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Dad, nomad, anti-tightwad, general optimist, #growth exec @Circle, investor and partner at @50Partners 🌎🌍🌏

California, USA
Joined February 2014
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Arc Mainnet is live!
Arc Mainnet is live. The Economic OS for the internet is online and onchain. An open internet platform for the world's financial markets, real-time value movement, and agentic economic activity.
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Different financial applications need different things from a network. @blockjain previews Arc Sectors for privacy, payments, and agents, alongside the planned move to Proof of Stake. This session includes a demo of how private payments could work in Arc Portal.
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USDC on Arc is now available in @Ledger Earn. Ledger Wallet users can put their USDC to work on Arc in a @Morpho vault curated by @galaxyhq, built with @Kiln_finance. Self-custodied and secured by Ledger from deposit to withdrawal.
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Uniswap v4 gives builders more ways to design markets on Arc. @haydenzadams and Ben Morris discuss customizable liquidity pools, new asset launches, and building access to liquidity for cirBTC. A conversation on how more assets coming onchain changes what developers can build with them.
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Software shouldn't stop at regional borders. Arc gives developers an open, native foundation to move capital globally at internet speed.

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circle.com/blog/why-bitcoin-… cirBTC and USDC address 2 different needs in onchain credit markets: BTC-backed collateral and dollar liquidity for borrowing, repayment, and settlement. Bringing those roles together can make institutional capital more usable without requiring holders to sell their bitcoin exposure.
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Explore Arc, all in one place. Swap, send, and put assets to work with Arc Portal. Discover apps built on Arc and enable agents with limits and permissions you control. portal.arc.io
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Circle x Allaria: expanding USDC liquidity and access for eligible institutional participants in Argentina, subject to applicable requirements.
Circle 🤝 @Allaria_SA Expanding USDC liquidity and institutional access in Argentina. Allaria will provide two-sided USDC/ARS quoting across local markets and support USDC access for eligible participants. Connecting digital dollars with Argentina’s financial markets. allariainversiones.com.ar/No…
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USDC economics are geared towards Circle's partners; every Circle customer can redeem USDC for free, and Circle keeps investing in the infrastructure that makes USDC useful. circle.com/blog/the-economic…
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Building an earn product on @arc? Integrate Morpho Vaults curated by @SteakhouseFi @gauntlet_xyz @Bitwise @galaxyhq @keyrock and more directly via the Arc Earn Kit SDK.
Connect idle USDC in Arc apps to supported @Morpho Vaults. Earn Kit gives builders a simpler way to connect app balances on Arc to curated Morpho Vaults, with deposit, earn, track, and withdraw exposed through developer-facing APIs. Builders own the user experience. Earn Kit handles the DeFi infrastructure underneath. arc.io/blog/how-earn-kit-kee…
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New Banger Alert!!!!!!!!🚨🚨🚨🚨 USDC has officially become a cultural movement! Please give my boy @official_Loyey a follow and play this track! Huge shout out to Architect @SureJeremiah for putting me on!!!
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Borrow Kit is now available on Arc Mainnet. Developers can integrate crypto-backed USDC borrowing directly into their apps without stitching together DeFi infrastructure themselves. → Morpho borrow markets for BTC/USDC → BTC-to-cirBTC orchestration and atomic transaction execution → Flexible wallet adapters and gas sponsorship capabilities → Lending protocol data, collateral health, and liquidation alerts Less infrastructure work for devs. A more direct way for users to access USDC without selling sats. arc.io/blog/let-your-users-b…
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87% of that is on Arc. Arc coded.
cirBTC has just surpassed 5,000 issued.
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One week on Arc Mainnet. 624M USDC in circulation. $6.8B USDC transferred. Day one was just the beginning.
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Digital Asset-Backed Borrowing is live on Arc. Eligible Circle Mint LLC customers can now deposit BTC, mint cirBTC, and borrow USDC through supported third-party lending markets on Arc. Deposit BTC. Mint cirBTC. Borrow USDC. Arc brings cirBTC and USDC into stablecoin-native infrastructure built for onchain credit, collateral, and dollar-denominated liquidity. circle.com/blog/digital-asse…
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A drone needs power. It finds a charger, verifies its identity, receives a price quote, authorizes payment in USDC, and settles on Arc. No human checkout. No waiting. Just machines transacting with machines. This is the agentic economy, live on Arc.
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Bitcoin liquidity is now live on Arc. cirBTC brings 1:1 BTC-backed collateral into Arc’s stablecoin-native ecosystem, helping BTC become productive across lending, trading, collateral, settlement, and treasury workflows. BTC as collateral. USDC as borrow and settlement asset. A stronger foundation for onchain credit markets. arc.io/blog/cirbtc-is-now-li…
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Arc Portal is live. The easiest place to start using Arc: → Create or fund wallets → Access earn opportunities with @Morpho → Swap assets including USDC for cirBTC → Manage agent wallets → Discover apps → View balances and activity No tab-hopping across onramps, exchanges, wallets, and apps. One entry point from first visit to first action. portal.arc.io
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Build on Arc.
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Minted!
The ARC token has been minted. Circle is the first publicly traded company to mint a network token for a new blockchain. This is a technical milestone in the Arc roadmap as the network explores a future transition from Proof of Authority toward Proof of Stake. The minting of ARC does not represent any commitment to a public launch of the token. ARC is not live, tradeable, available for public use, or active for staking, governance, fees, or utility. The Arc network remains Proof of Authority today. Future ARC functionality and activation remain subject to change. Official ARC contract: explorer.arc.io/token/0xA12C…
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