#Gate首日支持ARC公链
Gate is already on Circle’s Arc from day one — and I’ve already joined the launch and started trading.

This is one of those moments I don’t want to watch from the sidelines. A completely new ecosystem is opening up today, Gate is already connected to it, and the first wave of Arc assets is now starting to get discovered by traders.

Circle’s Arc public mainnet is officially live today, September 16, and Gate has moved in from day one with Arc support across Gate Trenches, Gate Wallet and on-chain market data. For me, that makes the launch much more interesting because I can explore the ecosystem, track what is getting attention and actually trade Arc-based assets through Gate instead of waiting for the ecosystem to become crowded.

The biggest thing that caught my attention is 0-Gas trading for Arc assets on Gate Trenches.

When a new chain launches, every little bit of friction matters. You want to discover a token, check its liquidity, study the holders, watch the transaction activity and decide whether the setup is worth trading. Gate’s Arc integration is bringing those discovery and trading functions together, while the 0-Gas Trenches experience removes an additional cost from supported Arc trading activity.

That is exactly why I decided to get involved early.

But Arc itself is what makes this launch worth watching.

Arc isn't being introduced as just another chain trying to compete for random activity. Circle built it specifically around stablecoin-native finance, with USDC as the native gas asset. That means users don't need to rely on a separate volatile token simply to pay network fees. Arc is designed around use cases such as stablecoin payments, foreign exchange, tokenized assets and financial-market applications.

And the infrastructure is designed for speed as well. Arc is targeting sub-second finality, which fits the type of financial activity Circle is trying to bring on-chain. The idea is not only to move tokens faster, but to create infrastructure that can support payments and financial applications where settlement speed actually matters.

Then there is the institutional side, and this is probably the part that makes Arc stand out most to me.

Circle announced a founding validator group that includes BlackRock, DTCC, Galaxy, Global Payments, ICE, Mastercard, MoneyGram, SBI Group, Standard Chartered, Sumitomo Corporation and Visa. Circle also said that more than 100 ecosystem and institutional builders were involved before public mainnet.

That doesn't mean every Arc project will succeed.

It doesn't mean every new Arc token is automatically a good trade.

And it definitely doesn't mean the ecosystem has already proven itself.

But it does mean the starting point is interesting.

You have a new chain focused on stablecoin finance, a major USDC infrastructure layer behind it, institutional names participating in validation, developers building financial applications, and now Gate giving traders direct access to the ecosystem from day one.

That combination is exactly what I want to explore.

My strategy here is not to blindly chase the first green candle.

I’m looking at liquidity first.

Then holder distribution.

Then deployer and contract activity.

Then volume and transaction behaviour.

And most importantly, I want to know whether a project has an actual reason to exist after the initial Arc launch excitement disappears.

Because every new ecosystem creates two kinds of opportunities.

The first is the obvious one: memes and speculation.

The second is the one I personally care about more: finding applications that can build genuine usage.

Memes will probably be one of the first areas to attract traders. That is normal. Fresh chain + fresh liquidity + new communities usually creates a strong speculative phase. I’m already watching that side of the market because it can show where retail attention is moving.

But I don't want to stop at memes.

The area I most want to see develop on Arc is USDC-focused DeFi.

If lending, swaps, liquidity markets and other DeFi applications start attracting meaningful USDC liquidity, that could become one of the most interesting parts of the ecosystem.

The second area on my radar is RWA and tokenized financial products.

Arc is being built with financial markets and tokenized assets in mind, so I want to see whether developers can turn that narrative into real applications and real on-chain activity. That is where the longer-term story becomes more interesting to me than simply chasing launch-day price movements.

And this is also why I like having Gate involved from the beginning.

Gate isn't just announcing Arc support and leaving users to figure everything out themselves. The integration covers asset discovery through Trenches, wallet access through Gate Wallet, on-chain market data and trading, creating a much easier route from discovering a new Arc project to actually researching and trading it.

I’ve already joined the Arc launch and taken trades myself.

Now I’m watching what happens next.

Which projects attract real liquidity?

Which communities keep growing after the first wave of hype?

Which DeFi protocols start getting actual users?

Which RWA applications turn the narrative into real activity?

And which tokens disappear once the launch excitement fades?

That is the real opportunity I’m looking for.

Being early doesn't mean buying everything early.

For me, being early means having enough time to watch the ecosystem form, understand where liquidity is moving, test the market, and identify the projects that are actually building something.

Arc is live.

Gate is already there.

I’ve already joined, explored and traded.

Now the first real chapter of the Arc ecosystem begins — and I’ll be watching closely for the projects that can turn this launch into something much bigger than just another new-chain narrative.

New chain. Fresh liquidity. New projects. New trading opportunities.

And with Gate’s 0-Gas Arc trading on Trenches, this is definitely an ecosystem I want to explore from the beginning.

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