Circle exploring native Arc token for governance and incentives, targeting eventual proof-of-stake transition

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire used the "Circle in Seoul" event to reiterate that the company is actively exploring a native token for its Arc blockchain — still in testnet — aimed at governance, staking incentives, and economic alignment. The longer-term roadmap includes shifting Arc from its planned proof-of-authority launch model to full proof-of-stake, though no token name, ticker, tokenomics, or timeline has been disclosed. This builds on comments from Circle's Q4 2025 earnings call in February where Allaire first confirmed the token exploration, but the PoS transition language is a new detail from this event.

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