Live on Arc · community owned

USDC is cool.

A character crypto adopted on its own.

Nobody marketed this one into existence. A stablecoin in pixel sunglasses showed up in profile pictures, replies and memes, and people just kept using it. $COOL is that character with a ticker attached, owned by the community that carries it, running on Arc.

Contract 0xeb64987643db71c76b2a2be7e723decc995e5b37
$COOL, a USDC coin wearing pixel sunglasses
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The Story

How a pair of thug life sunglasses became a movement

Cool shades on a stablecoin. Nobody built this character, it showed up and it stuck, and the accounts at the center of the dollar on-chain kept reaching for it.

The official Circle account posting the word Cool with a sunglasses emoji
@circle7 February 2025 ↗
Chapter 01

One word, one pair of shades

February 2025. Circle posts a single word and a pair of sunglasses. No campaign, no explanation, no product behind it. Just the tone.

That is the whole personality of the dollar on-chain in five characters. Calm, boring in the best way, and completely unbothered.

The official USDC account posting the word Cool with a sunglasses emoji
@USDC25 April 2025 ↗
Chapter 02

Then it happened again

April 2025. Same word, same shades, this time from USDC itself. Once is an accident. Twice is a voice.

By this point the joke belonged to everyone. People were putting the shades on profile pictures and replies because it already meant something without anyone explaining it.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire wearing a pixel art USDC shirt in front of a Circle billboard
@jerallaireview the post ↗
Chapter 03

Pixels, worn in public

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire, standing in front of a Circle billboard, in a shirt carrying a blocky pixel art USDC logo.

The low resolution version of USDC is not something a meme coin invented last week. It was already there, on a shirt, in front of the billboard.

$COOL, a USDC coin wearing pixel sunglasses
Chapter 04

Arc picked its face

Every ecosystem eventually chooses a symbol, and the strongest ones are never chosen by marketing. People connect with a character first. The ticker follows.

Arc arrived without a mascot, and the community brought its own. $COOL is that character with a ticker attached, community owned, with fees going into burns and buybacks.

USDC is cool. Stay cool.

Burn Tracker

Supply only goes one direction

Creator fees do not go into a pocket. $COOL collected through the fee mechanism is sent to the dead address, permanently, and every burn is a transaction you can open and check yourself.

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Total burned
0
COOL removed from supply forever
0.000% of total supplynext milestone 2%
Share of supply
0.000%
Remaining supply
0
Burn events
0
DateAmountSupplyTransaction
Verified on Arcscan

Burns reduce supply. They do not promise a price, and nothing here is financial advice. Total supply is 1,000,000,000 COOL and burned tokens sit at 0x000...dEaD where nobody can move them.

Tokenomics

Fees that work for the token

One billion supply, one simple rule for what happens to the money the token generates. It goes back into the token.

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Burn

$COOL collected through the creator fee mechanism is burned on a rolling basis and gone for good.

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Buyback

A share of the USDC fees generated is used to buy $COOL back from the open market.

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Verifiable

Every burn and buyback lands on-chain with a hash you can open. No screenshots, no trust required.

1,000,000,000

Total supply, fixed. Simple, round, and only shrinking from here.

Community owned

Its own name, its own art, no third party brand attached to any of it.

Token contract 0xeb64987643db71c76b2a2be7e723decc995e5b37
Fee recipient address 0xa9d829848F8accB65769f11b9e8678098Ea01D16

Creator fees exist to support the ecosystem rather than to become anyone's income. Burns and buybacks are a policy for how those fees are used, not a guarantee about price.

Shades Studio

Get cool. Stay cool.

Upload a picture, drop the shades on, drag them into place, size and rotate until it is right, then download and flex. Everything runs in your browser and nothing is uploaded anywhere.

Upload a picture to get started.
Then drag the shades where they belong.

Tip: drag the shades on the canvas to reposition them. Works with touch too.

FAQ

Questions, answered

Is $COOL affiliated with Circle, USDC or Arc?

No. $COOL is an independent community meme token. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to Circle, USDC, Arc, or any individual mentioned anywhere on this site.

Is $COOL connected to usdc.cool?

No. usdc.cool is a separate project run by someone else and there is no relationship between the two. $COOL is a meme adopted by the Arc community, running under its own name, its own art and its own contract.

What happens to creator fees?

$COOL collected through the fee mechanism is burned. A share of the USDC fees is used for open market buybacks. Both land on-chain, and the burn tracker on this page links every transaction.

Do burns and buybacks mean the price goes up?

No. They reduce supply and put fees back into the token, which is a policy, not a promise. Nothing here is financial advice.

How do I check the burns myself?

Open the burn address on Arcscan and look at what it holds, or click any transaction hash in the tracker above. Tokens sent there cannot be recovered by anyone.

What is the roadmap?

Arc mainnet, more research and theses, a community built visual identity, and growth. Beyond that, vibes. Be cool, stay cool.

Where do I buy it?

Through RadarDex using the contract address 0xeb64987643db71c76b2a2be7e723decc995e5b37. Always verify the contract before you buy and never trust a link you have not checked.

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