How It Works

Everything you need to know.

How markets are priced, how FX settlement works, and how you collect your winnings.

01 / Market Pricing

Automatic pricing via AMM

Arculate uses an Automated Market Maker. The contract itself sets prices based on how much liquidity flows to each side. No orderbook. No market makers needed.

When more money flows to YES, the YES price rises automatically. The price at any moment is the market's implied probability.

Live probability example

Market opens

YES 50%NO 50%

$10,000 flows to YES

YES 68%NO 32%

$25,000 flows to YES

YES 81%NO 19%

Price = probability. Always transparent.

How FX Settlement Works

You have

100 USDC
Arc StableFX

You get (if you win)

135.88 EURC

FX Rate: 1 USDC = 0.924 EURC

One transaction. No extra steps.

02 / FX Settlement

Native FX settlement via StableFX.

When you bet on a EURC market using USDC, Arc's StableFX converts your tokens in the same transaction. You never leave the app. There is no separate swap step.

At resolution, winners receive payouts directly in the market's settlement currency EURC for European markets, USDC for US markets.

03 / Resolution

Transparent, verifiable resolution.

Every market specifies its resolution source before it opens. For crypto markets, Chainlink price feeds resolve outcomes automatically onchain. For macro markets, the admin triggers resolution based on official announcements.

Every resolution is recorded onchain with a transaction hash verifiable by anyone at any time on arcscan.app.

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Chainlink Price Feeds

Crypto markets are automatic

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Federal Reserve

Fed rate markets are manual

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European Central Bank

ECB markets are manual

04 / Fees

Simple, transparent fees.

2% protocol fee on winnings only. You never pay to enter a market or absorb a fee when you lose.

Entry fee

Free

No cost to place a prediction

Losing fee

None

Losing costs only your stake

Winning fee

2%

Only when you profit

Powered By

Built on Arc.

Arc is Circle's Layer-1 blockchain, stablecoin native, sub-second finality, and StableFX built in. The only chain where a multi-currency prediction market makes sense.

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Sub-second finality

Positions confirm in under 1 second

2

Native FX routing

StableFX handles USDC↔EURC automatically

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Stablecoin gas fees

Pay in USDC, no volatile ETH needed

4

Circle secured

USDC and EURC issued by Circle

Ready to predict?

Arculate is live on Arc testnet. Connect your wallet and make your first prediction today, for free.