What Is Arc? The Stablecoin Blockchain From USDC Issuer Circle
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Circle launches Arc mainnet with USDC as native gas token
Circle’s Arc mainnet is live with USDC for transaction fees, support for more than 20 fiat stablecoins and links to over 20 blockchains.
Circle minted an additional 250 million USDC on the Solana chain, bringing its total minting this year to approximately 66.76 billion.
PANews reported on July 8th that, according to Onchain Lens, stablecoin issuer Circle has just minted an additional $250 million worth of USDC on the Solana blockchain. Data shows that Circle has minted approximately $66.76 billion worth of USDC on Solana so far this year.
Circle issued another 250 million USDC on the Solana blockchain.
According to BlockBeats, on July 8th, based on OnchainLens monitoring, Circle issued another 250 million USDC on the Solana chain. As of now in 2026, Circle has issued a total of $65.03 billion USDC on the Solana chain.
Circle Launches Arc Mainnet With BlackRock, DTCC and Visa as Validators
The Layer 1 network’s validator set is permissioned, and Circle has minted 10 billion ARC tokens without committing to publicly launch them.
BNB Chain plans to launch a new Layer 1 blockchain, with the mainnet expected to go live in 2027.
According to Mars Finance, BNB Chain is developing a new Layer 1 blockchain for Agentic Trading and has released its first detailed architecture information after months of development. According to BNB Chain's technology roadmap for the second half of 2026, the new chain will run in parallel with the existing BNB Chain ecosystem, aiming to achieve transaction preconfirmation of less than 50 milliseconds. This aims to provide an execution experience close to that of a centralized exchange (CEX) while retaining the advantages of on-chain self-custody and transparency. In terms of technical architecture, the new chain will remove the traditional public mempool and introduce a transaction transmission mechanism called "TxStream," which directly sends transactions to block producers to reduce latency and minimize MEV extraction behaviors such as sandwich attacks.
Flutterwave receives investment from Circle Ventures to expand its USDC payment and settlement business in Africa.
According to Foresight News , African fintech company Flutterwave announced it has received investment from Circle Ventures, with the specific investment amount undisclosed. This investment aims to expand Flutterwave's USDC payment and settlement business in Africa. Flutterwave stated that stablecoins are becoming core financial infrastructure, and the company is committed to building faster and more flexible cross-border fund transfer methods to help businesses achieve cash flow. According to a previous report by Foresight News , Ripple acquired a stake in African fintech company Flutterwave in June of this year for a valuation of $3.3 billion.