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Arc Mainnet went live on September 16 with more than 100 applications and over 100 institutional and ecosystem builders around the launch. The important question for the first 72 hours is not simply how much attention Arc receives, but whether its institutional-grade infrastructure can translate into measurable on-chain activity, liquidity and sustainable asset growth.

① USDC-native gas changes the transaction model. Arc uses USDC as its native gas token, removing the need for users to maintain a separate native asset purely for transaction fees. For payments, trading and institutional settlement, this creates a direct connection between transaction activity and a dollar-denominated asset. Arc is also targeting deterministic finality in under one second, making settlement speed one of the key metrics to monitor as real usage develops.

② The validator group gives Arc a distinctive institutional base. The initial group includes names such as BlackRock, DTCC, ICE, Mastercard, Standard Chartered, Visa and Worldpay. The relevant data point after launch is whether this institutional participation translates into actual applications, transactions, liquidity and settlement activity rather than remaining primarily an infrastructure narrative.

③ The 700M+ testnet transaction benchmark gives the mainnet a measurable starting point. Arc had already processed more than 700 million testnet transactions before launch. The next useful comparison is post-mainnet transaction growth: daily transactions, active addresses, application activity and the pace at which real liquidity moves onto the network. The first 24–72 hours should therefore be treated as a baseline rather than a final assessment.

④ Gate’s day-one integration creates an immediate market-access layer. Arc assets are available through Gate Web3, Wallet, market discovery and Trenches, while the current campaign supports 0-Gas trading. This matters because early ecosystem growth depends not only on the chain itself but also on how easily users can discover, access and trade new assets. The key numbers to watch are Arc asset volume, liquidity depth, holder growth and transaction activity after the initial launch window.

⑤ DeFi liquidity already has an important route through Uniswap. Uniswap V2, V3 and V4 are integrated on Arc, giving the network an established liquidity and trading infrastructure from the beginning. For the first 72 hours, the useful data is not simply whether tokens are listed, but whether pools build meaningful liquidity, maintain healthy trading volume and avoid extreme price instability as new participants arrive.

⑥ The ARC token distinction is critical. Circle minted 10 billion ARC tokens for network bootstrapping, but that does not represent a commitment to publicly launch an ARC token. Arc’s network fees remain denominated in USDC. This distinction matters when evaluating Arc because network adoption and speculation around a separate token are two different things and should not be mixed into the same metric.

⑦ New Arc assets need a data-first dashboard. For each newly launched asset, the useful first-72-hour record is launch price, current price, 24H volume, liquidity, market capitalization, holder count, buy/sell ratio and transaction count. The combination is more informative than a single first-day price spike. High volume with weak liquidity can indicate unstable trading conditions, while growing holders and liquidity alongside sustained volume provide a clearer picture of whether activity is broadening.

The Gate-specific opportunity is therefore to track Arc as a live ecosystem rather than judge it from launch-day excitement. Day one establishes access; the next 24–72 hours reveal whether liquidity deepens, holders expand, transactions remain active and DeFi/RWA activity begins to develop. The real benchmark for Arc is not the size of the launch headline it is whether measurable on-chain activity continues after the first wave of attention fades.
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