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Arc Packages USDC Funding and Morpho Lending for Apps

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Circle’s Arc mainnet has launched with developer kits that bundle stablecoin purchases, lending, and bitcoin-backed borrowing for app builders. Morpho is live on Arc from day one as its credit infrastructure, and several Arc-powered products and fintech integrations are going live alongside it.

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Circle announced Arc’s Sept. 30 mainnet package of three developer kits: Onramp Kit, Earn Kit, and Borrow Kit.
Arc Packages USDC Funding and Morpho Lending for Apps
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Those kits are meant to let developers add stablecoin purchases, lending, and bitcoin-backed borrowing inside their own apps.
Arc Packages USDC Funding and Morpho Lending for Apps
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Morpho is live on Arc from day one as its credit infrastructure.
Morpho is live on Arc as its credit infrastructure
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A set of products using Morpho on Arc is going live, including Arc EarnKit, Arc Portal, Digital Asset Backed Borrow on Circle Mint, Pulsar Money Earn, and tier-1 fintech integrations.
Morpho is live on Arc as its credit infrastructure

What it means

App users and developers are the first to notice this because Arc is being launched with built-in tools for buying stablecoins, lending, and bitcoin-backed borrowing. The setup also reaches fintech integrations and products like Arc EarnKit and Arc Portal, so the change shows up directly in the applications people use rather than only in backend infrastructure.

In practice, Arc now includes packaged developer kits instead of leaving those functions to separate integrations. What stays the same is that the tools still sit inside apps and products built on the network; what changes is that the lending and borrowing pieces are presented as ready-made modules from the start. (per morpho.org)

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Sep 30 18:51
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Oct 1 04:20
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Has this happened before?

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