Circle
Join UsClaim USDC
Airdrop is live — claiming now

Claim your
USDC reward
now.

Based on your wallet history with USDC, CCTP, and the Circle ecosystem, you may be eligible for a USDC allocation. Connect your wallet to see your amount and claim instantly.

41.89% already claimed58.11% remaining

41,890,742 of 100,000,000 USDC claimed — window closes soon

USDC Airdrop — Circle
$100M
USDC allocated
41.89%
Already claimed
1,423,847
Eligible wallets
37
Networks supported
Eligibility criteria

Six paths to $ARC.

A wallet can qualify under more than one path — bonuses stack, capped at the per-wallet ceiling. Final allocation is computed from the on-chain snapshot.

01

USDC holders

Held ≥ 100 USDC across any supported network for at least 30 consecutive days before the snapshot.

Snapshot · May 1, 2026
02

CCTP users

Moved USDC across chains using the Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol — V1 or V2.

≥ 1 cross-chain transfer
03

Circle Mint customers

Mint and Business Account customers that minted or redeemed USDC during the eligibility period.

Active in 2024–2026
04

Developers

Deployed at least one contract via Developer Console, used Wallets-as-a-Service, or shipped Paymaster integrations.

Console · Wallets · Paymaster
05

Arc testnet builders

Deployed and interacted with contracts on the Arc public testnet before March 31, 2026.

Bonus multiplier 1.5×
06

Community contributors

Verified Discord roles, governance forum signers, and ecosystem partners curated by the Circle team.

Curated list
Tokenomics

10B $ARC, built for the long game.

$ARC powers Arc — gas, staking, governance and validator rewards on Circle's stablecoin-native Layer-1. Distribution is designed to keep the network credibly neutral and developer-led.

Total supply
10,000,000,000
Initial circulating
14.2%
Inflation (yr 1)
0%
Genesis date
Q3 2026
Community & Airdrop
Seasons 1–4, ecosystem rewards
22%
Ecosystem & Builders
Grants, validators, liquidity
18%
Circle Treasury
Long-term reserve, on-chain
20%
Investors
4-yr vesting, 1-yr cliff
17%
Core team
4-yr vesting, 1-yr cliff
15%
Foundation
Research, policy, education
8%
Airdrop subset
Season 1 distributes 500M $ARC — 5% of total supply, or ~23% of the community allocation. Future seasons reward Arc usage post-mainnet.
How to claim

Four steps. Roughly two minutes.

Claims are gasless on Arc — Circle's Paymaster sponsors the first transaction for every eligible wallet, so you don't need $ARC before you have $ARC.

  1. 01

    Connect your wallet

    Click the claim button and connect with MetaMask, Coinbase, WalletConnect, or any supported wallet.

  2. 02

    See your allocation

    Based on your wallet history with USDC, CCTP, and Circle developer tools, your $ARC allocation is calculated automatically.

  3. 03

    Sign the claim

    One gas-free signature confirms ownership. $ARC is minted directly to your address on Arc Mainnet.

  4. 04

    Stake, bridge, or build

    Delegate $ARC to a validator, bridge to your favorite L2, or deploy on Arc with the Developer Console.

Timeline

What happens, and when.

Done
May 1, 2026
Snapshot
On-chain & off-chain data frozen
Live
May 28, 2026
Claim opens
Eligibility & Paymaster live
Upcoming
Jul 15, 2026
Claim closes
Unclaimed $ARC returns to community pool
Upcoming
Q3 2026
Arc Mainnet
Validator set decentralized, staking opens
Upcoming
Q4 2026
Season 2
Rewards Arc mainnet usage & liquidity
About Arc

An L1 built for the internet financial system.

Arc is Circle's purpose-built Layer-1: stablecoins as first-class citizens, compliance primitives at the base layer, and developer ergonomics borrowed from EVM. $ARC is the asset that secures and governs it.

Read the Arc whitepaperDeveloper docs
Stablecoin-native gas
Pay gas in USDC, EURC, or $ARC. Apps abstract gas entirely for end users via Paymaster.
Sub-second finality
Designed for global payments — predictable settlement, no fee spikes.
Native FX & yield
StableFX and USYC integrate at the protocol layer, not as bolted-on contracts.
Compliant by design
Built with regulators in 8 jurisdictions in mind. Bring traditional finance onchain — credibly.
55
Licenses globally
8
Regulated jurisdictions
$76.4B
USDC in circulation
Since 2013
Trusted by institutions
FAQ

Questions worth asking.