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Arc Is Live — The First Wave Is Already Explosive
ARC IS LIVE — AND THE FIRST WAVE IS ALREADY GETTING EXTREME
Circle’s Arc officially went live on September 16, and Gate supported the ecosystem from day one. What makes Arc especially interesting is that this is not simply another new blockchain chasing attention. Arc is designed around financial infrastructure, with USDC as its native gas asset, deterministic finality targeted at under one second, EVM compatibility and a strong focus on payments, trading, DeFi, FX and tokenized real-world assets. Circle says more than 100 applications and ecosystem builders were involved around launch.

And Gate’s early support makes the story even more interesting. Gate Trenches is bringing Arc assets into the trading conversation with zero-gas-fee trading, giving traders a much cleaner way to explore this brand-new ecosystem. But there is one thing that zero gas cannot remove: market risk.

The first 24 hours have already demonstrated that perfectly.

ARGUS, LONG and COOL have experienced extremely aggressive volatility. According to the September 17 figures supplied for this market discussion, ARGUS dropped more than 40% in 12 hours, LONG more than 70%, and COOL more than 75%.

Those numbers deserve serious attention.

A -40% decline means $1,000 becomes approximately $600.
A -70% decline leaves approximately $300.

A -75% decline leaves approximately $250.

And recovering from those losses requires much larger gains: after -40%, an asset needs about +66.7% to recover; after -70%, approximately +233.3%; and after -75%, a massive +300%.

This is why the first wave of Arc tokens should be viewed through liquidity and market structure, not simply green or red candles.

ARGUS is a perfect example. Market data has shown million-dollar-scale 24-hour trading activity, while its price has moved through extremely wide ranges since launch. Early reports also placed its market capitalization above $30 million during the initial explosive rally.

That kind of move shows how powerful early attention can become.

But it also shows why chasing a vertical candle can be dangerous.
If a token moves +100%, then +200%, then +500%, traders naturally start expecting another +100%. But the market does not owe anyone another rally. The same thin liquidity that accelerates the upside can accelerate the downside.

This is the most important lesson from the Arc launch.

Liquidity is not the same thing as market capitalization.

Early Arc market data reported LONG around a $7.76 million market cap with approximately $324,000 liquidity, COOL around $6 million with roughly $360,000 liquidity, and TOLLY around $5.25 million with approximately $275,000 liquidity.

Look at the difference.

LONG’s reported liquidity was only around 4.2% of its market cap.

COOL’s was roughly 6%.

TOLLY’s was around 5.2%.

That explains why relatively modest buying or selling pressure can create enormous percentage moves.

A $7 million market cap does not mean $7 million is sitting there ready to absorb sell orders.

Price is determined by the marginal buyer and seller.

When liquidity is thin, every large order can move the market much harder.

That is why +100%, +200%, +500% and even +800% moves are possible in a young ecosystem — but -40%, -50%, -70% and -75% reversals are possible too.

The next phase of Arc will therefore be much more interesting than the initial launch.

The first pump tells us that attention exists.

The correction tells us how much of that attention is sustainable.

If ARGUS falls 40% but volume remains strong and buyers return, that tells us something.

If LONG falls 70% but liquidity begins rebuilding, holders increase and trading activity remains high, that tells us something.

If COOL falls 75% but the underlying project continues attracting users and liquidity, the market may eventually reassess it.

But if price falls while volume and liquidity disappear completely, that tells us something very different.
This is why I would watch four numbers together:

Price.

24-hour volume.

Liquidity.

Market capitalization.

And then I would add holder distribution, transaction activity and actual product usage.
That is where the real Arc story will emerge.

Arc itself has a much bigger thesis than the first wave of tokens.

USDC-native gas is a particularly interesting design choice. Instead of requiring users to hold a volatile gas token simply to transact, Arc uses USDC for network fees. For financial applications, predictable stablecoin-denominated costs can make the network easier to understand and potentially more practical for payments, settlement and trading.

Circle also highlights sub-second finality and an ecosystem designed for financial-market applications.

The institutional angle adds another layer.

Arc’s launch ecosystem includes major financial and infrastructure participants, while Circle has positioned the network around stablecoin settlement, FX, DeFi, payments and tokenized assets.

That makes Arc particularly exciting because its long-term opportunity does not depend entirely on meme coins.

Meme projects can bring attention.
DeFi can bring liquidity.

RWA can bring real-world financial exposure.

Payments can bring transaction demand.

FX can bring global settlement activity.
And USDC can provide the stablecoin foundation connecting these use cases.

That is a much broader ecosystem thesis than simply looking for the next token to pump.

There is also an important distinction between Arc the network and the tokens launching on Arc.

Arc can become successful infrastructure even if individual early tokens fail.

Likewise, an individual token can rise +500% without proving that its underlying product will succeed long term.

This separation is essential.
The first wave is speculative price discovery.

The next wave should be about selection.

Which projects have real products?
Which projects maintain liquidity?
Which projects continue generating volume?
Which communities remain active after the first major correction?
Which applications attract actual users?
Which projects can survive when the initial hype becomes normal?
Those questions matter far more than simply asking which token is green today.

And this is where Gate’s early Arc support becomes especially interesting.

Gate is not only bringing attention to Arc; Gate Trenches is also creating a zero-gas-fee trading environment for Arc assets. In a market where execution friction can matter, that is a meaningful feature for traders exploring new assets.

But zero gas does not mean zero risk.

A trader can pay zero gas and still face a -40%, -70% or -75% price move.

So the advantage is lower trading friction, not guaranteed profit.

That distinction should always remain clear.

For me, the most interesting part of Arc right now is the combination of infrastructure and price discovery.

On one side, we have a serious financial-chain thesis: USDC-native gas, sub-second finality, EVM compatibility, DeFi, RWA, payments and institutional participation.

On the other side, we have an extremely speculative first wave where ARGUS, LONG, COOL and other assets are experiencing enormous percentage swings.

That creates a fascinating market laboratory.

We can watch liquidity enter.

We can watch volume rotate.

We can watch market caps expand and contract.

We can watch holders accumulate or distribute.

And we can watch which projects remain relevant after the first wave of excitement disappears.

The mathematics of these early tokens is also worth remembering.

If a token rises from $1 million to $2 million market cap, that is +100%.

From $2 million to $4 million is another +100%.

From $4 million to $8 million is another +100%.

But if an $8 million valuation falls to $4 million, that is -50%.

From $4 million to $2 million is another -50%.

The percentage journey is never symmetrical.

That is why buying after a massive rally requires a completely different risk assessment than buying before the rally.

The question is not simply:

“Has this token already pumped?”
The better question is:

“Does the current liquidity and volume justify the valuation I am paying?”
That is the mindset I want to bring to Arc.

Not every red candle is an opportunity.

Not every green candle is strength.

A -20% pullback with rising liquidity can mean something completely different from a -70% collapse with disappearing volume.

Likewise, +100% on rising liquidity and sustainable volume is different from +100% caused by a handful of thin trades.

The quality of the move matters as much as the size of the move.
And Arc has only just started giving us that data.

The first wave has already been wild.

ARGUS has demonstrated how quickly attention can translate into million-dollar-scale volume and extreme price discovery.

LONG and COOL have shown how relatively small liquidity pools can sit underneath multi-million-dollar valuations.

And the September 17 pullbacks of more than 40%, 70% and 75% show that early Arc trading is absolutely not a one-way market.

But I do not see that volatility as the whole Arc story.

The bigger story is what comes after it.
If Arc continues attracting builders, liquidity, users, DeFi protocols, RWA applications, payment solutions and financial institutions, then the ecosystem can gradually move from launch speculation toward real utility.

That is the transition I will be watching.
The first wave asks:

“What can pump?”
The next wave asks:

“What can survive?”
And eventually the market asks:
“What can actually become useful?”
That is where Arc becomes really interesting.

Gate supporting Arc from day one, combined with Gate Trenches and its zero-gas-fee trading experience, gives traders an early window into this developing ecosystem.

But the real opportunity is not simply finding the token that makes the biggest percentage move.

It is identifying the projects that can maintain strong liquidity, meaningful volume, active users and real utility after the first wave of hype fades.

Arc is only at the beginning.

The charts are moving violently.

Liquidity is still developing.

Volume is rotating rapidly.

ARGUS, LONG and COOL have already shown both the opportunity and the danger.

And Gate is already positioned inside this new ecosystem from the start.

So I am watching the entire Arc landscape: Meme, DeFi, RWA, payments, trading infrastructure and the projects building around USDC.

The first wave is exciting.

The volatility is real.

The liquidity is still young.

But the bigger Arc story may only begin after the first wave of speculation is over.

That is when we will discover which projects were simply early — and which projects were actually building something that can last.