We’re excited to announce that Chainstack now supports Arc — Circle’s Layer 1 blockchain purpose-built for stablecoin finance. Starting today, you can deploy production-ready Arc testnet nodes on Chainstack in under two minutes.
Why build on Arc?
Arc is an open, EVM-compatible Layer 1 built by Circle — the issuer of USDC — and designed from line one for stablecoin-native finance, tokenized assets, and institutional-grade financial coordination. Its public testnet went live in October 2025 with 100+ institutional participants including BlackRock, Visa, HSBC, Goldman Sachs, and Mastercard, ahead of mainnet beta in 2026.
- USDC as native gas: Fees are dollar-denominated and predictable — no volatile native token to hedge or budget around. This alone makes Arc uniquely suited for payments, treasury, and fintech workloads where cost stability matters more than speculation.
- Purpose-built for stablecoin finance: Arc narrows its design scope to payments, settlement, FX, and tokenized assets rather than chasing every general-purpose use case. A built-in FX engine with 24/7 PvP onchain settlement targets institutional flows that no general-purpose L1 handles natively.
- Instant finality: Sub-second deterministic finality powered by the Malachite consensus engine — the settlement guarantees enterprise finance actually needs.
- Full EVM compatibility: Solidity contracts, ethers.js, viem, Foundry, Hardhat — everything you already use for Ethereum works on Arc with a config change. No new toolchain to learn, no ecosystem cold-start.
- Circle’s full stack, natively integrated: USDC, EURC, CCTP, and Gateway are first-class citizens on Arc, keeping stablecoin liquidity unified across Ethereum, Solana, and every other chain Circle already supports.
For developers, Arc testnet is the on-ramp to what may become the settlement hub for onchain finance — with the institutional backing to make that a real possibility rather than a pitch deck.
Build better with Arc on Chainstack
Running Arc testnet on Chainstack gives you reliable access and predictable performance for any workload — from stablecoin payment integrations and FX applications to RWA tooling and onchain analytics. Chainstack provides:
- Global Nodes — geo-balanced RPC endpoints for scalable, low-latency access
- Dedicated Nodes — isolated resources across all Chainstack locations (Ashburn, Frankfurt, London, Los Angeles, New York, Tokyo, Singapore, Dallas) for teams that need single-tenant infra in a specific region
- Full and Archive nodes — recent state or full history from genesis, matched to your workload
- Debug and trace on archive — debug namespace methods for transaction replay,
call tracing, and smart-contract debugging. - Standard Ethereum JSON-RPC compatibility — HTTPS and WebSocket endpoints that work
with any EVM toolchain you already have
How to get started with Arc on Chainstack
- Log in to the Chainstack console (or create an account)
- Create a new project
- Select Arc as your blockchain protocol
- Choose Testnet, and pick Global for shared geo-balanced access or Dedicated for isolated resources
- Deploy the node
- Open Access and credentials and copy your HTTPS and WebSocket endpoints
- Get testnet USDC and EURC from the official Circle faucet to start transacting on Arc
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Bringing it all together
With support for Arc testnet, Chainstack extends its infrastructure coverage into the emerging stablecoin-finance stack — a category that’s quickly becoming one of the most institutionally-backed narratives in Web3. Whether you’re building payment rails, FX applications, tokenized asset platforms, or any product that touches Arc, Chainstack provides the low-latency, production-grade RPC infrastructure to scale with confidence — from the first testnet call today to mainnet beta in 2026.
Power-boost your project on Chainstack
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- Input your workload and see how affordable Chainstack is compared to other RPC providers.
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