Circle Launches Arc Mainnet, Mints 10 Billion ARC Tokens

The validator list is the real signal here: BlackRock and Visa lending institutional credibility to a Circle-built chain suggests stablecoin settlement infrastructure is being treated as core market plumbing rather than a crypto-native experiment. That matters most for payment and tokenization players who compete on trust and distribution. The open question is the ARC token itself — a genesis mint of 10 billion with no public launch decided keeps the economic design unresolved, and how that supply is eventually governed or distributed will shape Arc's standing among both validators and users.