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Informal Systems Announces Malachite Acquisition by Circle to Power New Arc Blockchain Network
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n Informal Systems Announces Malachite Acquisition by Circle to Power New Arc Blockchain Network\n \n\n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n\n\n\n\n\n Canada NewsWire\n \n\n\n\n High-performance BFT consensus engine powers Circle's new\n \n stablecoin\n \n -focused Layer-1 blockchain launching in testnet later this year.\n \n\n\n\n TORONTO\n \n\n ,\n \n\n Aug. 18, 2025\n \n\n /CNW/ -- Informal Systems, a leader in blockchain infrastructure and protocol design,\n \n\n announced\n \n\n on\n \n August 12\n \n\n\n that its high-performance consensus engine, Malachite, has been acquired by Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: CRCL) (Circle), a global financial technology firm, to support the launch of Arc\n \n\n 1\n \n\n , a new open Layer-1 blockchain network purpose-built for\n \n stablecoin\n \n finance. Arc is expected to debut in testnet later this year.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Founded by experts in formal methods and distributed systems, Informal Systems builds transformative technologies to foster trust in software and money. Malachite is the product of years of pioneering work in consensus and verifiability—a Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) consensus engine implementing the Tendermint algorithm in a modular design focused on correctness and efficiency. Originally developed to meet real-world demands for a flexible, reusable foundation for\n \n decentralized\n \n systems.\n \n\n Circle's integration of Malachite will help bring greater performance, reliability, and security to\n \n stablecoin\n \n -based payments, reinforcing Malachite's mission to deliver trustworthy, low-cost, and borderless financial infrastructure. The Malachite repository will remain open source under the Apache 2.0 license, ensuring continued industry access and innovation.\n \n\n \"This acquisition is a strong validation of Malachite and of our incubation model,\" said\n \n Ethan Buchman\n \n , CEO at Informal Systems. \"Circle's adoption of Malachite provides a high-impact use case, a robust financial foundation for future development, and ensures our technology contributes to mean...