Arc's 48 Hours: What Happened, Hour by Hour?

Arc's story actually began a year ago: the public testnet went live in October 2025 and processed more than 700 million transactions in under a year. But everything the market is talking about today happened in the last 48 hours.

September 16: Circle officially launched Arc's public mainnet, and the genesis mint of 10 billion ARC tokens was completed the same day. Circle specifically stated that this mint is only a technical milestone and does not amount to a commitment to a public offering. The chain runs under network ID 5042; gas fees are paid in USDC; transaction finality is under one second and the network is EVM-compatible, so existing Solidity contracts run directly. Among the founding validators are 11 institutions including BlackRock, Visa, Mastercard and DTCC; BlackRock plans to open its BUIDL fund to on-chain subscription and redemption on Arc.

The same day: Uniswap announced its Arc integration and became the network's preferred exchange. Pools was defined as Arc's official token launch platform; tokens issued there enter pools paired with USDC and liquidity is permanently locked. At launch, more than 100 applications and more than 100 institutional participants were ready.

September 17: On-chain excitement peaked and collapsed at almost the same speed. ARGUS lost more than 40% in 12 hours, LONG over 70%, and COOL 75%. Arc's first two days showed clearly the difference between a serious infrastructure launch and a classic first-day token bubble.

In the next part we will examine exactly where capital flowed during those 48 hours.

This content is not investment advice. Always perform your own research before making financial decisions.
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