[Jeremy Allaire: Arc Launch Drives Growth in cirBTC Demand, x402 Facilitator Service Goes Live Simultaneously] Circle co-founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire stated that with the launch of Arc, demand for cirBTC has increased. Circle Mint customers can natively mint and redeem cirBTC within the app, while the Circle x402 Facilitator service has also gone live on Arc, supporting related processing services on Base and Polygon PoS.