Circle Launches Arc Mainnet With BlackRock, DTCC and Visa Producing Blocks
Circle opened the public mainnet of Arc on Wednesday, a Layer 1 blockchain where transaction fees are paid in USDC and blocks are produced by a fixed set of regulated financial institutions rather than an open validator...
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Circle launches Arc mainnet with BlackRock, Visa and other founding validators
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