Circle debuts Arc blockchain which Jeremy Allaire calls ‘more consequential’ than USDC

Circle debuts Arc blockchain which Jeremy Allaire calls ‘more consequential’ than USDC

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Circle CRCL$85.99·Market Closed launched its Arc blockchain on Wednesday, making its biggest push yet beyond issuing the $74 billion stablecoin USDC USDC$1.0003.

Competition is heating up to among the largest blockchain companies to provide the rails for moving money and financial assets onchain.

“This is, I believe, the most consequential major platform launch in our history, and I think an even more consequential launch than USDC itself,” said Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire during a press briefing.

The stablecoin market, Circle’s main business, is becoming increasingly competitive, with banks and payment firms entering the race.

A group of 21 financial institutions including Bank of America, Citi and Goldman Sachs is preparing a dollar stablecoin for the first half of 2027, while European bank consortium Qivalis is working toward a euro token.

Meanwhile, payments giant Stripe pushes deeper into crypto with Open Standard’s upcoming Open USD stablecoin and Tempo, the payments-focused blockchain it incubated with Paradigm.

Circle aims to compete beyond the stablecoin itself with Arc.

Allaire described the chain as a general-purpose “economic operating system” for payments, tokenized financial markets, lending, trading and, eventually, commerce between AI agents.

Circle’s Arc kicks off with a wide roster of heavyweight institutions that stretches well beyond crypto-native firms.

BlackRock, DTCC, Intercontinental Exchange, Mastercard, Standard Chartered and Visa are among Arc’s founding validators, while BNY, HSBC and State Street are some of the 100+ institutions and ecosystem companies live on or exploring the network.

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