Internet Computer (ICP) was also an underperformer, down 2% from Monday.
According to Arbiscan, the onchain analytics platform for Arbitrum, an account labeled Robinhood Deployer issued 500 stock tokens on December 17.
That marks the largest single day deployment of stock based tokens ever recorded on the network. In total, the same deployer has now launched 1,997 stock tokens on Arbitrum, signaling a serious push toward tokenized equities.
What Stock Tokens Mean on Arbitrum
Stock tokens are blockchain based representations of traditional equities. They track the value of real world stocks while using blockchain infrastructure for settlement and transfers. Instead of relying only on traditional market hours and clearing systems, tokenized stocks can move quickly and transparently on a public network.
BREAKING: @RobinhoodApp deploys 500 new tokenized stocks on @arbitrum overnight pic.twitter.com/peO9ZEqAzF
โ ๐ต๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ (@BFreshHB) December 18, 2025
Arbitrum plays a key role here. As a leading Ethereum layer two network, it offers lower fees and faster transactions while maintaining Ethereum level security. This makes it attractive for large scale issuance. Deploying 500 stock tokens in one day shows that the infrastructure can handle volume at a pace closer to traditional finance.
According to Arbiscan, Robinhood: Deployer deployed 500 stock tokens on the Arbitrum network on December 17, marking the highest single-day deployment on record. To date, Robinhood: Deployer has deployed a total of 1,997 stock tokens on Arbitrum. https://t.co/Pi8lEnD9Ob pic.twitter.com/aLyaMQPxvN
โ Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) December 19, 2025
A simple example helps explain the impact. Imagine an investor who wants exposure to multiple U.S. stocks without waiting for market open or dealing with slow settlement times. With stock tokens on Arbitrum, those assets can be issued, transferred, and potentially traded in minutes rather than days. That speed reduces friction and unlocks new ways to manage portfolios.
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Bitget announced that its tokenized stocks platform has reached $500 million in trading volume, achieved through a partnership with Ondo Finance. This milestone highlights growing interest in tokenized equities, where traditional stocks are represented as blockchain-based assets.
$500M in trading volume reached for Bitget tokenized stocks, in partnership with @OndoFinance.
Who still thinks tokenized stocks are niche? pic.twitter.com/MLzG23t21q
โ Bitget (@bitget) December 18, 2025
By leveraging OndoFinanceโs infrastructure, Bitget enables faster settlement, lower fees, and broader access to global investors. The achievement underscores the increasing adoption of tokenized financial products and signals that platforms combining blockchain technology with familiar investment assets are gaining traction in both retail and institutional markets.
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Coinbase’s announcement of a new partnership with Kalshi to enter prediction markets was made just a day before the lawsuits were filed.
Coinbase has filed lawsuits against Illinois, Michigan, and Connecticut, while challenging state efforts to regulate prediction markets and asking federal courts to clarify who has oversight authority.
In its filings, the crypto exchange is seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, arguing that prediction markets fall under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) rather than state gaming regulators.
Who Controls Prediction Markets?
The company stated that federal law already assigns regulatory authority for these products to the CFTC, which leaves states without the power to restrict or prohibit them under gambling statutes. The lawsuits come as Coinbase prepares to enter the prediction markets space through a partnership with Kalshi, a CFTC-regulated platform, and plans to roll out event-based contract trading across the US starting in January 2026.
Coinbase warned in court filings that state intervention could cause immediate and โirreparable harmโ by blocking access to federally regulated products in certain jurisdictions. The company is responding to actions by several states that have sought to classify event contracts, particularly those linked to sports outcomes, as illegal gambling unless operators obtain state-issued betting licenses.
According to the crypto exchange, this interpretation conflicts with federal commodities law. The exchange said that Congress granted the CFTC broad authority over derivatives and commodities, with only a limited set of exclusions that do not include sporting events. As such, Coinbase added that sports-related event contracts remain subject to federal oversight.
The company has also highlighted the differences between prediction markets and traditional sportsbooks. Unlike casinos, which set odds and profit from customer losses, prediction markets function as neutral venues that match buyers and sellers without taking directional risk.
Coinbaseโs Chief Legal Officer, Paul Grewal, tweeted
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โWeโre right on the law and the facts. And we will prove it.โ
The lawsuits arrive amid growing scrutiny from state regulators as prediction markets have surged in popularity. Platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket have generated billions of dollars in trading volume over the past year and have drawn increased regulatory attention as a result.
Earlier this month, Connecticut regulators issued cease-and-desist orders against several companies offering event-based contracts, triggering legal challenges and temporary pauses on enforcement.
Prediction Markets Boom
Regulatory woes aside, the sector has also seen fresh momentum in 2025 from new product launches, reinforcing expectations of broader adoption. Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev recently predicted significant long-term growth for crypto-based prediction markets. The exec even described the sector as entering the early stages of a โprediction market supercycle.โ
Tenev said adoption and trading volumes could expand dramatically as platforms increasingly price real-world events using blockchain infrastructure.
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BitGo, a digital asset infrastructure company, announced it now offers Bitcoin Lightning Network access directly from its qualified custody platform. The move makes it one of the first companies to provide Lightning payments for institutional custody.
The service aims to give clients faster and cheaper Bitcoin transactions while keeping institutional security standards intact. It builds on BitGoโs earlier self-custody Lightning solution.
The new offering is powered through a partnership with Voltage, a Lightning Network infrastructure provider. Clients can now use Lightning without running their own nodes or managing keys. BitGo and Voltage handle infrastructure, channels, liquidity, and key management.
Through simple APIs, clients can create wallets, send payments, generate invoices, and track transactions. The platform integrates fully with BitGoโs existing wallet infrastructure, policies, and permissions.
Enterprises adopting Lightning usually face challenges like maintaining nodes, channels, liquidity, and keys. BitGo removes these hurdles. Institutions can now access Lightning with minimal setup and zero operational overhead.
BitGo, along with Ripple, Circle, Fidelity Digital Assets, and Paxos, received conditional approval from the OCC to become federally chartered national trust banks.
This shift from state to federal oversight allows them to offer nationwide fiduciary and digital asset custody services, enhancing regulatory clarity, institutional confidence, and the mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies.
Lightning Network hits an all-time high
This move comes as Bitcoinโs Lightning Network hits a new all-time high of 5,637 BTC in capacity, driven largely by institutional inflows even as broader user adoption and node growth lag.ย
Data from AMBOSS shows the surge, concentrated in November and December, surpasses the previous peak from March 2023, signaling renewed confidence among major exchanges like Binance and OKX, which have added significant BTC to Lightning channels.
ย Despite rising capacity, the networkโs number of nodes and channels remains below historical highs, highlighting a gap between capitalization and widespread use.ย
The increase coincides with ecosystem developments, including Tetherโs $8 million investment in Lightning-focused startup Speed and Lightning Labsโ release of Taproot Assets v0.7, enabling reusable addresses, auditable asset supplies, and larger, more reliable transactions.ย
These upgrades position the Lightning Network as more than a micropayment system, offering potential for higher-value transfers that leverage Bitcoinโs security, speed, and low fees while expanding real-world financial applications on the network.
โBy offering institutional access to Lightning directly from custody, we are allowing our clients to focus on innovation instead of infrastructure,โ said Mike Belshe, BitGo CEO and co-founder. โWe are combining the speed and lower transaction costs of Lightning with the trusted security of BitGo to make bitcoin practical for everyday payments.โ
Crypto analyst Dark Defender has been one of the most vocal supporters of XRP, and this stance has not changed despite the altcoinโs current price action. If anything, the analyst believes that the current downtrend actually plays into the XRP long-term target, claiming that the cryptocurrency remains inherently bullish. If the analyst is right, then it means that the XRP price could be gearing up for another major uptrend that could send it to new peaks.
XRP Price Is Only In Wave 4, Not A Bear Market
In the post that was shared on X, Dark Defender explained that the XRP cryptocurrency was not in any kind of bear market. Instead, the current downtrend is only a result of the altcoin entering Wave 4 of the Elliot Wave, leading to the decline.
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Given that Wave 4 is a historically bearish wave, it would explain why the XRP price has dropped so quickly. However, the crypto analyst explained that this wave did not just start, as it has been in play since February 2025. Hence, it would need to play out completely before the next wave can begin.
Going by this analysis, it would mean that the last and final wave of the theory is yet to play out, which is often the most bullish of all the waves. As a result, the analyst urges XRP investors not to panic as the price continues to play out according to plan. In the end, the target remains $5.85, according to Dark Defender, beating its previous all-time high of $3.8.
Price Could Be Rounding A Bottom
Another analyst also contributes that the XRP price is not in a bear market, and could, in fact, be putting in a bottom. STEPH IS CRYPTO points out that the XRP RSI is actually showing a rare bullish divergence on the daily chart, one of the few times that this has happened over the years.
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This is significant because back in 2022, a similar bullish divergence had appeared on the daily chart ,and the result was a rapid rise once the distribution was done. As the crypto analyst explains, the fact that this bullish RSI divergence has appeared on the XRP daily chart again suggests that the sellers are actually running out of steam.
While there is no set target for where the XRP price is headed, the prediction suggests that a rally could be in the works. โNothing is guaranteed โ but from a technical perspective, this is one of the strongest early reversal signals you can get,โ the analyst stated.
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Bitcoin (BTC) eroded $90,000 support into Sundayโs weekly close as predictions saw BTC price volatility next.
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Bitcoin is seen breaking its sideways trading range as volatility hits โextremeโ lows.
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Traders wait for a breakout as the weekly close approaches.
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Bear market fears spark another $50,000 BTC price bottom target.
Bitcoin breakout move โaround the cornerโ
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed flat BTC price moves over the weekend, with strong horizontal resistance in place overhead.
Repeated attempts to break higher through the week failed, but Bitcoinโs tight trading range now led to forecasts of a major move.
โExtreme low volatility setup. Means a directional move around the corner,โ trader analyst Aksel Kibar wrote in his latest post on X.ย
Kibar offered two potential scenarios for the volatility strike: a breakdown from the current bear flag formation on the daily chart, as well as a run at $95,000.
โIf this works as a bear flag, one last drop towards 73.7K-76.5K area can take place where we look for a medium-term bottom signal,โ he continued alongside an explanatory chart.
โIf BTC is saved with a breach of 94.6K, it can quickly test 100K (the lower boundary of the broadening pattern).โ
Others also saw BTC/USD at a crossroads, with new lows on the table if sellers took control.
$BTC is still hovering around the $90,000 level.
For a strong upside momentum, Bitcoin needs to reclaim the $92,000-$94,000 level.
And if BTC loses the $88,000-$89,000 level, expect a dump towards the $85,000 level. pic.twitter.com/7eINwHyJV8
โ Ted (@TedPillows) December 14, 2025
โ$90,600 and $89,800 is our range,โ trader Crypto Tony told X followers on the day.ย
โTrade the breakout only.โ
$50,000 range now โpotentialโ BTC price target
In its latest findings, onchain analytics platform CryptoQuant, meanwhile, warned that the Bitcoin bear market was already underway.
Related: Bitcoin retail inflows to Binance โcollapseโ to 400 BTC record low in 2025
A combination of downward-sloping simple moving averages (SMAs) and price trading below key trendlines formed the basis for a grim new crypto market prediction by contributor Pelin Ay.
โPrice reactions are being sold at declining moving averages, meaning these averages have turned into dynamic resistance levels. Attempts to break higher occur with low volume, showing that buyers lack strength. Selling volume on red candles is noticeably stronger than buying volume on green candles,โ she wrote in a โQuicktakeโ blog post Sunday.ย
โDuring recovery attempts, buying volume fails to confirm upside moves. In short, Bitcoin is currently in a reaction phase within a bear market. The structure remains bearish, and upward moves lack conviction.โ
While acknowledging that Ether (ETH) had staged a stronger recovery from recent long-term lows, Ay said that even here, there was little reason for optimism.
โFor now, the Bitcoin rally appears to be over,โ she concluded.ย
โA deeper bear market phase, potentially toward the $50K region, is likely before the next major upward move.โ
As Cointelegraph reported, calls for much lower BTC price support retests have been growing throughout December.
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The Depository Trust Company, the U.S. financial market infrastructure provider that clears and settles securities trades, said the SEC has given it informal approval to move ahead with a tokenization service for some assets it already holds in custody, without facing enforcement action.
The letter sets conditions for a time-limited rollout and ongoing reporting while keeping the underlying securities on DTCโs existing custody rails.
It would allow DTC to offer DTCC Tokenization Services in a controlled production environment under federal securities laws and regulations. DTC anticipates a rollout in the second half of 2026.
SEC grants conditional green light for DTCโs tokenization pilot
According to the SEC staff response dated Dec. 11, the staff would not recommend enforcement action against DTC in relation to its operation of a โPreliminary Base Versionโ of the service under Regulation Systems Compliance and Integrity (Reg SCI), Exchange Act Section 19(b) and Rule 19b-4, and Exchange Act Rules 17Ad-22(e) and 17Ad-25(i) and (j).
The staff said the position is based on the facts presented, does not state legal conclusions, and can be modified or revoked.
The structure described in DTCโs request letter and the staff response treats tokenization as an alternate way to record a participantโs โsecurity entitlement,โ rather than a change to the registered owner, nominee framework, or the legal basis that governs indirectly held securities.
The securities would remain registered in the name of Cede & Co., while a DTC participant that opts in could instruct DTC to represent its entitlement using a token held in a registered blockchain wallet.
Under the operational flow described, DTC would debit the participantโs eligible book-entry entitlement from its DTC account, credit the securities to a โDigital Omnibus Accountโ on DTCโs centralized ledger that reflects the aggregate of tokenized entitlements, then mint and deliver a token to the participantโs registered wallet.
Token transfers would be limited to registered wallets, and DTC would retain visibility into token movements.
The materials describe an off-chain tracking system, LedgerScan, that would scan underlying blockchains and create the record DTC would treat as its official books and records for tokenized entitlements, while a separate system called Factory would support minting and delivery.
A participant holding tokens could transfer them directly to the registered wallet of another participating firm without instructing DTC to process the transfer on its centralized ledger.
How DTCโs proposed tokenized securities model would operate in practice
The documents also describe a de-tokenization flow in which DTC would burn the token and return the entitlement to the participantโs standard DTC account.
| Parameter | How the Preliminary Base Version is framed in the SEC staff letter |
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| Who can participate | DTC participants on an opt-in basis, with certain participants excluded while tax withholding/reporting and Treasury International Capital reporting issues are addressed (about 11% of participants as of Oct. 31, 2025, according to DTCโs request letter). |
| Eligible โSubject Securitiesโ | Russell 1000 constituents at launch (and later additions), U.S. Treasury bills, bonds, and notes, and index ETFs such as those tracking the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100. |
| Where tokens can move | Only to registered wallets, with DTC screening registered wallets for OFAC compliance and requiring tokenization protocols that enforce distribution control and transaction reversibility (ERC 3643 is cited as an example in DTCโs request letter). |
| Risk controls at DTC | Tokenized entitlements would have no collateral value and no settlement value for Net Debit Cap or Collateral Monitor calculations, and delivery-versus-payment settlement would occur away from DTC. |
| Oversight package | Quarterly reporting to SEC staff on participating firms, tokenized shares and value, transfers, eligible securities, registered wallet counts, blockchains used or declined, outages, and any root-wallet interventions. |
| Timing and sunset | DTC described proof-of-concept work in fall 2025 using synthetic assets, limited live pilots with select participants in early 2026, a broader rollout in the second half of 2026, and a staff position that is withdrawn without further action three years after launch, with DTC providing written notice at launch. |
For readers who have seen DTCC referenced in recent ETF coverage, where DTCC system entries are often misread as a regulatory green light, the staff letter addresses a different question. Those earlier reports have emphasized that DTCC is post-trade infrastructure and that operational listings are not the approvals gate.
Here, the regulator is addressing whether DTC can operate a tokenization layer around assets it already holds, under specified limits on scope, transferability, and risk use.
The documents outline guardrails that narrow the initial scope and provide SEC staff with telemetry. DTC stated it would not assign tokenized entitlements collateral value or settlement value for key internal controls, which keeps the program separate from DTCโs default management and end-of-day settlement mechanics.
Eligibility is limited to highly liquid securities, and tokens can move only between allowlisted wallets tied to participants.
DTC also represented that it would publish objective technology standards, maintain the ability to address defined reversal conditions, and provide quarterly reporting that includes the names of blockchains used, as well as the blockchains it declines to approve and the rationale for those decisions.
SEC signals cautious path toward market digitization
DTCC positioned the no-action letter as part of a longer arc toward digitized market infrastructure.
DTCC CEO Frank La Salla said tokenization can enable collateral mobility, new trading modalities, 24/7 access, and programmable assets, and he thanked the SEC for allowing the firm to proceed under specified limits.
DTCโs request letter describes the depository as a registered clearing agency and a systemically important financial market utility, and it says DTC custodies more than $100 trillion in securities and processes hundreds of millions of transactions each year.
The staff response is conditioned on the facts presented and expresses only the staff position on enforcement action, not legal conclusions. It also says the position can be modified or revoked and does not address other laws or self-regulatory organization rules that may apply.
DTCโs request letter outlines potential work after the preliminary phase, including expanding eligible securities, allowing tokenized entitlements to carry collateral or settlement value, and exploring corporate action distribution options that could include stablecoins or tokenized deposits.
Any expansion would be subject to further engagement with SEC staff before moving beyond the preliminary parameters.
The timing places the letter alongside broader U.S. tokenization discussions that have referenced estimates around $68 trillion for tokenized markets, while this staff action focuses on a constrained deployment and quarterly reporting. DTC said it expects to begin rolling out the service in the second half of 2026.
Elon Musk effectively confirmed SpaceX will soon go public while saying he would not participate in the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) again โ a dual signal of his pivot back to business after a turbulent political chapter.
The remarks came within hours of each other on Tuesday, as Musk endorsed a journalistโs IPO analysis on X and opened up about his government experience in a podcast interview.
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When space journalist Eric Berger posted his analysis titled โHereโs why I think SpaceX is going public soon,โ Musk replied: โAs usual, Eric is accurate.โ Berger is widely regarded as the most reliable reporter covering SpaceX.
Berger, senior space editor at Ars Technica, is widely regarded as the most reliable reporter covering SpaceX. His analysis, backed by Muskโs endorsement, signals a major shift. SpaceX has historically stayed private to avoid quarterly earnings pressures while pursuing long-term projects such as Starship development and Mars exploration.
According to a Bloomberg report, SpaceX is targeting a valuation of approximately $1.5 trillion and aims to raise significantly more than $30 billion. This surpasses Saudi Aramcoโs $29 billion 2019 IPO as the largest in history.
The company is pursuing a listing as soon as mid-to-late 2026, though the timeline could slip into 2027 depending on market conditions. In its current secondary offering, SpaceX has set a per-share price of around $420, putting its valuation above $800 billion.
Starlinkโs explosive growth fuels the IPO. SpaceX expects to generate about $15 billion in revenue in 2025, rising to $22-24 billion in 2026. The majority of that revenue comes from its satellite internet service. The company plans to use IPO proceeds to develop space-based data centers and purchase AI chips to run them.
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Private company shares are typically restricted to accredited investors and venture capital funds, leaving ordinary investors on the sidelines. This scarcity has fueled demand for alternative access routes, including tokenization.
In June, Robinhood made headlines by offering tokenized SpaceX shares to European users through its EU crypto app. The platform allocated $500,000 worth of SpaceX tokens as part of a promotional giveaway, alongside $1 million in OpenAI tokens. The tokens trade on Arbitrum, an Ethereum layer-2 network.
โThey Wouldnโt Have Been Burning the Carsโ
Meanwhile, in a podcast interview released Tuesday with former DOGE spokeswoman Katie Miller โ wife of President Trumpโs deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller โ Musk was asked if he would do DOGE again.
โNo, I donโt think so,โ he replied. โI think instead of doing DOGE, I wouldโve basically worked on my companies, essentially. And they wouldnโt have been burning the cars.โ
The comment referenced vandalism incidents reported at Tesla dealerships and charging stations while Musk was at the helm of DOGE. Working out of a small bureau in the executive office building, Musk led DOGE for several months after Trump returned to office, taking a hatchet to the US federal workforce and agencies.
Musk described his government stint as only โa little bit successfulโ and โsomewhat successful,โ a notably modest assessment. โWe stopped a lot of funding that really just made no sense, that was entirely wasteful,โ he said.
The actual savings from DOGE have been hard to quantify. While the DOGE website currently posts cuts of $214 billion, independent observers insist the figures fall short of actual savings.
Musk broke spectacularly with Trump in June over the White Houseโs flagship tax and spending bill, which he called โutterly insane and destructive.โ
A key Zcash developer has published the first detailed blueprint for a dynamic fee market, opening a community discussion about how the decade-old network should price transactions as ZECโs price, user activity and institutional interest climb.
The Monday proposal, released by Shielded Labs, lays out a shift away from Zcashโs historically static fee model โ originally 10,000 โzatoshi,โ later cut to 1,000 โ which worked during low demand but eventually contributed to โsandblastingโ spam episodes that clogged wallets and congested the chain.
An earlier ZIP-317 proposalโs move to action-based accounting fixed the abuse vector, but retained predictable, low fees that donโt adjust to usage.
Action-based accounting treated every Zcash transaction component โ such as spends, outputs, JoinSplits, Orchard actions โ as a single uniform โaction,โ letting fees scale with activity rather than byte size.
Developers say that with ZECโs recent resurgence, new retail onboarding and the emergence of Zcash digital-asset treasuries, the status quo is becoming less tenable.
It said some users have started to report rising transaction costs in ZEC terms, and edge-case scenarios โ like large sets of tiny user transactions costing double-digit ZEC to shield โ show how fee rigidity breaks down when token prices climb.
The proposed mechanism introduces a simple, stateless dynamic fee design built around โcomparables,โ or the median fee per action observed over the prior 50 blocks, padded with synthetic transactions to simulate always-on congestion.
The median becomes the standard fee, bucketed into powers of ten to reduce linkability and avoid leaking user information. Under stress, a temporary priority lane opens at 10ร the standard fee, giving users a way to compete for block space without redesigning the protocol.
The system is designed to roll out in phases. First is off-chain for monitoring, then as wallet policy, and only later โ if approved โ as a simple consensus change with expiry-height limits and power-of-ten fee rules.
That avoids the complexity and fork risk of EIP-1559-style mechanisms while keeping Zcashโs privacy constraints intact.
Other ideas floated include using mining difficulty as a long-term heuristic for USD-denominated fees to tune prices based on mempool pressure.
ZEC traded around $395 on Tuesday, up more than 12% in 24 hours as traders digested the first concrete roadmap for fee reform since ZIP-317.
Circle has made a big move for developers. Its Circle Contracts platform now works on Arc Testnet. Builders can deploy, manage, and monitor smart contracts with enterprise-level tools. The system is designed to make smart contracts simple and fast.
Developers can use ready-made, security-audited templates to tokenize assets in minutes. They can create ERC-20, ERC-721, and ERC-1155 tokens for lending, trading, rewards, and payments. A single console handles the full lifecycle of contracts. Users can monitor key events and get notifications through webhooks. Circle Contracts on Arc Testnet is free, giving developers room to experiment without extra costs.
Circle Contracts now supports Arc Testnet!
Arc developers can now deploy, manage, and monitor smart contracts with enterprise-grade tooling. Smart contracts made effortless.
โ Security-audited templates to tokenize assets in minutes
โ Spin up ERC-20, ERC-721, and ERC-1155 forโฆ pic.twitter.com/vV0AoTXpc4โ Arc (@arc) December 2, 2025
Circle Wallets and Expanded Access
Alongside smart contracts, Circle Wallets is now live on Arc Testnet. Builders can access a full range of wallet infrastructure that is flexible, embeddable, secure, and multichain. This allows faster development without running custom infrastructure or learning complex coding languages like Solidity.
Circle Gateway is live on Arc Testnet, unlocking instant crosschain USDC liquidity for all builders.
โ Create unified USDC balances
โ Deliver on-demand crosschain liquidity
โ Plug-and-play access to any supported chain pic.twitter.com/EStBFdteAAโ Arc (@arc) November 24, 2025
Circle has been expanding quickly. Recent moves include partnerships and integrations such as:
- Circle and OpenMind teaming up for AI payments, helping machines interact securely with digital currency.
- USDC and developer tools launching on Monad Blockchain, enabling smooth cross-chain transactions for DeFi.
- xReserve for interoperable USDC stablecoins, letting teams deploy tokens across networks without third-party bridges.
- ClearBank partnership to expand access to Circle-backed digital currencies in Europe.
Introducing Circle xReserve, a new interoperability infrastructure for blockchain teams to launch USDC-backed stablecoins.
Built to expand the USDC ecosystem, xReserve enables developers and users to transfer value seamlessly between USDC and USDC-backed stablecoins acrossโฆ pic.twitter.com/lXKWSibwZT
โ Circle (@circle) November 18, 2025
These expansions highlight Circleโs focus on developer-friendly tools, enterprise-ready services, and broader USDC adoption.
Why This Matters
Circleโs growth in tools and infrastructure signals stronger support for developers building blockchain applications. With easy smart contract deployment, secure wallets, and global partnerships, the company is pushing adoption of USDC and other digital assets. Developers now have faster, safer, and more flexible ways to create and manage digital contracts.
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