What to build on Arc (Circle) to position for airdrops
Arc is Circle's stablecoin-native L1 where USDC is the gas token. It is early, and building payment and agentic-commerce rails here positions you on Circle's frontier before the crowd.
Build ideas for Arc (Circle)
Let creators charge a monthly USDC fee that members approve once and that renews itself onchain. Real revenue, real Circle and Base activity, no Stripe.
Payments · intermediateGate an API or content behind nanopayments using Circle's x402 and Arc, where USDC is the gas token. Machine-to-machine payments are where this whole space is heading.
Payments · advancedA relay where one agent calls another's paid endpoint and settles in USDC via x402 on Arc. This is the machine-to-machine economy Circle is building toward, and almost nobody has shipped it.
Arc (Circle) hackathons to enter
Circle and Arc want real products on the stablecoin-native L1 where USDC is the gas token. Four weeks from idea to prototype, with top teams placed into an 8-week accelerator.
🏆 Accelerator placementEncode and Arc want DeFi built on the stablecoin-native L1 where USDC is the gas token. Mentorship, workshops, and a direct line into Circle's ecosystem for standout teams.
We get you a working, deployed app on Arc (Circle) under your own wallet, with the walkthrough that makes you the verifiable builder. Rewards are never guaranteed, a real footprint is.