21X Group Announces Collaboration with Circle as it joins Arc as a Day-1 Launch Partner
Frankfurt, New York, October 1st, 2026, Chainwire Partnership to explore the use of Arc for tokenized securities on 21X Group’s trading and settlement systems 21X Group , whose subsidiary 21X AG operates the first fully regulated trading and settlement system for tokenized securities in the EU, today announced that it has been named a Day-1 launch partner in the Arc ecosystem as the network moves to public mainnet in the EU and US. 21X Group and Circle have entered into a collaboration to build use cases for issuers and brokers of tokenized securities on Arc across EU and US markets. Arc is an open, EVM-compatible Layer-1 blockchain built for the world’s financial markets, real-time money movement and agentic economic activity. It uses stablecoins as gas, starting with Circle’s own USDC. In the EU, 21X AG operates a venue where institutional participants can issue, trade and settle tokenized securities through atomic delivery versus payment, reducing settlement time an...