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All active grants, bounties, and hackathons from the Arc and Circle ecosystem — updated and curated for builders.

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Circle Developer Grant Program

Milestone-based funding for teams building production-grade apps on Arc & Circle platform. Focus areas: payments, treasury, FX, agentic economy.

USDCArcPaymentsAI Agents
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$5K – $100K USDC
DEADLINE
Rolling
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BOUNTYOPENArc
Arc Bug Bounty Program

HackerOne-hosted security bounty for Arc testnet. Submit reproducible findings on network safety, liveness, or correctness. Test locally only.

SecurityHackerOneTestnet
REWARD
Varies
DEADLINE
Ongoing
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HACKATHONLIVE NOWArc x Circle
Hackathon: Programmable Money

Build real products on Arc in 4 weeks. Top teams win places in an 8-week accelerator programme with weekly workshops, 1-1 mentorship, and a direct path to launch. Use Circle's full dev stack — Wallets, CCTP, Gateway, Paymaster, Nanopayments.

AcceleratorUSDCArcOnlineCircle Stack
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8-Week Accelerator
DEADLINE
Jul 13 – Aug 22, 2026
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HACKATHONLIVE NOWArc x Circle
Stablecoins Commerce Stack Challenge

The official Arc + Circle hackathon. Build on the stablecoin commerce stack — payments, treasury, agentic economy, FX. Online + in-person. Running Apr 14 – Jul 13.

USDCCommerceArcCircleAgentic
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TBA
DEADLINE
Apr 14 – Jul 13, 2026
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HACKATHONUPCOMINGETHGlobal x Arc
ETHGlobal Cannes Hackathon

Arc sponsoring $15,000 in bounties for builders powering the next era of onchain lending, capital markets, FX, and payments. In-person ETHGlobal hackathon in Cannes.

ETHGlobalCannesLendingFXCapital Markets
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$15,000 USDC
DEADLINE
Jul 2026
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HACKATHONUPCOMINGETHGlobal x Circle
ETHGlobal Lisbon 2026

Next major ETHGlobal in-person hackathon. Circle & Arc expected to sponsor bounty tracks. Build on Arc testnet for prizes.

ETHGlobalLisbonArcUSDC
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TBA
DEADLINE
Jul 24–26, 2026
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EVENTUPCOMINGArc
Buenos Aires Community Meetup

In-person Arc builder meetup in Buenos Aires. Network with local builders, share projects, and explore Arc ecosystem opportunities in Latin America.

In-PersonArgentinaCommunityLATAM
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Free
DEADLINE
Aug 5, 2026
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HACKATHONENDEDCanteen x Arc x Circle
Agora Hackathon — AI Agents on Arc

Build AI agents that trade, invest, create, and interface with markets, settled on Arc using USDC. Winners: Mimir Markets (AI Oracle prediction market), Precall (USDC-bonded prediction calls, 68% win rate), Archimedes (quant finance + arXiv research system). All projects open source.

AI AgentsCanteenUSDCOpen Source
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TBA
DEADLINE
Jul 2026
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HACKATHONENDEDCanteen x Arc x Circle
Lepton Agents Hackathon

Two-week builder series for AI agents that pay, receive, and orchestrate nanopayments — settled on Arc. $50K prize pool. Six published Requests for Builders (RFBs) with concrete buildable angles.

AI AgentsNanopaymentsCanteenUSDC
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$50,000
DEADLINE
Jun 15–29, 2026
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HACKATHONENDEDETHGlobal x Arc x Circle
ETHGlobal New York 2026

In-person ETHGlobal hackathon. Circle sponsored Arc-track bounties for stablecoin payments, wallets, and onchain financial apps.

ETHGlobalArcUSDCIn-PersonNew York
REWARD
Arc Track Bounties
DEADLINE
Jun 12–14, 2026
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HACKATHONENDEDArc x Circle x lablab.ai
Agentic Economy on Arc Hackathon

Hybrid hackathon using Circle Nanopayments + Arc for sub-cent agentic transactions. $10,000 prize pool. Online + SF on-site finale.

NanopaymentsAI AgentsUSDClablab.ai
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$10,000 USDC
DEADLINE
Apr 20–26, 2026
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HACKATHONENDEDETHGlobal x Arc x Circle
HackMoney 2026 — Arc Track

155 teams built on Arc Testnet. $10,000 USDC awarded across 3 tracks: chain-abstracted USDC apps, global treasury systems, agentic commerce.

ETHGlobalCCTPAI AgentsTreasury
REWARD
$10,000 USDC
DEADLINE
Mar 2026
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