お知らせ • Oct 28
Circle Internet Group, Inc. Launches Arc Public Testnet
Circle Internet Group, Inc. announced the launch of the public testnet for Arc, an open Layer-1 blockchain network designed to meet the needs of developers and companies bringing more economic activity onchain. The launch arrives with broad-based engagement and collaboration from more than one hundred companies across the financial and economic system, deep infrastructure support, and global participation. Arc is now available for developers and enterprises to deploy, test and build on what Circle describes as the new Economic Operating System ("OS") for the internet. Arc represents a major step forward in building open, programmable financial infrastructure for the global economy. Featuring predictable dollar-based fees, sub-second transaction finality, opt-in configurable privacy, and direct integration with Circle's full-stack platform, Arc enables a wide range of use cases across lending, capital markets, foreign exchange (FX), and global payments. The Arc Ecosystem Is Growing Capital Markets: At the very foundation of economic system are markets for capital--including equity, fixed income and derivatives, and the crucial clearing and custody infrastructure that power them. Upgrading the financial system onto a new economic operating system paves the way for significant improvements in efficiency, innovation, and reach. Leading capital markets firms engaging with Arc include: Apollo (APO:NYSE), BNY (BK:NYSE), Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (ICE:NYSE), State Street (STT:NYSE). Banks, Asset Managers, and Insurers Retail and institutional banks, as well as asset managers and insurers, are crucial purveyors of capital, credit, investing, payments, and treasury infrastructure worldwide. Opportunities in payments, lending, asset issuance, and capital markets are rapidly expanding onchain. Leading banks and asset managers engaging with Arc include: Absa (ABG:JSE), Bank Frick, BlackRock Inc. (BLK:NYSE), BTG Pactual (BPAC11:B3), Clearbank, Commerzbank (CBK:FWB), Deutsche Bank (DB:NYSE), Emirates NBD (EMIRATESNBD:DFM), First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB:ADX), FirstRand Bank (FSR:JSE), Fiserv (FI:NYSE), Goldman Sachs (GS:NYSE), HSBC (HSBA:LSE), Invesco (IVZ:NYSE), Kyobo Life, SBI Holdings (8473:TSE), Societe Generale (GLE:EPA), Standard Chartered (STAN:LSE), WisdomTree (WT:NYSE). Tokenized Fund Issuers: WTGXX and CRDT by WisdomTree (WT:NYSE) provide access to yield-bearing tokenized investment funds. Custodians:BitGo, Copper, Taurus, Zodia Custody provide digital asset storage for institutions. The Path to Distributed Governance: The launch of Arc's public testnet marks the beginning of a network designed to evolve into a distributed, community-driven system. While Circle is stewarding the initial development and operation of Arc, the long-term vision is for the network to be operated and governed by a broad, globally distributed set of participants -- including financial institutions, technology platforms, infrastructure providers, and protocol developers building on Arc who contribute to its growth and integrity. This progression will include expanding validator participation, establishing transparent and verifiable governance frameworks, and enabling community involvement in network evolution. The goal for Arc is to become the shared, neutral layer of economic infrastructure for the internet -- open, cryptographically accountable, and collect digital asset storage for institutions.