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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 directly ignited market sentiment, driving Circle's stock price to surge all the way up, with intraday jumps of over 15%, hitting a new high for the year, and becoming the most dazzling focus in the crypto world and Wall Street.

This pre-sale can be described as a "luxurious capital feast," with an lineup stronger than imaginable. Led confidently 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 were sold 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 just an ordinary public chain, but a "trump card" underlying layer tailored for the stablecoin ecosystem. It features 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, and officially enter the blockchain operating system track, building a new ecosystem driven by the "stablecoin + public chain" dual engines.

Once the news broke, Wall Street instantly boiled over! After the positive earnings report and financing news on May 11, Circle (CRCL) stock price soared straight up, with intraday gains approaching 19%, ultimately closing up 15.91%. Daily trading volume skyrocketed to $6.21B, and the year-to-date increase surged to 68%, with market capitalization hitting $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 powerhouse in crypto infrastructure," opening up a trillion-dollar growth space.

From USDC, the world's second-largest stablecoin, firmly holding its position, to the Arc blockchain with top-tier capital entering forcefully, Circle is rapidly completing a strategic leap. Industry insiders are exclaiming: "This move by Circle directly rewrites the competitive landscape of crypto infrastructure!" As the Arc mainnet is about to go live, combined with exploding global demand for compliant stablecoins, Circle’s legend is just beginning. The financial technology revolution sparked by Arc is worth the entire market holding its breath in anticipation.