Some systems are held together by filing cabinets, approval chains, and the occasional misplaced vacuum cleaner.
Arc is built for the next one. The Economic OS for the internet.
Programmable money. Always-on settlement. Infrastructure for the agentic economy.
Mystery fees, intermediary currencies, and value lost before settlement.
Arc fixes that with predictable fees, transparent pricing, and instant FX settlement.
Circle’s Developer Grant program backs founders using USDC, Arc, and the Circle Developer Platform to solve real-world financial access problems.
In the first 2026 cohort, 8 teams building on Arc are focused on challenges across Africa and the Global South, including payments, FX, remittances, merchant checkout, and stablecoin-native banking.
Here’s who they are and what they’re building.
@BlockradarHQ is the infrastructure layer many of these quietly depend on.
One API that can handle wallets, AML screening, gasless transactions, and multichain liquidity so teams don't have to rebuild those components themselves.
@kolan_xyz gives non-US individuals a real USD account backed by USDC.
Freelancers and remote workers in 50+ countries across the Global South can receive, hold, and spend dollars.
@myazahq is collapsing Africa's fragmented payment rails into one layer.
Send money quickly across 21 African currencies, pay bills, hold a virtual USD card, and access business payouts.
@ArrelTechnology built a plug-and-play USDC checkout for African merchants.
Accept any CCTP-supported stablecoin via a payment link, auto-sweep to your treasury, and offramp to local currency.
@payritHQ lets African users send and receive in their local currency while USDC handles settlement behind the scenes.
No FX spread, no T+3 delays, just near-instant cross-border payments that work the way people expect them to.
@ViFi_Labs is building the onchain FX exchange that emerging markets have been missing: a DEX designed specifically for stablecoin-to-stablecoin swaps in NGN, BRL, and COP with near-zero slippage.
@usesfxmoneyapp started with one corridor: African students in Turkey sending money home.
It's now a full USDC neobank with dollar accounts, free international transfers, and a card product, built for the African diaspora.
@flezpay tackles an important issue for the Global South. In volatile currency markets, static price tags go stale overnight.
The team developed AI-powered QR codes that update prices in real time, with USDC and fiat accepted at the same counter.
The full story of what these teams are building and what it tells us about where stablecoin adoption is actually happening is on the Arc blog: https://t.co/r0CON5jnuT
On Arc, asset servicing becomes programmable.
→ Conduct transfer and whitelist checks at the token level
→ Automate redemptions and distributions
→ Execute corporate actions with onchain logic
Rules can be embedded in the asset and enforced across counterparties.
Capital sits idle for days in traditional settlement. @arc delivers atomic DvP (Delivery-versus-Payment) with sub-second finality.
Treasury, collateral, prediction markets all move at internet speed.
Real-world flows are already testing it on testnet.
QoreChain on Binance Square.
Testnet ships NIST post-quantum crypto, AI-native PRISM consensus, triple-VM runtime, and 25-chain validator economics.
Mainnet moved from Q4 to Q2 2026.
Like + comment if this is what L1 should look like.
https://t.co/u0wXuAjns5
Weave Log // Threshold Breached
🥷1,000 Alpha Flowborn registered.
Afyniti uses AI to turn ecosystems into evolving stories. Every quest advances your journey, earns XP, and unlocks what comes next.
Capacity is being evaluated.
Join us🧬https://t.co/CLRRbzf0n0
WL EXPANSION // FCFS
+500 WL slots opening shortly.
The first 1,000 Flowborn are logged, verified, and noticed. GZ 🐐
We’ve been building out new AI-driven quest logic and will be rolling out fresh XP-generating ops!
The Loom is watching. 👁🥷
→ https://t.co/4XjFU8ex0L
We didn’t plan for this.
WL capacity was maxed in <14 hours.
After review, the Loom authorised a one-time expansion.
✌️+500 new WL slots are live.
That’s it for now. 🕊️
🌀 The path is made by moving.
I'm Flowborn on Afyniti - scouting the edges where reality bends.
Join me in mapping the Weave. Every initiate needs a guide.
Begin your journey: https://t.co/JqIdax8nom
🚨 Afyniti Alpha State: Activated 🚨
📇Referral Access Only
Early users are entering the first layer of our AI powered quest platform, transforming Web3 into a story driven journey.
👹Secure your early access :: https://t.co/kGFA4jfxc5
🥷Community :: https://t.co/CLRRbzf0n0
This Valentine’s @WarpGameCHAIN are spreading the love with an airdrop❤️
We’ve launched 3 brand new quests :> now live and offering the highest XP rewards we’ve ever released
🪂Complete now ↓
https://t.co/kGFA4jg51D
New quest platform @Afyniti_ has officially integrated Telos, unlocking seamless access for our ecosystem.
That means:
⚡️ Priority platform sign-up for all Tekika NFT holders
🎁 Skip the queue priority access even if WL is full
🧠 +500 XP bonus for S1 + S2 Tekika NFT holders
🔗 Full Telos-EVM integration
This Valentine’s Day, we’re rewarding commitment.
Every verified Multipass SBT (Soulbound Token) holder by Sunday, February 15 @ 23:59 UTC will receive:
214 $WRP
Because we want to share the love.
If you have a Mutipass you don’t need to do a thing! We got you!
If you don’t yet have a Multipass, you still have time.