SafePal has added support for the Arc Testnet, giving users a direct way to explore the emerging network through SafePal Wallet and interact with the early ecosystem. In a tweet, SafePal said that the Arc Testnet is now live on its platform, allowing users to try out testnet dApps, claim exclusive testnet tokens, and prepare for future support of Arc mainnet assets within SafePal Suite.
The move comes as Arc continues to position itself as a new kind of financial infrastructure for the internet, built around stablecoins, tokenized assets and global interoperability. The network’s early testnet activity already reflects that ambition. Participants span the Americas, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, a geographic spread that underlines Arc’s goal of connecting local markets to the global economy. Rather than acting as a niche blockchain for a small group of users, Arc is framed as an “economic operating system” for the Internet, designed to support a wide range of companies and developers building on enterprise-grade infrastructure.
Central to Arc’s design is support for issuers of stablecoins and tokenized financial assets. The network is being built as a foundation for fiat stablecoins, tokenized equity, credit products, money market funds and other on-chain financial instruments. One of the key features of the roadmap is the use of stablecoins as gas tokens, which could make transaction fees more predictable and more closely aligned with the assets people are already using on the network. Arc is also expected to introduce its own infrastructure for stablecoin swaps and currency liquidity, a combination that could make it more useful for payments, treasury management and cross-border settlement.
Global Stablecoin Network
The testnet is already receiving support from currency issuers in several regions. Among the issuers joining Arc Testnet are AUDF issued by Forte AUD, BRLA issued by Avenia, JPYC issued by JPYC Inc., KRW1 issued by BDACS, MXNB issued by Juno, a Bitso company, and PHPC issued by Coins.PH, and QCAD issued by Stablecorp. Circle is also working with other stablecoin issuers and stakeholders, including those behind dollar, euro and other fiat-backed stablecoins, in building out the network’s asset support and liquidity framework.
Developer adoption is another important part of the Arc story. The testnet is positioned as a day-one environment for builders, already involving an extensive list of ecosystem participants. On the AI side, Anthropic Claude contributes Code-powered building tools to improve the developer experience. Wallet providers, including Bron, Exodus, Fireblocks, Hecto Innovation, Ledger, MetaMask, Privy, Rainbow, Turnkey and Vultisig, connect Arc to desktop and mobile workflows. Developer tools also come from names like Alchemy, Chainlink, Crossmint, Dynamic, Fun.xyz, LayerZero, Pimlico, thirdweb and ZeroDev, while cross-chain access is supported by Across, Stargate and Wormhole.
Infrastructure providers are also lining up behind the testnet. Blockdaemon, Blockscout, Bridge, Elliptic, Quicknode, Ramp Network, Tenderly, Transak and TRM are among the companies making Arc more accessible, performant, compliant and reliable. That broad technical support is important because Arc is not simply being launched as a new general-purpose blockchain. It is being built with financial applications in mind that require stability, liquidity and institutional tools from the start.
The market side of the digital asset network is just as broad. Decentralized exchanges and liquidity protocols such as Curve, Dromos Labs, Euler Finance, Fluid and Uniswap Labs participate in the Arc ecosystem. Centralized exchanges including Bitvavo, ByBit, Coinbase, Coincheck, Hashkey, Kraken and Robinhood are also involved, increasing access to the network. Market makers and OTC desks such as Auros, B2C2, Cumberland, Galaxy Digital, GSR, IMC, Forte Securities, Keyrock, NONCO, Wintermute and Zodia Markets help support liquidity.
At the same time, lending and borrowing platforms such as Aave, Maple and Morpho are expected to help bring credit and capital efficiency to the ecosystem. Yield and tokenized fund participants including Centrifuge, Superform, Securitize, WTGXX and WisdomTree’s CRDT add a new layer of financial utility, alongside custodians such as BitGo, Copper, Taurus and Zodia Custody.
Arc is also linked to broader payments and fintech use cases. The network’s architecture is described as useful not only for people and businesses, but also for agentic AI systems that could one day send, exchange and settle value across borders in real time. That vision is reflected in the range of companies involved in the project, including Amazon Web Services, Brex, Catena Labs, Careem, Cloudflare, Corpay, dLocal, Dmall, Ebanx, FIS, Hecto Financial, LianLian Global, Mastercard, Mercoin, Nuvei, Noah, Pairpoint by Vodafone, Paysafe, PhotonPay, Ramp, Sasai Fintech, Sumitomo Corporation, Visa, WorldPay and Yellow Card.
Arc’s public testnet is still experimental, and that’s part of the point. It aims to take pressure off performance, strengthen security, and validate integrations before any real money hits the mainnet. For now, SafePal’s announcement gives users another access to that ecosystem as it develops. With Arc testnet support now live and mainnet asset support reportedly next, the wallet provider is signaling that it wants to be part of the network’s growth from the earliest stages.