Less than 48 hours until @arc comes to life with support from leading wallets, DeFi primitives, infrastructure providers, and institutions on day one. 9/16 will mark a defining moment not just for how value is moved on the internet, but for the financial system as a whole. The economic operating system will be live for the world to build upon. This is the culmination of over a decade of work, learnings, mistakes, relationships, and so much more — not just from @circle, but from hundreds of partners and users. The real work begins on 9/16, but it is incredibly special to recognize in real time that this is truly the crescendo of over a decade of progress moving value across internet rails, setting up the next century and beyond for both humans and agents alike. Spending the last 4+ years at Circle and working on Arc since last summer has had a lasting impact on broadening my time horizon and confidently doubling down on opinionated bets. @arc is amazing for today, but it will be even more incredible for the future — we’re thinking in decades, and this endeavor’s value proposition and impact will only strengthen in the fullness of time. Circle set out to raise global economic prosperity through the frictionless exchange of value, and we finally have a world-class, bespoke operating system to supercharge that mission. Here’s to the future, built on the economic OS 🏌️‍♂️