STARCMarkets
Trading
Buy and sell on STARC through the terminal for each launch — liquidity bootstrap while a raise is open, then Uniswap V3 once the pool is live.
Two market phases
Liquidity bootstrap
Discovery and LIVO phase 1 trade in the bootstrap market. Wallet caps apply. Tokens are credited in the launch contract until the Uniswap pool opens. You can sell back into the bootstrap before migration.
On-pool
After migration (Discovery), soft-cap seed (LIVO), or create (Fuse), trading goes through Uniswap V3. The STARC terminal routes swaps via a permissionless helper — approve ERC-20 USDC, then swap. On LIVO, primary issuance can still run alongside the pool.
USDC on Arc
Arc uses native USDC for gas and bootstrap buys (18 decimals in accounting). Uniswap pools pair against ERC-20 USDC at 0x3600000000000000000000000000000000000000 (6 decimals). Same asset, two interfaces — there is no WETH wrap.
Keep native USDC for gas. For pool buys, hold ERC-20 USDC and approve the swap helper when the terminal prompts you.
Terminal features
- Live price chart (candles, market cap, volume)
- Buy / sell with size presets and estimates
- Market activity feed from indexed on-chain swaps
- Explorer links for the token, pool, and transactions
DexScreener may appear as an outbound link when a pool is listed — STARC’s chart and trade panel are the primary interface on Arc.
Fees & slippage
Bootstrap buys are 1% / sells 5%. Uniswap pools use a 1% fee tier. See Fees for how every sink is distributed. Always review the estimated output before confirming — markets can move between quote and inclusion.