Crypto

Circle unveils Arc Studio to build onchain apps with a single prompt

Circle has unveiled Arc Studio, an AI coding agent built for its blockchain-based Arc network. Designed to generate onchain applications, smart contracts and AI agents from a prompt, the tool creates full-stack apps within minutes based on natural-language descriptions. It can be used in a web browser and connected as a sub-agent to tools such as Claude Code, Codex and Cursor. It follows Arc’s mainnet launch and supports testing across nine blockchains.

Crypto

Jector registers patent for onchain payment tech linking QR codes to blockchain wallets

Jector, a stablecoin payment infrastructure company, said it has completed registration of a patent for onchain payment technology that connects QR codes and other visual codes with external blockchain wallets. The company said the patent focuses on converting digital asset transfers into a payment process for real-world commerce. The system verifies consistency between payment requests and transactions through smart contracts and supports measures to prevent tampering and reuse of expired requests.