Informal Systems’ Malachite Acquired by Circle to Power New Arc Blockchain Network for Stablecoin Finance
Informal Systems has announced the acquisition of its high-performance consensus engine, Malachite, by Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: CRCL) to support the launch of Arc1, a new Layer-1 blockchain network designed spe...
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