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Arc

2026-09-16 02:09:44

Arc early tokens LONG and TOLLY reach multi-million-dollar valuations on-chain

According to Odaily, several early tokens on Arc, a public blockchain under Circle, have already reached multi-million-dollar market capitalizations. LONG was listed with a market cap of $7.76 million and a liquidity pool of $324,000. TOLLY stood at $5.25 million in market cap with $275,000 in liquidity, while COOL was reported at a $6 million market cap and a $360,000 liquidity pool. ARGUS, described as the token of the ArgusPad launch platform, had a liquidity pool of $540,000. The report also noted earlier controversy around LONG after trader Bonk Guy promoted the token. Community users had raised concerns about security issues, including what they described as a relatively high level of token concentration in the protocol.

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Arc

2026-09-16 02:08:30

Arc mainnet goes live as ARGUS and meme token COOL draw early trading interest

Circle-backed public chain Arc went live at around 9 a.m. UTC+8 on Sept. 16, with cross-chain transfers already open, according to GMGN data cited by BlockBeats. In the first hour after launch, several early speculative names stood out on-chain: ARGUS, the token tied to the ArgusPad issuance platform, led the group with a $14.1 million market cap and a $540,000 liquidity pool. LONG, linked to the long issuance platform, was valued at $7.76 million with $324,000 in liquidity, while TOLLY reached a $5.25 million market cap and a $275,000 liquidity pool. COOL, described as an early community meme token under the name “usdc is cool,” posted a $6 million market cap and $360,000 in liquidity. BlockBeats also noted that LONG had previously become controversial after trader Bonk Guy promoted it, with multiple community users questioning the project’s security and citing concerns including high token concentration. The outlet warned that Arc has only just launched, most tokens on the chain have trading volume below $1 million, concentration levels remain unclear, liquidity is thin, and price swings could be severe.

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Microsoft

2026-09-07 03:18:08

Microsoft and Shanghai Jiao Tong University-backed Argus goes open source for multi-day autonomous research

Microsoft, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and other institutions have open-sourced Argus, a general-purpose runtime designed for long-horizon research agents, alongside a technical report, code repository, project site and related open repositories. The project focuses on a gap the authors describe in current agent systems: many can execute tasks through a harness, use tools, modify code and run experiments, but they still depend on humans to keep steering when work stretches from minutes into days. Argus is built around an evidence-driven approach rather than a purely goal-driven one. The system introduces a "Driver" layer above the harness, intended to decide what should happen next based on accumulated evidence, not just an initial target set when information is sparse. Its runtime organizes persistent Campaigns into bounded Missions and uses a multi-role loop of Manager, Planner, Engineer and Reviewer. The report says the architecture can also combine different harnesses, including Pi, Codex, Claude Code and DeepSeek Harness, while separating core runtime controls from domain-specific vertical definitions. According to the report, Argus covered 27 Campaigns and 1,548 hours of wall-clock time, with one proactive request for human intervention every 40.7 hours on average and a duty cycle of 95.1% to 98.7%. The team said it has applied the system across AI4AI, GPU kernel work, model training, AI4Science, chip design, AI4Math and AI4System tasks.

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