
Arc’s founding validators include BlackRock, Mastercard, Visa, DTCC and ICE. The guest list matters more than the technology to Circle’s pitch that institutions will run a public chain.
September 21, 2026

BlackRock, Fidelity and Vanguard join five other strategists on Orion’s Tailored Allocation Portfolios, giving advisors custom indexing built on model portfolios.
September 4, 2026

BlackRock, Fidelity and Vanguard now sit alongside five other strategists in Orion’s program, which pairs third-party model portfolios with custom indexing.
September 3, 2026

Circle’s revenue and reserve income rose 7% to $701 million, short of forecasts. A $530 million swing in net income mostly reflects lower stock-based compensation.
August 20, 2026

More than 30 firms settled real trades with tokens converted from DTC-held securities, covering collateral pledges, securities lending and Treasury transactions.
July 21, 2026

MSCI will pair its data and analytics with UBS’s alternatives business, which oversees more than $340 billion, to bring more transparency to private markets.
July 14, 2026