Guides to launching tokens on Arc

Guides for creators, traders and developers on Arc: create a token, run a crowd launch, use the API and MCP server.

Tutorials and explainers on launching your own token on Arc with openfair – fair launch versus instant listing, bonding curves, locked liquidity, fees, and getting USDC onto the chain.

How to create a token on Arc – Step by step: wallet, USDC, launch mode, fees and what it costs to create a token on Arc – with the 0.5 USDC fee and the real numbers.
openfair vs pump.fun: the same model on an Ethereum L2 – A pump.fun-style bonding curve on Arc: per-launch immutable contracts, LP locked by construction, 0% trading fees allowed.
How to launch a token with an AI agent (MCP guide) – Connect an AI assistant to openfair's MCP server and prepare a token launch by chat: quotes, simulation and a wallet handoff – the agent never touches your keys.
Token launch API: create an ERC-20 programmatically – Launch ERC-20 tokens on Arc from code: openfair's REST API and TypeScript SDK give you quotes, simulation, a staged pipeline and on-chain referral revenue.
Arc blockchain (Circle): chain id, RPC, bridge and DEX – Circle's Arc blockchain, live since 16 September 2026: USDC as gas, EVM, chain id 5042, RPC, how to bridge USDC to Arc, and where Arc tokens trade.
Arc mainnet is live: what changed – Circle opened Arc public mainnet on 16 September 2026. Chain id 5042, USDC as gas, Uniswap v3 – and what it changed for launches on openfair.