin infrastructure development.

Arc_AO is a participant in the Permaweb Index and builds on the AO protocol, receiving support through PI.

Crossmint joins as a Day One Architect on Arc Public Testnet, providing enterprise-grade APIs including wallets, onramps, checkout, and stablecoin orchestration for Arc builders. Circle Contracts now ship on Arc Testnet.

Mainnet launch scheduled for Q1 2025, backed by Circle with support for CRCL and USDC stablecoins.

ARC partners with FailSafe, a Web3 security and compliance platform where ARC Stellars serve as CEO and Co-Founder, offering exclusive discounts on security services to ARC Stellars members.

QCAD stablecoin confirmed as a Day 1 launch currency on the platform.

Circle Gateway launches on testnet, enabling stablecoin bridging to DeFi applications.

ARC distributes Monad airdrops to its community members.

India to launch ARC stablecoin.

Collaboration with YGG Play Summit launches creator bounties campaign from November 20-25, distributing $1,200 in $YGG tokens for content promoting quests on the platform.

Gelato partners with Arc to provide Paymaster and Bundler services, enabling gasless UX and sub-second latency for developers building stablecoin applications.

Integration partnerships include Rainbow (Ethereum wallet), ZenGo (MPC wallet), Ready (smart wallet), Phantom (multi-chain wallet), and Exodus (multi-asset wallet), all currently without native tokens.

Arc Studio operates as a venue at EFDevcon with speaking events scheduled for November 19.

Price increased 3x in November while only futures trading exists on centralized exchanges.

Cathie Wood's Ark Invest buys $30 million in Circle shares ahead of potential Arc Token launch.

Circle StableFX goes live as an institutional-grade stablecoin FX engine with RFQ execution and instant onchain settlement, launching with 8 regional stablecoin partners. Partners with Hibachi, which builds an FX venue on an L1 blockchain backed by Circle, supported by Circle Ventures.

Circle explores a native token for the ARC network.

The Velo/Aero merger expansion to Arc has a Q2 2026 target date according to market discussions.

Circle completed IPO at $3.5B valuation raising $1.1B and reports Q3 revenue of $740M up 60% year-over-year. Arc mainnet scheduled for 2026 with transition to decentralized governance and community validators.

Aerodrome Finance expands to Ethereum mainnet with Circles Arc as part of their metadex3 evolution and roadmap initiatives.

Circle saw $9.6T in onchain transaction volume for Q3, up 680% year-over-year, with 100+ companies joining the Arc testnet.

Aerodrome expands from Base to Arc and ETH networks in merger with Velodrome.

The Graph announces Arc testnet availability in Subgraph Studio, allowing developers to build subgraphs for indexing blockchain data and creating performant frontends.

Circle explores launching a native token on Arc Network.

During Circle's earnings call, the company announces $ARC as a governance token, with analysts asking about token utility and value accrual.

Circle confirms exploration of a native $ARC token for the Arc network according to filing. Circle reports Q3 2025 USDC circulation at $73.7B (up 108% year-over-year) with net income at $214M (up 202%).

Circle explores launching a native token on the network according to Reuters.

Sundial's Onflow protocol confirms day-1 deployment to Arc network with launch expected in a couple of months, supporting 147 jurisdictions and enabling bank account creation for traditional finance use cases.

USYC stablecoin is now live on Arc Testnet.

Band Protocol partners with Arc Testnet to provide multi-oracle infrastructure for the stablecoin chain.

Zebec officially joins Arc Testnet, and the network is being explored by major institutions including Visa, State Street, Invesco, and Mastercard.

Mainnet launch scheduled for 2026 with dollar-based fees, sub-second finality, and enterprise privacy features, according to Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire. Provides 1-second finality.

Integrated Chainlink CCIP on testnet, part of 20 integrations across 12 chains.

Arc Public Testnet is now live.

11 projects are now posted on Arc's testnet.

Launches "ARC On Tour" (AOT), a new community initiative organizing in-person gatherings for Web3 builders and Stellars holders across different cities, with Bangkok as the first destination.

Circle created Arc as "public internet infrastructure". Partnered with Alchemy for programmable money.

Partnered with Crossmint and Sequence as Day One Architects. Crossmint provides wallets, on/offramps, orchestration tools, and crypto rails infrastructure; Sequence provides builder tools with stablecoin-native infrastructure and native CCTPv2 integration.

Maple Finance brings curated institutional yield products to Arc as part of recent integrations, with Maple Finance reporting $5B AUM and $2M revenue in October.

South Korea's KRW1 stablecoin rolls out on the Arc blockchain.

Intends for stablecoin settlement, RWA issuance, institutional DeFi, cross-border payments, and AI agent economies with USDC as currency.

x402 facilitator adds Arc chain support, enabling developers to build with x402 on Arc.

Bybit announces participation as an ecosystem partner for Arc's launch, collaborating to build on-chain financial infrastructure.

Arc Public Testnet is now live and available for public access.

South Korea's KRW1 stablecoin begins rolling out on Arc blockchain, progressing from announcement to active deployment.

Ranked as the third top competitor in the stablecoin/payments chain category, positioned after Tempo and Plasma.

Tempo identified as a competitor in the same market space as Arc, Noble, and Plasma.

South Korean Won-backed stablecoin KRW1 to launch on Arc blockchain, announced by BDACS digital assets infrastructure company.

Centrifuge, an RWA protocol with $1.3B in TVL, joins Arc's public testnet.

Public testnet goes live with Dynamic integration capability enabling setup in less than a minute and AI assisted tooling features.

MasterCard joins as institutional partner. Polymer connects Arc to its network and Circle starts testing the blockchain.

Kraken lists Arc's D1 token, BitGo provides custodial services, and Vultisig wallet adds integration support.

Over 100 committed partners including major financial institutions are backing the launch, with Alchemy providing developer infrastructure support.

Privy partners with the project to provide wallet infrastructure support for all builders from day one of the public testnet. (ID: 1983178823832338496)

Wintermute provides liquidity infrastructure and market access, GSR explores Arc infrastructure, and Maple brings institutional yield to the ecosystem.

TRM Labs joins as infrastructure participant providing blockchain intelligence solutions for the public testnet. Goldman Sachs, Kraken, and ICE are revealed as additional institutional partners.

The public testnet is now live and open to all developers and businesses for deployment and testing.

Aave, Crossmint, and Superform join as ecosystem participants. USDC serves as the gas token with mainnet launch targeted for 2026.

Arc public testnet goes live with participation from major financial institutions including BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, NYSE, Visa, Mastercard, and crypto companies like Coinbase, Kraken, Uniswap, and Aave. Over 100 institutional participants spanning traditional finance, DeFi protocols, exchanges, payment processors, and infrastructure providers join the testnet.

Arc blockchain public testnet launches with 100+ institutional partners including BlackRock, Visa, HSBC, AWS, and Anthropic. Chainlink joins as core ecosystem partner integrating CCIP, Data Feeds, Data Streams, and Automated Compliance Engine.

New lifestyle benefits and partnerships are now available for ARC Stellars holders.

Circle is building on the platform.

ARC STELLARS holders are eligible to claim tokens via the Monad Airdrop Claim Portal.

Encrypted mempool implementation planned to combat malicious MEV, aligning with major L1 blockchain solutions.

Crossmint partners with Arc to provide embedded wallets and onramp infrastructure for the new L1 blockchain.

Circle announces Arc, a new EVM-compatible Layer-1 blockchain using USDC as gas token, with public testnet launching this fall. The network focuses on enterprise-grade stablecoin payments and financial applications.