Arc

Discovery Brief Crypto does not have a shortage of Layer 1 blockchains. That is precisely why Arc is worth examining. Circle opened Arc’

Infrastructure · Discovery Circle spent years making USDC portable across other people’s blockchains. Now it has launched a blockchain of its own.

Ecosystem Discovery · September 17, 2026 Circle’s Arc mainnet is now live. Its more consequential proposition is not simply faster settlement, but an ecosystem