Circle Developer Grants (Arc and the Circle Developer Platform)

Enter with one of these apps

9 apps can enter, 1 ready today. Grants and accelerators fund shipped work. Pitch it with real users.

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USDC PaywallLock content behind a fraction-of-a-cent USDC payment, on your own Arc contract. Deploy it, become the onchain creator.$100Ready nowReady now. Yours within 48 hours.No fixed deadline, so any start date works.Ready now: a USDC paywall on your own Arc contract. Grow real usage, then apply with the numbers.See USDC PaywallBookA till that borrows for itself: the credit line is a sum over live books and every sale repays the loan.$100Yours in 3 to 5 daysYours in about 5 days.No fixed deadline, so any start date works.Lending and borrowing: a credit line over live books, settled in USDC on Arc.See BookContestYour savings ride with whichever yield provider is keeping its promise, and money moves away from any that fall behind.$100Yours in 3 to 5 daysYours in about 5 days.No fixed deadline, so any start date works.Treasury management: savings follow the yield provider that keeps its promise.See ContestDeposit ReturnRental and event deposits held in USDC that return themselves the second the checklist is signed.$100Yours in 1 to 2 daysYours in about 48 hours.No fixed deadline, so any start date works.Peer to peer payments: deposits that return themselves in USDC.See Deposit ReturnHeartbeatA ward of AI agents that each pay for their own inference from a wallet on Arc, and people keep the good ones alive.$100Yours in 3 to 5 daysYours in about 5 days.No fixed deadline, so any start date works.Agentic economic activity on Arc: agents pay their own inference in USDC.See HeartbeatPayday SplitterWhen your salary lands onchain, it auto routes into your own buckets in one intent.$100Yours in 1 to 2 daysYours in about 48 hours.No fixed deadline, so any start date works.Peer to peer payments and treasury: salary routed into buckets with USDC on Arc.See Payday SplitterTill TipsA tip jar for service staff that splits every USDC tip between the shift in under a second.$100Yours in 1 to 2 daysYours in about 48 hours.No fixed deadline, so any start date works.Peer to peer payments: tips split across a shift in under a second on Arc.See Till TipsToll BoothTurn any API or prompt you own into a pay-per-call endpoint agents can buy from in a minute.$100Yours in a dayYours in about 24 hours.No fixed deadline, so any start date works.Agentic payments: pay per call endpoints settled in USDC on Arc.See Toll BoothTwo Pocket HomeA shared household wallet that budgets in dollars and euros and converts only when a bill needs it.$100Yours in 2 to 3 daysYours in about 72 hours.No fixed deadline, so any start date works.Stablecoin FX: a household wallet in dollars and euros that converts only when a bill needs it.See Two Pocket Home

How to enter in 3 steps

Prizes and funding are never guaranteed. You are entering as a builder with a working app.

1. 1Own the app

   Pick one of the apps above. Ready apps are yours within 48 hours; the others show when they are yours against the deadline.

2. 2Make it yours

   Put your name, wallet and story on it. Your owner kit walks you through the pitch.

3. 3Apply when you are ready

   This program has no fixed deadline, so apply once you have real users to show.

What the program looks for

From the organizer's published terms, as we read them. Confirm on the official page.

The dates

Rolling since May 14, 2026. No deadline published.

Racing? Say it

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