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21X and Circle test tokenized securities on Arc

Source publication: 2026-10-01 · Editorial cutoff: 2026-10-02 22:23 America/Santo_Domingo

Author: pending validation · Alta Edición editorial draft

Archive: Circle cofounder Jeremy Allaire at MoneyConf in Dublin, June 2018. Corporate context; this does not document 21X’s tests on Arc. Eóin Noonan / MoneyConf / Sportsfile / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0. Original file preserved; resized and compressed. Framing adapted to the display format.

The facts

21X announced a collaboration with Circle to explore issuance, trading and settlement of tokenized securities on Arc in Europe and the United States. The company reports a test with sub-second USDC settlement on European infrastructure.

What changes for capital

The tests seek to reduce friction between securities trading and digital payments.

The scenarios

The test does not establish commercial availability of the proposed Arc operation. Applicable approvals must be checked for that operation and jurisdiction, separately from the existing European venue.

The next signal

Check pilot outcomes and the approvals applicable to the proposed commercial Arc operation and its jurisdiction, distinguishing it from the existing European venue.

Verification and limits

Expansion and the listing of securities on Arc are subject to European and US regulatory approvals. A test and expansion plan do not establish general commercial availability. The scenarios are conditional editorial inferences, not verified facts or forecasts. The cited sources support the facts; the next signal proposes checks still to be made.

Sources

21x.eu

Video context

Archive: Circle · 2025-11-04 · English. The issuer’s explanation of USDC. Includes corporate promotion; not independent analysis or footage of 21X tests.

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