This Week in Fintech

← This Week in Fintech2. Sept. · 50 Min.

Circle's Arc: The Economic Operating System for the Internet

Circle's Arc: The Economic Operating System for the Internet2. Sept.50 Min.

Host Justin Friedman sits down with Rachel Mayer, VP of Product at Circle and one of the masterminds behind Arc, to unveil Circle’s new layer one blockchain. Drawing on Rachel’s experience trading emerging-markets currencies on Wall Street, they start with the inefficiencies still embedded in traditional cross-border money movement. Rachel explains how Arc is designed as an “economic operating system” for on-chain finance, with stablecoins used for gas, opt-in privacy, and interoperability bu...