Arc goes live Sep 16. Circle's USDC-native L1: gas paid in USDC, $222M raised from a16z, BlackRock, Apollo, ICE, ARK, hundreds of millions of testnet transactions already through.

Two things decide if a chain lives: where you trade, and how money moves. Here is the full DEX and payments map of Arc before mainnet.

Native DEXs

Tower Exchange: stablecoin DEX aggregator, Arc's first Builder Spotlight

Synthra Finance: concentrated-liquidity spot plus USDC perps

Hibachi: ZK-verified FX and perps venue, backed by Dragonfly

XyloNet: StableSwap, bridge and vaults, featured on Arc's blog

Achswap: multi-version DEX with bridge and aggregator

Lunya: AMM plus bonding-curve launchpad

Radar DEX: token scanner and v3 launcher

ViFi Labs: on-chain FX for emerging-market currencies

Major DEXs

Uniswap: v4 at mainnet

Aerodrome: ve(3,3) venue by Dromos Labs

Curve: stablecoin-optimized AMM

Fluid: Instadapp's unified DEX and lending hub

Payments, Circle grant cohort

Blockradar: stablecoin wallet infrastructure, $950M processed

Myaza: pan-African neobank, 21 currencies

Payrit: cross-border USDC wallet

Avenia: Brazil's PIX to USDC rail, $1B+ moved

Payments majors

Rain: stablecoin card settlement

Thunes: cross-border network across 130+ countries

Wirex: regulated consumer card platform

Yellow Card: largest licensed African on and off-ramp

20 teams. One chain. Sep 16.