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Arcium

ARX

MPC-based decentralized confidential computing network

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RD Popularity Index

7814.71% (24h)
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Project Rank: 145/15395

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3952.30% (24h)
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Project Rank: 906/15395
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Nov 4, 2022
Arcium raised $ 3.5 M in strategic financing
May 9, 2024
Arcium raised $ 5.5 M in strategic financing
Mar 24, 2025
Arcium raised $ 4 M in Public Sale round
Mar 27, 2025
Arcium raised $ 1 M in Community round
Jun 22, 2026
Arcium launches ARX token
Jul 2, 2026 ~ Jul 15, 2026
Binance Launches ARX Futures Trading Challenge

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AddressTokenQuantityPercentageValue
0x73d8...46dbARX5,757,6210.58%$1.31M
0x1e23...bc4cARX2,038,0010.2%$464.29K
0x7c53...c92eARX1,492,996.830.15%$340.13K

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About Arcium

Arcium is a parallel confidential computing network built on Solana, offering a privacy layer for on-chain applications. Its core business is enabling multiple parties to jointly compute over encrypted data without revealing the underlying inputs, using multi-party computation (MPC) technology.

The main pain point it addresses is the inherent transparency of public blockchains, which exposes transaction details, wallet balances, and trading strategies. Arcium solves this by allowing data to remain encrypted during computation, supporting use cases like private trading (dark pools), sealed-bid auctions, confidential DeFi, and privacy-preserving AI/ML on sensitive data. Its narrative centers on being a general-purpose confidential execution layer, not limited to a single app, and its parallel architecture aims to scale MPC beyond niche use cases.

In the past six months (2026-02-28 to 2026-08-29), Arcium launched its mainnet Alpha in February 2026, followed by the introduction of the ARX token in June 2026, which serves as the network's utility and governance asset. The project also reported growing ecosystem adoption, with multiple teams building confidential applications on its infrastructure. However, the network is still in early stages, with limited production usage and no major security incidents reported, though the broader MPC space remains complex and requires ongoing audit scrutiny.

Updated: Aug 29, 2026

Arcium, a parallel confidential computing network on Solana, evolved from the privacy protocol Elusiv. In 2023, it completed a $5.5 million strategic round led by Greenfield Capital, with participation from Coinbase, Anatoly Yakovenko, and Keone Han. In early 2024, the project rebranded to Arcium and launched a private testnet, marking its shift from a single privacy application to a general-purpose confidential computation layer. A pivotal milestone came with the acquisition of Inpher, a Web2 confidential computing firm backed by JPMorgan and Swisscom, bringing in advanced MPC patents and a research team that significantly accelerated mainnet development. The mainnet alpha went live in 2025, processing over one million computations. In March 2025, CoinList conducted a fourth-round token sale with full unlock at TGE. In June 2026, ARX was listed on Coinbase and Upbit for spot trading, with Bitget PoolX and SuperEx following, establishing broad market accessibility. These events mark Arcium's evolution from a niche protocol into a full-fledged confidential computing infrastructure, with the Inpher acquisition and exchange listings standing as the most strategically significant milestones.

Updated: Aug 29, 2026

Positive: ARX token TGE launched on Solana on June 22, with Coinbase listing providing compliant liquidity; Binance Wallet launched a 1.5M ARX reward pool campaign; mainnet continued growing, surpassing 1.8M confidential computations by July 2, processing over 200K daily; ecosystem apps like ZINC and Umbra went live.

Negative: Community distribution controversy escalated — ZINC miners received no allocation while NFT holders got rewards, grassroots contributors felt snubbed; 20.88% supply unlocked at TGE raising sell-pressure concerns; FDV fell from $500M to $300M after launch with violent price swings; team and early investors hold 30% of tokens, future unlock pressure remains.

Updated: Sep 11, 2026

Arcium's co-founders and core executives:

  1. Yannik Schrade – Co-Founder & CEO. Computer scientist, previously founded shiftscreen (a top-selling iPad productivity app). Leads Arcium's vision for confidential computing using MPC.

  2. Nico Schapeler – Co-Founder & CTO. Technical lead behind Arcium's encrypted computation framework.

  3. Julian Deschler – Co-Founder & CSO. Also co-founder of ZKurve AG, with background in strategy and business development.

  4. Lukas Steiner – Co-Founder & COO. Previously worked at SONECT and founded CopykatAI; oversees operations and partnerships.

Updated: Aug 29, 2026