Builders, institutions and infrastructure. Every entry carries its evidence.
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Where entries come from — and why nothing is marked "rejected" (as of 2026-09-14)
arc.io publishes an official ecosystem list. Entries beyond that list come from Circle's press releases, Arc's blog, hackathon showcases, or the teams' own announcements. Each card shows which, and the Builders Fund status is never marked rejected because Circle publishes no recipient list. arc.io/ecosystem lists partners; being listed is not an endorsement of any product's status. X handles are verified independently and are not published by Arc.
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Institutions
Evidence: Circle press release
X followers: 1.1M (as of 2026-09-13)
Circle names the founding validator cohort, but says the institutions are "expected to be live securing the network as validators" — announced, not running.
Asset manager named by Circle as an Arc founding validator, and expected to deploy its BUIDL tokenized liquidity fund on the network.
Institutions
Evidence: Circle press release
X followers: 56.3K (as of 2026-09-13)
Circle names the founding validator cohort, but says the institutions are "expected to be live securing the network as validators" — announced, not running.
US post-trade market infrastructure; founding validator, and working with Circle to tokenize DTC-custodied assets on Arc from the second half of 2027.
Trading
Evidence: Circle press release
X followers: 61.2K (as of 2026-09-13)
Circle names the founding validator cohort, but says the institutions are "expected to be live securing the network as validators" — announced, not running.
Digital-asset financial services firm; an Arc founding validator, and also named among the capital allocators expected on the network at launch.
Payments
Evidence: Circle press release
X followers: 6.2K (as of 2026-09-13)
Circle names the founding validator cohort, but says the institutions are "expected to be live securing the network as validators" — announced, not running.
Payment processing company named by Circle as an Arc founding validator.
Institutions
Evidence: Circle press release
X followers: 80.8K (as of 2026-09-13)
Circle names the founding validator cohort, but says the institutions are "expected to be live securing the network as validators" — announced, not running.
Intercontinental Exchange, the exchange and clearing group, named by Circle as an Arc founding validator.
Payments
Evidence: Circle press release
X followers: 492.1K (as of 2026-09-13)
Circle names the founding validator cohort, but says the institutions are "expected to be live securing the network as validators" — announced, not running.
Card network and Arc founding validator, describing its role as connecting stablecoin rails to the payment systems businesses already use.
Payments
Evidence: Circle press release
X followers: 245.4K (as of 2026-09-13)
Circle names the founding validator cohort, but says the institutions are "expected to be live securing the network as validators" — announced, not running.
Cross-border money transfer company named by Circle as an Arc founding validator.
Institutions
Evidence: Circle press release
X followers: 10.9K (as of 2026-09-13)
Circle's press release names the validator as "SBI Group"; arc.io's roster lists "SBI Holdings". Treated here as one company. Circle names the founding validator cohort, but says the institutions are "expected to be live securing the network as validators" — announced, not running.
Japanese financial group named by Circle as an Arc founding validator.
Institutions
Evidence: Circle press release
X followers: 112.7K (as of 2026-09-13)
Circle names the founding validator cohort, but says the institutions are "expected to be live securing the network as validators" — announced, not running.
International bank; an Arc founding validator, and separately named as exploring custody, stablecoin access and FX integrations with the network.
Institutions
Evidence: Circle press release
Circle names the founding validator cohort, but says the institutions are "expected to be live securing the network as validators" — announced, not running.
Japanese trading and investment conglomerate named by Circle as an Arc founding validator.
Payments
Evidence: Circle press release
X followers: 417.5K (as of 2026-09-13)
Circle names the founding validator cohort, but says the institutions are "expected to be live securing the network as validators" — announced, not running.
Exchange wallet listed by Circle among the wallet providers giving access to USDC on Arc at launch.
Oracles
UPDATED
Evidence: Circle press release
X followers: 1.4M (as of 2026-09-13)
Arc’s blog says "Chainlink is now available on Arc Testnet" and its feeds are "live for you to start building": https://www.arc.io/blog/how-chainlink-unlocks-new-design-capabilities-on-arc
Cross-border payment network listed by Circle among the providers routing real-world settlement flows through Arc.
Trading
Evidence: Circle press release
X followers: 1.5M (as of 2026-09-13)
Circle’s press release names "Uniswap" in its DeFi list and "Uniswap Labs" in its exchange and wallet list; both are this one row. Arc’s blog says "Uniswap will be deployed on Arc for its upcoming mainnet release in September 2026", so this is announced, not live: https://www.arc.io/blog/how-uniswap-brings-deep-liquidity-for-apps-on-arc
Hecto Innovation Co., Ltd. operates as an IT platform company in the field of information security primarily in Korea.
Trading
UPDATED
Evidence: arc.io ecosystem page
X followers: 25.4K (as of 2026-09-13)
Arc’s blog says Hibachi "is building" the venue and "will initially launch with FX perpetuals", and its X bio says "Building the first stablecoin native FX exchange on @arc" — no cited page says it is live, so this stays announced. The same post places Hibachi in the Arc Builders Fund. Also profiled on Arc's blog: https://www.arc.io/blog/how-hibachi-is-bringing-fx-price-discovery-to-arc
Stablecoin-native DeFi stack on Arc, including a social tipping product the team calls PayX.
Payments
Evidence: Hackathon showcase
Weekend hackathon project. Ran on Arc testnet during the hackathon (mainnet was private). The demo the showcase page links (arcflow9.vercel.app) answered 404 on 2026-09-05, so no site is published here.
AR
ArcFlow
HackathonLive on testnet
ETHGlobal HackMoney 2026 Arc-track winner: a corporate treasury that earns yield on idle payroll funds before paying salaries across chains.
Trading
Evidence: Hackathon showcase
Weekend hackathon project. The linked site is the ETHGlobal demo deployment, not a permanent product. Ran on Arc testnet during the hackathon (mainnet was private).
ETHGlobal HackMoney 2026 Arc-track winner: a chain-agnostic FX perps DEX that uses Arc as the settlement hub for multichain margin.
Payments
Evidence: Hackathon showcase
Weekend hackathon project. The showcase page links a source repository and no site. Site not stated by the source cited here. Ran on Arc testnet during the hackathon (mainnet was private).
C.
C.E.S.T.A Agent
HackathonLive on testnet
ETHGlobal Cannes 2026 Arc-track winner: a voice agent that pools USDC among friends and spends it through virtual cards.
Payments
Evidence: Hackathon showcase
Weekend hackathon project. The linked site is the ETHGlobal demo deployment, not a permanent product. Ran on Arc testnet during the hackathon (mainnet was private).
ETHGlobal Cannes 2026 Arc-track winner: a mesh payment network that moves transactions device to device by radio and settles once online.
Payments
Evidence: Hackathon showcase
Weekend hackathon project. The linked site is the one the ETHGlobal showcase page names. Ran on Arc testnet during the hackathon (mainnet was private).
ETHGlobal Cannes 2026 Arc-track winner: an MCP server that lets AI agents pay publishers per page with sub-cent USDC.
Payments
Evidence: Hackathon showcase
Weekend hackathon project. The ETHGlobal demo link redirects to getonda.org, so the final domain is recorded here. Ran on Arc testnet during the hackathon (mainnet was private).
ETHGlobal Cannes 2026 Arc-track winner: a browser extension that pays an artist one cent in USDC for each track it detects you playing.
DeFi
Evidence: Hackathon showcase
Weekend hackathon project. The linked site is the ETHGlobal demo deployment, not a permanent product. Ran on Arc testnet during the hackathon (mainnet was private).
ETHGlobal Cannes 2026 Arc-track winner: a credit pool where payment providers borrow USDC instantly and investors earn a fixed return.
DeFi
Evidence: Hackathon showcase
X followers: 765 (as of 2026-09-13)
Weekend hackathon project. The showcase page's only link is the X profile @_PolyPOP, which api.fxtwitter.com answered 404 for on 2026-09-05, so no handle is published here. Ran on Arc testnet during the hackathon (mainnet was private).
ETHGlobal Cannes 2026 Arc-track winner: posts on X tagged with the protocol turn into instant peer-to-peer prediction markets.
DeFi
Evidence: Hackathon showcase
Weekend hackathon project. The linked site is the ETHGlobal demo deployment, not a permanent product. Ran on Arc testnet during the hackathon (mainnet was private).
ETHGlobal Cannes 2026 Arc-track winner: a prediction market settled against recorded sports footage rather than news.
Payments
Evidence: Hackathon showcase
Weekend hackathon project. The demo the showcase page links (text-to-chain.vercel.app) answered 402 on 2026-09-05, so no site is published here. Ran on Arc testnet during the hackathon (mainnet was private).
TE
Text-to-Chain
HackathonLive on testnet
ETHGlobal HackMoney 2026 Arc-track winner: an SMS interface that turns a feature phone into a USDC wallet, with CCTP for crosschain cashout.
Infra
Evidence: Hackathon showcase
X followers: 27 (as of 2026-09-13)
Weekend hackathon project. The showcase page links a source repository and no site. Site not stated by the source cited here. Ran on Arc testnet during the hackathon (mainnet was private).
ETHGlobal Cannes 2026 Arc-track winner: a pay-per-use VPN that uses secure hardware to prove it keeps no logs.
DeFi
Evidence: Hackathon showcase
Weekend hackathon project. The linked site is the ETHGlobal demo deployment, not a permanent product. Ran on Arc testnet during the hackathon (mainnet was private).
An NFT collection with token creation and airdrop tools live on Arc testnet.
Unclassified
UPDATED
Evidence: Self-announced
Listed from the project's own post on X and checked by a person on 2026-09-13. What it does is self-reported and not independently verified. The account @ArcBrokerNFT has no website to cross-check, so it is not listed as this project's handle.
AR
ArcBrokers
CommunityStatus unknown
An NFT collection backed by tokenised stocks.
DeFi
UPDATED
Evidence: Self-announced
Listed from the project's own post on X and checked by a person on 2026-09-13. What it does is self-reported and not independently verified.
A trading terminal and launchpad for onchain markets.
Payments
UPDATED
Evidence: Self-announced
Listed from the project's own post on X and checked by a person on 2026-09-13. What it does is self-reported and not independently verified. The post is from the founder's personal account @YoungestGrandad, so no project handle is listed.
A fair-launch platform on Arc Chain with OG Pass NFTs tied to the first token allocation.
Payments
UPDATED
Evidence: Third-party mention
X followers: 99.6K (as of 2026-09-13)
Arc House calls Pulsar Money "one of Arc's most anticipated day-one launch partners", "available at launch in 80 countries". That page links @pulsarmoney, which api.fxtwitter.com answered 404 for on 2026-09-05, so no handle is published. Site not stated by the source cited here.
Consumer stablecoin money app for holding, spending and moving dollars, euros and pounds across borders.
RWA
UPDATED
Evidence: Third-party mention
X followers: 632 (as of 2026-09-13)
Arc House: "A top private credit tokenization platform is expanding to Arc, bringing compliance-aware credit workflows and USDC-native settlement to builders." Site not stated by the source cited here.