Aero launches USDC rewards for six pools on Arc

Arc: Arc is a Layer-1 blockchain purpose-built for stablecoin-native financial applications. Its mainnet recently went live, supporting an ecosystem that includes major projects in trading, DeFi, RWA, payments, infrastructure, and AI agents. In the news, Arc hosts the top bluechip and FX pools receiving the first incentive campaigns from Aero. Aero: Aero, operated by @aeroxyz, is developing as the unified liquidity layer for Ethereum with a focus on stablecoin and FX pairs. Aero Lite, its advanced deployment, is now live on Arc to provide essential liquidity infrastructure from day one. Aero is initiating the USDC rewards on six pools, enabling liquidity providers to earn boosted incentives. Merkl: Merkl is the onchain distribution infrastructure that calculates yield and rewards for users and distributes them directly to wallets. It powers reward tracking and claiming for protocol incentives across chains. In this development, Merkl is the platform where users manage and claim the USDC rewards from Aero's pools on Arc. Aero Lite: Aero Lite is the initial live deployment of Aero on the Arc blockchain, featuring Slipstream pools, fee rewards, and boosts tailored for liquidity providers. It launches with support for critical pairs in the Arc ecosystem and includes plans for an SDK optimized for agents and developers. The news highlights depositing on Aero Lite to access the boosted rewards tied to the new Arc incentives. Reward Access: Liquidity providers can deposit on Aero, then track and claim their USDC rewards directly through Merkl. Incentives Launch: The first incentive campaigns on Arc are now live, with Aero providing USDC rewards across six pools including WETH-USDC, cirBTC-USDC, and stablecoin FX pairs like USDC-EURC and USDC-MXNB.