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[CARBZ @CarbzXBT]

The future of finance is stable coin and right now Nigeria is the leading country in stable holdings greatly influenced by savings and moving money across borders and this is the exact future we have been dreaming of achieving with stablecoins across the globe

On this note, looking at the reason behind stable adoption in Nigeria and how @arc is structured, I believe in USDC becoming the top stablecoin token across the country in the nearest future. Arc is Circle's own Layer 1, purpose built around USDC, and it changes what holding and moving the dollar actually feels like

Why USDC on Arc fits what Nigeria actually needs:

Gas abstraction: on Arc, you pay fees in USDC itself. You do not need a separate volatile token sitting in your wallet just to move your money. For someone in Nigeria, sending fifty dollars home would mean no extra step, no second asset to manage, and no value lost trying to keep a gas balance topped up

Sub-second finality: Arc settles transactions in under a second with deterministic finality. A remittance lands while the person is still on the phone, not minutes later. At the scale of everyday payments and salary transfers

Predictable and negligible fees: fees on Arc are stable and tiny, and they are denominated in dollars rather than swinging with a volatile gas token. For a market built on small frequent transfers, knowing exactly what a payment will cost before you send it is what makes it usable

Trust, rules, and reach: USDC is Circle's stablecoin, fully reserved in cash and short-term US treasuries, with regular public attestations; it was built for the regulatory world that is now arriving, which makes it the dollar local fintechs can build on without fear; and it is already showing up inside mainstream apps people use, so access does not require understanding crypto

People hold what they can spend and cash out easily, Arc Network gives USDC that advantage so soon the dominance will roll into reality

[Chief Liquidity Provider @cryptochieftop]

@jerallaire Alert!

You urgently require Doraemon’s Anywhere Door to yeet yourself to Japan ASAP — no layovers, no excuses!

[CoinPost（仮想通貨メディア） @coin_post]

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[Jeff @cfm_sol]

Having written and read so many articles about ethereum:0xf280b16ef293d8e534e370794ef26bf312694126 , to be honest, I feel that we may not have truly understood the underlying logic of this token

The fundamental reason it can hover around a 100M market cap is that it has become the latest representative of "consensus" in the crypto industry

People in the crypto space are particularly stubborn, smart, a bit crazy, and dreamers. This almost perfectly overlaps with SpaceX's culture and Elon's own style

Once the collective decides to will something into reality, they will do whatever it takes to make it happen. Historically, every time a bear market makes people think "crypto is dead," a symbolic token like this emerges, becoming the industry's emblem, bringing everyone back together, and awakening the spirit of dreaming. This time, that role is ASTEROID. It is not rational investment. It is a product of emotion + belief + collective frenzy

We need to respect and join this force of "consensus," and take action to turn this "belief" into reality

[Gab @GabGrowth]

$CRCL

Just listened to Jeremy Allaire's (CEO of $CRCL) pitch 2 weeks ago in Seoul, here are my key takeaways:

(As a reminder, my deep dive will be out in a few days)

1. Circle is more than USDC now

Circle’s core remains USDC, but Allaire highlighted a broader stack: USDC, EURC, USYC, Circle Mint, CCTP, wallets, interoperability infrastructure, CPN, Stable FX, and Arc. He wants investors and partners to see Circle as a full-stack financial infrastructure company, not just a stablecoin issuer.

2. Arc is Circle’s biggest platform bet since USDC

Arc is described as an “economic operating system” built for mainstream financial activity. It is meant to support stablecoins, financial contracts, real-world economic activity, privacy, post-quantum capabilities, finality, and institutional-grade assurances. He also said Circle is exploring an Arc token for governance, incentives, and economic alignment.

3. AI agents are a major part of the thesis

Allaire believes a huge share of future economic activity will be conducted by AI agents. Circle is building AI-native wallets, payment rails, nano-payments, MCP servers, and standards such as X402 so agents can transact with each other. The idea is that AI-to-AI transactions may become high-volume and low-value, requiring instant, cheap, programmable payments.

4. CPN is gaining early traction

Allaire said Circle Payments Network has more than 55 financial institutions on the network, over 70 more going through eligibility, and 500+ institutions in the pipeline. Annualised transaction volume reached around $6 billion, up 70% quarter-on-quarter.

5. Regulation is the unlock

A big theme was that stablecoins move from trading collateral to mainstream payments and treasury infrastructure once laws define them as legal, regulated forms of electronic money. He pointed to the US Genius Act as an example of regulation that makes financial institutions, fintechs, households, and businesses more comfortable using stablecoins.

6. Real-world use cases are already expanding

He pushed back against the idea that stablecoins are only for trading. He cited cross-border payments, treasury, remittance, payroll, stablecoin-linked cards, Shopify, Stripe, Deel, Gusto, and global merchant payments as examples of stablecoins moving into real-world financial workflows.

7. Circle wants to partner with local stablecoin issuers

On Korean won stablecoins, Circle’s stance is collaborative. Circle wants to support local issuers with technology, liquidity, distribution, payments infrastructure, and FX infrastructure.

Personal Thoughts:

Circle is trying hard to convince the market that it is not just "USDC + Interest Income", which by all definitions and financials, it currently is.

I think what Allaire is essentially trying to build with $CRCL is really becoming the operating system layer for internet-native money. That is a very ambitious but surely rewarding role.

What I would watch for $CRCL, is that USDC distribution continues growing, regardless of what the crypto market does. This would prove it is becoming a payment/treasury asset, not just a crypto-trading asset.

Regulation is definitely the biggest unlock, no disagreements here. After regulation, banks, fintechs, payment processors, payroll companies, and corporates can actually integrate them (which they are doing now). If stablecoins become recognised payment instruments, Circle’s TAM expands massively. If stablecoins remain mostly crypto-native instruments, Circle is still a good business, but probably not worth a very aggressive multiple.

CPN is growing fast but is still tiny compared with global payments volumes. $6 billion annualised volume is not yet financially meaningful for a company already generating billions in revenue and reserve income. It is more of an option than a core earnings driver today.

It seems Allaire is betting heavily on Arc. He describes Arc as an “economic operating system” for money, contracts, financial agreements, governance, and AI-native economic activity. Circle is also exploring an Arc token for governance, incentives, economic alignment, and eventually proof-of-stake.

This is a hugely ambitious project. If it works, Arc could be extremely valuable because Circle would move from issuing money to owning/operating the infrastructure where that money moves. However, I would personally not underwrite much value to Arc yet. Launching another L1 is easy, many have done so. But getting developers, liquidity, institutions, stablecoin issuers, applications, and real economic activity onto it is hard. There is a reason that over a decade into ERC launch, $ETH and $SOL remain the only 2 consequential players.

I also have a concern about Arc that I don't see many talking about. $CRCL's greatest strength today is its market neutrality, but Arc may create strategic tension. If Circle launches its own chain and token, will neutral blockchain ecosystems still treat Circle as a neutral stablecoin issuer? Maybe yes, because USDC is too important today. But it is a risk.

Curious to hear any questions or thoughts you might have down below!

[Chief Liquidity Provider @cryptochieftop]

Market's colder than a polar bear's balls right now.

We need @elonmusk to swoop in and get everyone back on the same damn rocket ship

$DOGE $ASTEROID

[Chief Liquidity Provider @cryptochieftop]

Elon Musk's mainnet boasts an army of true believers and massive whales

obviously the one true fundamental distinction from Solana and BSC mainnets

$ASTEROID

[Chief Liquidity Provider @cryptochieftop]

$230M gone at @DriftProtocol, but sure, let’s all yell at @circle for not playing ‘Global Financial Police.’

Apparently, Drift’s own security failures are invisible as long as there’s a bigger target to tweet at.

Absolute peak crypto logic.

[Chief Liquidity Provider @cryptochieftop]

@AirdropOasis The time when Trump just stepped down

mfk

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@Rocky_Bitcoin 他回购的使用自己的usd1 细思极恐

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@lufeieth 感觉在币圈玩过meme 后，格局变的海阔天空，正好适合持币crcl

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@lufeieth 驾驶感 人车合一的感觉

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@woodycryptow @gmgnai @haze0x @MinanananaY Rog！

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@Gold_Cryptoz lol

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@leechan1688 生日快乐豪哥🎂赞赞

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@chunibro Bro, you still holding it?

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@UniverseGuild @MaplestoryU 别充钱 直接白嫖才是真

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@Michael_Liu93 博德之门3

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@Li11911911 我看到这个消息刚好快24小时。。

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@chunibro No my bro

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@leechan1688 恭喜豪哥🫡