Circle Arc Mainnet Launches with BlackRock, Visa Among Validators

Circle's own Layer 1 blockchain, Arc Mainnet, was announced to have launched on the 16th by ChainNews ABMedia. ABMedia reported that BlackRock ($BLK), Visa ($V), Mastercard ($MA), and DTCC are participating as founding validators for Arc. Prior to the public mainnet launch, over 100 institutions and ecosystem developers had participated in building during the private mainnet phase, according to ABMedia.