# Circle names DAPL among its first 2026 grant recipients | Arrel newsroom

URL: https://arreltech.com/newsroom/circle-grant-recipients-2026

> Circle's announcement of its first named grant recipients of 2026 lists DAPL, Arrel's Digital Asset Platform, among the selected projects.

Recognition Grant recipient 18 March 2026

# Circle names DAPL among its first 2026 grant recipients

Circle's announcement of its first named grant recipients of 2026 lists DAPL, Arrel's Digital Asset Platform, among the selected projects.

![Circle names DAPL among its first 2026 grant recipients](https://arreltech.com/images/news/circle-grant-recipients-2026.webp) Image: Circle

Circle published its first named grant recipients of 2026 on its own blog. The list includes "DAPL - Digital Asset Platform", the platform Arrel builds for African financial institutions.

DAPL connects custodians, trading venues, stablecoin rails and compliance tools through one API, and runs inside each institution's own licence. Circle's grant programme supports teams building on its stablecoin infrastructure.

Circle's announcement does not state an amount for individual recipients, so none is given here. This is a grant, not an investment.

## Sources

- [Grantor announcement **Circle** Introducing our first Circle grant recipients of 2026](https://www.circle.com/blog/announcing-the-first-circle-grant-recipients-in-2026)

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About Arrel

Arrel is the control and orchestration layer for digital assets in Africa. DAPL connects custody, liquidity, compliance and governance through one API, so institutions run payments, trading, treasury, FX, settlement and tokenization from one place, inside their own licence.

Company Arrel Technology LTD

Based in Port Louis, Mauritius

Product DAPL, the Digital Asset Platform

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