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The crypto market is once again迎来 a super storm! The stablecoin giant Circle suddenly drops a bombshell—officially announcing the upcoming launch of the new Arc blockchain, simultaneously completing a $222 million Arc token pre-sale. This heavyweight news immediately ignited market sentiment, driving Circle’s stock price to surge, with intraday jumps of over 15%, setting a new high for the year and becoming the most dazzling focus in the crypto world and Wall Street.
This pre-sale can be called a “luxurious capital feast,” with a lineup beyond imagination. Led boldly by top venture capital firm a16z crypto with $75 million, followed by global financial giants such as BlackRock, Apollo Funds, Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE parent company), Japan’s SBI Group, Standard Chartered Ventures, and more than ten others, all rushing in to endorse. The Arc tokens are priced at $0.3 each, with a fully diluted valuation of the Arc network reaching up to $3 billion, fully confirming the market’s extreme optimism about Circle’s transformation into a blockchain infrastructure player.
The Arc blockchain is not an ordinary public chain but a “trump card underlying layer” tailored for the stablecoin ecosystem, focusing on instant transaction confirmation, ultra-low fees, and compliant institutional-grade settlement, precisely targeting the pain points of traditional public chains. As the native core asset of the Arc network, the Arc token will fully support key functions such as network governance, security maintenance, and operational incentives, helping Circle completely shed its label as a single stablecoin issuer, officially entering the blockchain operating system track, and building a new ecosystem driven by the “stablecoin + public chain” dual engines.
Once the news broke, Wall Street instantly boiled over! After the dual positive signals of the May 11 financial report and financing news, Circle (CRCL) stock price soared, with intraday gains approaching 19%, ultimately closing up 15.91%, with daily trading volume skyrocketing to $6.21B, and the year-to-date increase soaring to 68%, pushing market cap to $32.57B. Institutions like ARK Invest quickly increased their holdings, and the market unanimously believes that the launch of Arc will elevate Circle from a stablecoin leader to a “new dominant force in crypto infrastructure,” opening up a trillion-dollar growth space.
From USDC, the second-largest stablecoin globally, to Arc blockchain with top-tier capital backing, Circle is rapidly completing a strategic leap. Industry insiders say, “Circle’s move directly rewrites the competitive landscape of crypto infrastructure!” As the Arc mainnet is about to go live, combined with the explosive global demand for compliant stablecoins, Circle’s legend has just begun. The fintech revolution sparked by Arc is worth the entire market’s breath-holding anticipation.