Circle Announces Arc Founding Validator Lineup, Public Mainnet to Launch on September 16
TechFlow news, August 5, Circle announced the lineup of founding validators for its open blockchain network Arc, and confirmed that the public mainnet will go live on September 16, 2026. Currently, Arc has onboarded over 100 ecosystem and institutional builders on the private mainnet.
The first batch of founding validators includes BlackRock, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, Galaxy, Worldpay, Intercontinental Exchange, Mastercard, MoneyGram, SBI Group, Standard Chartered, Sumitomo Corporation and Visa. Circle stated that Arc is positioned to serve the global financial market, real-time capital flow, and on-chain financial applications, emphasizing both openness, composability, and institutional-grade compliance and security standards.
In addition, BlackRock is expected to deploy its BUIDL Fund on Arc; Circle is also collaborating with The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, planning to support the tokenization of assets custodied by The Depository Trust Company on Arc starting from the second half of 2027.
