Overview
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The one-paragraph pitch
ARC TRACE is a verification, analytics, and data network for tokenized real-world assets onchain. It combines the transparency of a public block explorer with the depth of a professional market-intelligence terminal, so that anyone looking at a tokenized equity, ETF, bond, or commodity can answer a simple question with confidence: what is this token, who stands behind it, and can I trust it? ARC TRACE launches on ARC Mainnet, where USDC and native stock-token standards provide a natural starting point, and is built to expand across issuers, asset classes, and chains as the tokenized economy grows.
What it is
Tokenization is moving equities, ETFs, government debt, commodities, private credit, real estate, and other financial instruments onto public blockchains. An onchain ticker alone does not explain who issued an asset, what legal claim it represents, how it is backed, which oracle prices it, how liquid it is, or how corporate actions are handled. ARC TRACE closes that gap through four connected products:
| Layer | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Arc Explorer | Open discovery, contract verification, asset identity, and onchain transparency. |
| Arc Terminal | Professional analytics, portfolio intelligence, alerts, and market monitoring. |
| Arc Data Network | APIs, SDKs, webhooks, attestations, risk feeds, and AI-ready endpoints. |
| Arc Verification Network | Staked verifiers, issuer bonds, curation, disputes, and data accountability. |
The Explorer attracts users through public transparency. The Terminal monetizes advanced intelligence. The Data Network integrates ARC TRACE into third-party applications. The Verification Network creates accountable, decentralized coordination around the quality of information itself.
Why it exists
Blockchain settlement improves transaction transparency, but transaction visibility is not the same as asset understanding. The same underlying security can be represented by different issuers, across different chains, under different legal and operational structures. A user searching for a token that references a public company still needs reliable answers to fundamental questions — which contract is canonical, who the issuer and custodian are, how redemption works, which oracle feeds the price, and how corporate actions get reflected onchain. Today those answers are scattered across issuer disclosures, legal documents, block explorers, oracle interfaces, trading venues, and market-data platforms. ARC TRACE organizes them into a single, machine-readable intelligence layer.
ARC TRACE is not merely an RWA scanner. It is a machine-readable trust and intelligence network for onchain capital markets.
Why ARC Mainnet, first
ARC Mainnet is an EVM-compatible network built for financial services and tokenized real-world assets, with native support for USDC and standard ERC-20 stock tokens. That combination gives ARC TRACE a coherent, well-instrumented environment to launch its first product in. ARC Mainnet is the origin, not the ceiling — a global intelligence network must eventually compare assets across every chain where tokenized real-world assets are issued.
Where to go next
- [F2] Getting Started — connect a wallet and take your first action in ARC TRACE.
- [F3] Protocol Mechanics — how the four layers work together, with a diagram.
- [F4] Contracts — canonical contract addresses and verification status.