Circle Public Chain Arc to Issue Tokens! Launches "Micro-Payment" Technology to Embrace the AI Agent Economy

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire announced the latest blueprint in Seoul, confirming that the public blockchain Arc Network will evaluate issuing tokens to promote the PoS mechanism.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire, a stablecoin issuer, revealed the company’s latest strategic blueprint at an offline event in Seoul yesterday. This time, the focus is on Arc Network’s token issuance plans, an AI agent economy layout, and potential future collaboration opportunities with KRW stablecoins.

Arc Network, its stablecoin payment public blockchain, will issue tokens

Allaire confirmed during the event that the stablecoin payment public blockchain Arc Network, which took two years to develop, has entered the testnet phase. Defined as an economic operating system platform, it is designed for large-scale transactions in mainstream markets and features quantum resistance. Currently, Circle is actively evaluating issuing a native token for Arc Network to establish a governance mechanism, create incentive incentives, and move the system toward a proof-of-stake (PoS) mechanism.

Welcoming the AI agent economy with micro-payments of one millionth of a cent

Circle is actively upgrading its infrastructure with an AI-first approach. To meet the high-frequency and extremely small-value information and computing power transaction needs among AI agents, Circle will soon launch “Circle Nano Payments,” a technology that can significantly reduce the cost per transaction to one millionth of a cent, supporting a massive AI economy.

Stablecoins move into physical e-commerce—Stripe and Shopify expand support for USDC

Allaire emphasized that stablecoins have long gone beyond mere crypto speculation and have gone deep into corporate finance and the real economy. Global e-commerce and payment infrastructure giants Stripe and Shopify have both already built in USDC checkout options. Through these seamless integrations, multinational companies and retail merchants can complete global payments and capital allocation with extremely low costs and minimal time delay.

Looking optimistic about Korea’s prospects, actively seeking technical collaboration on KRW stablecoins

In response to the digital asset and stablecoin legislation being drafted in South Korea, Allaire expressed high expectations. Facing the potential rise of KRW stablecoins, he showed a strong willingness to cooperate, saying that Circle is very happy to provide a mature technical framework and foreign exchange (Stable FX) infrastructure to help local Korean projects gain global liquidity and jointly expand the stablecoin application ecosystem.

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• Original title: 《Circle’s public blockchain Arc Network to issue tokens! Micro-payments to welcome the AI agent economy》
• Original author: Co2