@circle is bringing @arc — their purpose-built L1 — to HackMoney with $10k in prizes.
Build crosschain finance apps, global USDC payout systems, or agentic commerce powered by real-world assets.
The Economic OS for the internet is open for builders.
Reliable markets require predictable costs, fast execution, and clear settlement.
@arcdex_official aligns with Arc’s architecture to deliver exactly that.
The @Arc DeFi Hackathon is back.
After an unreal first edition filled with late nights, serious DeFi builds, and teams shipping fast, we’re bringing it back for round two.
→ DeFi-focused hacking on Arc, the Economic OS for the internet
→ Encode Hub, London
→ 3 days · twice-overnight
→ 300 builders
→ £7400+ prize pool for best submissions
→ Feb 27 – March 1
If you missed the first one, don’t make the same mistake twice.
Apply now ↓
Predictability is a feature. Arc makes it the default.
Sub-second finality. Clock-like block cadence. Engineered reliability tested under real-world stress.
Arc is the settlement layer for the internet economy, fast, predictable, and built to last.
arcDEX aims to become a foundational market layer within the @arc ecosystem
Supporting traders, liquidity providers, and future financial applications built on Arc.
Looking ahead to 2026.
Arc is built for developers who need reliability, not guesses.
If your app depends on predictable settlement, Arc gives you:
→ Deterministic sub-second finality
→ ~500ms block times by design
→ A stack tuned with chaos-testing and load simulation
This is infrastructure that behaves the same under load as it does under breezy conditions.
Build on a chain engineered for consistency.
Circle’s 2025 Year in Review is live.
For years we have been building toward an internet financial system where value moves as easily as information. In 2025 that vision came into sharper focus.
→ Global frameworks in the US and beyond advanced, signaling a clear path for fully reserved digital currencies and onchain settlement to move into mainstream use.
→ Circle’s IPO and conditional national trust charter approval reinforced our commitment to transparency, strong governance, and rigorous risk management.
→ Growth of USDC, EURC, and USYC as programmable assets across payments, treasury, FX, and capital markets.
→ How @Arc, the Economic OS for the internet, unites programmable money and onchain innovation with real-world economic activity.
From faster remittances to programmable treasury and near-instant cross-border settlement, these shifts point to an open, more inclusive internet-native financial system.
Read Circle’s 2025 Year in Review: https://t.co/y5Ptrwz4QJ
Reliable markets require predictable costs, fast execution, and clear settlement.
@arcdex_official aligns with Arc’s architecture to deliver exactly that.
Building for global, real-time FX?
Arc’s architecture gives you what legacy systems can’t:
→ Deterministic sub-second finality
→ Stablecoin-native gas
→ Transparent, programmable infrastructure for global markets
Circle StableFX is now live on Arc Testnet, where builders can create 24/7, programmable stablecoin FX flows for trading, treasury management, payments and more.
Introducing the @Arc Builders Fund
Circle Ventures is dedicating funds and mobilizing an investor network to support early-stage teams building real-world financial apps and services on Arc, the Economic OS for the internet.
The Arc Builders Fund is designed to accelerate innovation by backing teams building projects that uniquely benefit from Arc’s design, including:
→ Onchain markets with low-latency architecture
→ RWA and private credit markets built on private, composable rails
→ Onchain FX flows with Circle StableFX and Circle Payments Network
→ Agentic commerce for autonomous systems and machine economies
→ Energy and compute protocols powered by deterministic settlement
Each investment brings Arc closer to its mission: powering the new internet economy with open, composable, enterprise-grade infrastructure.
If you’re building what’s next for the internet economy, Arc is the place to do it and the Arc Builders Fund can help you get started.
Learn more: https://t.co/FWL4yg5yOn
Note: For informational purposes only and not related to fundraising. “Arc Builders Fund” is a Circle Ventures corporate initiative; no fund or vehicle is being formed. Circle Ventures is not an investment adviser or broker-dealer. Investor Network members make independent decisions.