what's usdc?
Circle is a financial technology company that issues USDC, the world's largest regulated stablecoin pegged 1:1 to the US dollar, providing stability and trust in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Founded in 2013, Circle focuses on building open infrastructure for global payments, commerce, and financial applications using digital currencies and blockchains. Key features include the Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) for seamless USDC transfers across multiple blockchains like Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, and others, as well as Circle Mint for institutional onramps and treasury management. USDC is fully reserved with assets like US dollars and short-term government securities, with monthly attestations for transparency. Circle also powers innovations like Circle Gateway for unified cross-chain USDC balances and supports real-world applications in trade finance, DeFi, and payments. As of October 2025, USDC has over $75 billion in circulation, underscoring Circle's role in bridging traditional finance and crypto.
USDC is a 1% cashback reward on CL Card for US Ledger users and in Binance Earn promotions.
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Integrated as a cashback reward option (1% uncapped) on the CL Card by BaanxGroup for Ledger users, now available in the United States.
Featured in Binance Earn's Dual Investment promotion offering up to 5,888 USDC rewards in January 2026.
Recorded $18.3 trillion in total on-chain transfer volume across all blockchains for the full year 2025, leading all stablecoins and representing a 72% increase from 2024 levels.
Wallchain campaign rewards are now denominated in USDC, reflecting integration as a reward currency for the campaign.
A wallet associated with Galaxy Digital received 500 million USDC from a Syrup Finance loan on December 23, 2025.
Has native rails on Sei Network for settlement and transactions.
Holder base of native USDC on Starknet increased by approximately 100% over a two-week period ending December 22, 2025.
Partnered with Coinbase to enable institutional USDC funding acceptance for BNPL provider Klarna, which is exploring stablecoins for treasury and capital markets use.
Has 6.2 million holders of native USDC on Polygon chain.
Supply on XDC Network surpassed $200 million.
Combined supply of USDT and USDC on Ethereum reached approximately $130 billion.
Entered into a multi-year strategic alliance with Intuit, where USDC will be integrated and used across Intuit's products.
Enabled as a payment method for stock trading on Coinbase's main app for U.S. users, allowing direct share purchases without moving funds to a brokerage account.
Integrated with MoneyGram to enable cash-out functionality for remittance recipients.
Received $32M in transfers to Arthur Hayes from Binance, Galaxy Digital, Wintermute, and other platforms over a 48-hour period ending December 17, 2025.
Collaborates with LianLian Global to explore stablecoin-powered infrastructure for cross-border payments, focusing on evaluating how USDC can support more efficient payment experiences for global businesses within regulated financial systems.
Visa offers stablecoin settlement for US institutions using USDC on Solana through Circle.
Circle minted approximately $2 billion USDC on Solana in the last 7 days.
J.P. Morgan builds permissioned DeFi product on Ethereum that accepts USDC, issues on-chain tokens, generates yield using treasuries as backing, and operates 24/7.
Circle signs agreement to acquire Interop Labs team and IP with deal expected to close in early 2026 to accelerate cross-chain interoperability roadmap, while CCTP now handles over 50% of all bridged traffic across major bridge providers. Circle announces Arc chain optimized for asset issuers with stablecoin native fees, seamless USDC liquidity, opt-in privacy and high performance execution.
Circle pilots USDCx, a privacy-preserving version of USDC built on Aleo using zero-knowledge technology that maintains bank-level privacy while keeping compliance records intact.
USDC on Solana ranks as fastest growing among top 20 tokenized assets with market cap up 41.3% over the past month.
Swap volume between USDN and USDC on Noble platform totals $545,352,960 with ongoing growth.
Hyperlane enables direct USDC bridging into MANTRA ecosystem from any EVM chain.
The CFTC launches a digital asset collateral pilot allowing USDC alongside BTC and ETH as acceptable forms of collateral.
Circle and OpenMind announce collaboration on USDC-powered micropayment rails for robots and AI agents to enable machine-to-machine payments and autonomous services.
A whale deposits 110 million USDC to Hyperliquid to open long positions on BTC and SOL, bringing total deployed capital to 230 million USDC across leveraged positions in ETH, BTC, and SOL with 2.3x leverage.
Circle minted another 500 million USDC on Solana within a 10-minute period.
J.P. Morgan issues $50M in US commercial paper on Solana, with Coinbase and Franklin Templeton purchasing the on-chain debt using USDC.
SGB Bank waives fees for users and institutions to mint and redeem USDC on Solana.
USDC records highest onchain volume on Solana with increasing adoption by major consumer and merchant platforms.
AleoHQ launches USDCx on Testnet as the first private programmable stablecoin, powered by Circle xReserve with native USDC interoperability and transaction privacy features.
Circle minted 500 million USDC on Solana in a 20-minute period.
Lipaworld integrates USDC to power cross-border payments app for African diaspora families and small businesses, enabling users to send essentials and pay bills across borders.
Ondo Finance tokenizes Circle (the company behind USDC) onchain with CRCLon.
Abu Dhabi Global Market FSRA license secured, enabling USDC operations for payments, FX, settlements, and social applications in the region.
Hyperliquid enables direct USDC transfer functionality on its platform.
CFTC Acting Chairman Caroline Pham announces pilot program enabling USDC as tokenized collateral in U.S. derivatives markets and withdraws Staff Advisory 20-34 citing GENIUS Act developments.
Circle partners with Bybit to integrate USDC support and increase stablecoin liquidity across Bybit's trading products through a Circle affiliate.
Circle mints ~$2.25B USDC on Solana in 7-day period.
French banking giant BPCE launches crypto trading service offering USDC to 2M retail customers, with plans to expand to 12M customers by 2026 through its Banque Populaire and Caisse d'Épargne apps managed by Hexarq.
Circle mints $9.5 billion USDC in the past month. New SIERRA/USDC liquidity pool launches on LFJ with four-sided yield opportunities.
USDC holders gain access to new oDOLO rewards program. USDC integrates into Velocity DeFi ecosystem on Saga blockchain as core stablecoin.
Circle minted $500M USDC on Solana within the last 60 minutes.
New mint of 250 million USDC completed.
Large USDC flows from Coinbase, Circle, and Bullish exchange to Wintermute market maker occur over recent days to purchase SOL for institutional investors.
New USDC mint of $124,515,013 completed, with total circulating supply reaching $77,957,618,424.
On Base network, USDC shows 4.6% market cap growth over 30-day period, placing fifth among fastest-growing tokenized assets.
New USDC mint of $194,081,181 completed, with total circulating supply at $77,636,004,268.
HoudiniSwap now supports USDC for private payments on Polkadot network.
Across protocol launches zero-fee bridging for USDC to Hyperliquid with 1:1 USDH conversion and zero slippage.
Circle mints ~$750M USDC on Solana within a 10-minute period.
Borrow incentives go live on Monad with 600K $MON token rewards for USDC and AUSD.
USDT and USDC account for up to 90% of Brazil's monthly crypto transaction volume of $6 billion to $8 billion, according to Brazil tax authority auditor Flavio Correa Prado.
Circle mints ~$8B USDC on Solana in both October and November 2025, showing consistent high-volume monthly issuance on the network.
Circle stock rallies 10% on Friday as Bitcoin surges to nearly $93,000 and crypto stocks gain across the board.
Binance builds wallet and payment app with USDC native rails, reaching more than 300 million users.
New FISH-USDC liquidity pool deploys on Ronin Blitz with boosted rewards for liquidity providers.
Treasury mints $500M USDC on Solana.
USDC ranks as one of the four highest-revenue protocols in crypto alongside USDT, HYPE, and PUMP.
oDOLO distributes weekly rewards to USDC holders every Thursday. Skate AMM deploys cross-chain MON-USDC liquidity pool across Monad and Solana networks.
Circle mints $1.25B USDC on Solana within 24 hours. Upbit exchange hack results in $36.6M loss including USDC among other Solana tokens.
USDC completes testnet integration with mainnet deployment expected in approximately two weeks.
Tether Gold (XAUt) flips USDC in 24-hour trading volume. A new wallet deposits 2.5M USDC into Hyperliquid and opens a 5x leveraged long position on WLFI.
USDC/WETH liquidity pool on Lynex offers 163% Vote APR through Gamma Narrow strategy.
USDC liquidity pools on Velodrome (Optimism) show ~390% APY for USDC-WETH and ~209% APY for USDC-WBTC pairs.
On Monad network, AUSD overtakes USDC and USDT to become the largest stablecoin with $95m in TVL.
Circle mints 500 million USDC on Solana network.
Fogo launches mainnet with USDC transfer functionality enabled at genesis.
USDC inflows to exchanges have increased notably over the past few days, showing increasing stablecoin liquidity.
A whale deposits $5.3M USDC into HyperLiquid and opens a 20x leveraged Bitcoin short position.
Binance enables on-chain USDC deposits and withdrawals on Sei network.
Major market maker Flow Traders goes live accessing USDC liquidity via Cap Protocol on EigenLayer. Polymarket adds support for USDC on Monad.
Polygon processed 64M USDC via Stripe through November, matching Ethereum volumes and ahead of Base. Over $170M in stablecoins including USDC bridged to Monad within first 24 hours.
USDC-WETH liquidity pool on Velodrome Slipstream (Unichain) offers ~221% APY rewards.
Circle minted approximately $1.5B USDC on Solana over the past week, bringing November's total minting to $5.5B on the network.
Criminal operation converts $61.5M USDC to SOL after judge unfreezes funds linked to Libra scam involving multiple crypto frauds.
Native USDC deposits and withdrawals on Sei network are now available on Binance.
Solflare launches a card enabling instant USDC spending on Solana.
436.5M USDC has been cashed out since October 15 through Kraken deposits, with 537.6M USDC flowing from Kraken back to Circle through wallet DTQK7G during the same period.
Synthetix Season 2 Mainnet Competition allocates 500k USDC as prize money, with the competition starting December 1st and featuring 50 winners competing over 2 weeks.
USDC is being used for trading on Monad mainnet.
Circle mints $500M USDC on Solana, with stablecoin flows to market makers Cumberland and Abraxas detected.
Circle partners with Stacks for their first Bitcoin DeFi integration, bringing USDC liquidity to the Stacks network.
A whale position borrowing USDC against wstETH collateral was liquidated for $6.52M when ETH dropped below $2,900.
Circle Payments Network partner Tazapay uses USDC as bridge currency for money movement from Brazil to India, rooted in compliance and banking infrastructure.
Citi and Swift test payment flows using USDC.
Morpho protocol powers the ETH-backed USDC loan feature on the Coinbase app.
Coinbase launches ETH-backed loans where users can borrow USDC using ETH as collateral, available in US except NY. Circle mints $100M USDC on Ethereum.
MegaETH opens bridge for USDC pre-deposits with a $250M cap, depositors receive USDM and inclusion in rewards campaign according to press release.
Circle mints approximately 500 million USDC on Solana in the last hour.
A whale holding over $2M in assets spends 82K USDC to buy 998,251 EDEL tokens; the whale has made over $5.6M trading on Hyperliquid.
A wallet linked to SharpLink Gaming sends $33.5M in ETH to Galaxy Digital OTC wallet and receives 10M USDC back over the past 2 days.
USDC is one of three stablecoins posting growth over the past month while Ethena's USDe market cap drops over 35% in the same period.
$200M USDC issued on Ethereum, with $100M sent to Coinbase exchange.
protocol_fx issues $500 in USDC incentives on Penpiexyz_io Voting Market, offering vlPNP voters 37% APR for the fxSAVE pool.
Penpiexyz_io Voting Market receives $6,000 in USDC incentives from gaib_ai, offering 49% APR for AID and 55% APR for sAID to vlPNP voters.
X-Pool on Flare Networks exceeds $2M TVL and accepts USDC deposits, targeting 8-15% APR through collaboration with Hex_Trust.
Circle minted approximately 2.25 billion USDC on Solana over the last 7 days, bringing total 2025 issuance on Solana to 41.75 billion.
OUSD governance passes proposal to upgrade to 100% USDC backing, retiring USDT and USDS collateral and routing funds to Morpho vaults.