Fairblock launches CUSD on Arbitrum as ARB trades near $0.20
Arbitrum (ARB)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
lookonchain.com reports that Fairblock has launched its privacy-focused stablecoin CUSD on the Arbitrum network. The token is built on PYUSDx and backed by M0, PayPal, MoonPay, and Predicate. CUSD allows users to hide payment amounts and account balances while still supporting public transfers.
Institutions can use it to protect payroll disbursements and treasury management data. Individuals can conceal their on-chain payment amounts and transaction flows. Fairblock stated it will drive adoption through economic incentives.
More details regarding these incentives will be announced separately. The initial deployment of CUSD is live on Arbitrum. This launch adds a new privacy layer to the decentralized finance ecosystem.
The move highlights growing demand for confidential transaction capabilities. Stablecoins with privacy features are becoming increasingly relevant for institutional use. Fairblock aims to expand the utility of CUSD in the near future.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for ARB, measured when this story was written up on 2 October 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Arbitrum is trading at $0.1999 with a 24-hour buy ratio of 49.0%. The 1-hour buy ratio is 41.2% and the 4-hour ratio is 43.6%, indicating that buying pressure is fading in the short term. Volume deltas are negative across all timeframes, with -$275,723 in the last hour and -$731,506 over four hours. This means sellers are outperforming buyers in the immediate market activity. The cumulative volume delta for the day is -$763,461. Only 8 out of 24 hours saw net buying, suggesting a bearish sentiment. Spot volume for the day reached $13,461,570. There were 83,544 trades recorded in the last day.
The latest daily buy ratio of 49.6% sits at the 49th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 49.6% - ordinary for this coin.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for ARB, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the average buy ratio was 49.2%. Today's 24-hour buy ratio of 49.0% is 0.2 points lower than the weekly average. Volume is currently at 0.47 times the weekly average, indicating significantly lower activity. Only 1 of the last 7 days saw net buying. The price has dropped 7.7% over the last 8 days. The total volume delta for the week is -$3,395,650. This is an unusual day for the coin given the low volume relative to the average. The market is showing consistent selling pressure over the longer timeframe.