When Robinhood Chain launched, shouting "compliant stocks" and "on-chain finance L2," who would have thought it sparked a renaissance of on-chain memes?
As for Arc Chain, this chain backed by crypto giant Circle, shouting "stablecoin finance," can you pre-position for it?
In fact, according to official sources, Arc opened its public mainnet on September 16, but the launchpad and memes have already started to heat up 📈
1. What is Arc?
Arc is an EVM compatible Layer 1 created by USDC issuer Circle, with a straightforward positioning: specifically for stablecoin finance. Circle's slogan is "the economic operating system of the internet".
⬇️ The editor has summarized four prominent features for you:
👉Gas: Gas is paid in USDC, with fees priced in dollars, and there's no need to hoard a high-volatility chain token to mint or trade.
👉Speed: Final confirmation in about one second, consensus engine Malachite.
👉Compatibility: EVM compatible, tools like Solidity, wallets, and Uniswap can basically be used directly.
👉Verification mechanism: Permissioned validators, not everyone can be a block producer.
What does the emergence of Arc really mean?
In the past, Circle issued dollars on other chains, but now they want to have their own dollar settlement layer. For institutions, this means predictable fees, instant settlement, and compliant entry.
Thus, Arc's funding is also quite luxurious, pre-selling 220 million dollars at around 3 billion dollars fully diluted valuation in May 2026, with a16z leading the investment, and BlackRock, Apollo, ICE and others participating.
And for retail participants, Arc itself, as a newly spotlighted chain from Wall Street, makes the meme during its pioneering phase quite attractive, after all, Robinhood has set a precedent 🤑
2. Where will Arc's hot money flow?
Opportunities can generally be divided into three layers.
🌱Pioneering Layer: Meme and Launchpad that can be traded now
The path in the first few weeks of a new chain is basically fixed: stablecoins enter → new tokens on launchpad → few leading tokens that match narratives → platform tokens.
Unlike other chains, what sets Arc apart is that creation, buying, and selling are done directly with USDC, resulting in less friction compared to "first buy the native token and then trade." However, once the public mainnet and official cross-chain are opened, these "old tokens" may be treated as leading tokens or could be switched by new capital.
🛠️Application Layer: DeFi and Trading Terminals
Currently, Fomo and edgeX have publicly committed to integration from day one. Expected list also includes Uniswap, Aerodrome, Aave, Morpho, and market makers like FalconX, GSR, Keyrock.
💎Mid to Long-term Layer: Tokenized Assets and ARC itself.
BUIDL and DTC tokenization won't truly unfold until 2027. The ARC token has a lock-up period, so it is not the main dish of the current hot money on the chain. For those optimistic about Payfi, it may be time to start detailed research.
3. Arc's Ambush Opportunities: Leading Launchpads & Memes
🚀Launchpads:
1.TOLLY (approximately 2.47 million dollars, 0xbc43ce8dec648ea298c4275559b81d6261c90b67)
Introduction: Tolly is a platform token for a launchpad + DEX. New projects don't use pooled curves; all supplies go directly into permanently locked USDC pools. Trading incurs a 1% fee: for USDC fees created from purchases, about 64% goes to creators, 12% as rewards for holders, 10% to the protocol, with the remainder used to buy back and burn TOLLY and the corresponding project tokens; all fees generated from selling project tokens are completely burned.
Logic: Betting that it will become the PONS of the Arc chain, once it grows, it captures the entire token flow from issuing on the chain.
2.WARP (approximately 870,000 dollars, 0x384c60f98ecd4c26345499345c03d677e40f115e)
Introduction: Warp is a token related to the launchpad/trading terminal. It follows a pooled curve, migrating to WarpDex and burning LP once it reaches a market cap of around 69,000 dollars. The plan is to use Circle CCTP to burn USDC from Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, and automatically buy it once minted in Arc.
Logic: Betting that it will become the cross-chain launch entry for Arc, allowing users to "implicitly cross-chain" USDC from other chains directly into the same curved pool in Arc.
🤑Memes:
http://1.COOL (approximately 2.94 million dollars, 0xeb64987643db71c76b2a2be7e723decc995e5b37)
A meme created by the community based on the mascot tracking USDC activity, a blue stablecoin character wearing sunglasses.
2.Architects (approximately 820,000 dollars, 0x8bcb94279fc2c984ec34e0c1f2192df8c69ea4f0)
Circle / Arc has repeatedly referred to community contributors as Architects, a term also used by CEO Jeremy Allaire.
3.ARCAT (approximately 710,000 dollars, 0x07704b06981ea962b87296362a1281484d160000)
One of the earlier Arc cat-themed tokens, derived from the official USDC shared "Cat Bat Hat Fat Rat" video.
4.BEANCAT (approximately 275,000 dollars, 0x41c8A71f630c636294009fa4FB0CC4c3bBE674fe)
This corresponds to the early historical avatar of the @arc account (the "Bean Cat" avatar from around 2012), with the community benchmarking against other chains' CashCat.
4. Before Betting on Arc Memes, You Need to Prepare Arc USDC
At this time, some hands-on students might ask, "How can I buy these tokens with USDC?!"
Don't worry, because what you need is Arc USDC.
Based on community organization, currently, a more straightforward method is through the OTC market Unstable:
https://unstabletrd.com. You can purchase from sellers who already hold some Arc USDC using USDC from the Ethereum mainnet, with prices set by the sellers.
However, due to high demand, Arc USDC typically exists at a premium. Arc USDC: USDC is basically at a rate of 1.8:1. Additionally, Unstable charges a 3% transaction fee, making the cost of entry into Arc rather high.
Once you obtain Arc USDC, if your wallet doesn’t automatically recognize Arc, you can manually add the network.
Name: ARC Mainnet
RPC URL: rpc.arc-scan.org
Chain ID: 5042
Symbol: USDC
If the RPC is slow, you can also try an alternate:
Conclusion, Confirm These Things Before the Next Round
What can be traded now are all private Arc mainnet assets, with no official endorsements. Public mainnet RPC, browsers, and official cross-chain parameters are confirmed by Circle; community node lag and transaction failures are quite common.
Early-stage top tokens have market caps in the millions, but the pools may only range from tens of thousands to one hundred thousand dollars, making entry and exit easy to crush.
Therefore, focusing on contracts, liquidity, quality of launchpads, and entry points are the four critical things to ensure you survive during Arc's wild period. 
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