Circle News
Best known for issuing USDC, Circle news covers the company’s role in stablecoin adoption, regulation, and financial innovation. As a key player in digital payments, Circle collaborates with institutions and policymakers to bridge traditional finance and blockchain. Its efforts in compliance and transparency continue to shape the future of stablecoins.
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The Bitget hacker has converted stolen USDC into ETH after a breach that the exchange valued at about $351.6 million, renewing questions about when Circle freezes funds linked to an attack. Security researcher Taylor Monahan flagged the attacker’s activity on…
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Circle Foundation has announced two grants to help the United Nations Development Programme and World Food Programme test digital payments for development work and humanitarian aid. Circle Foundation said in its Sep. 25 announcement that the separate grants will help…
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Circle expanded CCTP on Arc beyond USDC to support EURC and cirBTC, while Gateway plans multi-asset unified balances and more asset coverage.
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Circle Foundation has awarded its first U.S. grants to Accion Opportunity Fund and Pacific Community Ventures on Sept. 22, backing AI-enabled lending and data infrastructure for underserved small businesses. Circle announced the grants during the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting…
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Binance has invested $100 million in Circle Internet Group while entering a new five year commercial agreement that will pay the crypto exchange to promote USDC across its platform. According to a securities filing cited in reports published Tuesday, Circle…
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Circle has launched Bitcoin-backed USDC borrowing in Circle Mint, letting eligible institutions use cirBTC collateral on Arc and Ethereum.
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Circle has introduced Arc Studio, an AI coding agent that generates full stack onchain applications, smart contracts and agents from natural language prompts. According to an Arc announcement on Sept. 17, Studio can produce frontend interfaces, backend logic and smart…
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Circle has launched the public mainnet of Arc on Sept. 16, bringing its USDC-powered Layer 1 blockchain online with institutional validators, more than 20 fiat stablecoins and tokenized funds available from launch. Circle said in itsofficial Arc mainnet announcement that…
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Velocity raised its Series A to $48M with a $10M extension backed by Visa Ventures, Circle Ventures, Ripple, Haun and other investors.
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Circle will stop supporting USDC and CCTP V1 on Noble, ending new minting Oct. 13 before pausing contracts and routes Jan. 12.
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The first regulated crypto company to land a Premier League shirt deal did so three months after the Financial Conduct Authority told clubs to stop signing “dodgy” sponsors. Circle is not dodgy. But the product on the shirt exists in…
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Circle agreed to acquire Tazapay for $400 million in stock, adding payment volume exceeding $25 billion and payout rails across 100 markets.
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Circle has added upfront fee payments to CCTP Fast Transfer, allowing developers to quote and collect cross-chain USDC fees on the source network while preserving the amount delivered to recipients. CCTP collects transfer fees before burning USDC Circle’s official developer…
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A planned dollar stablecoin backed by 21 global financial institutions will begin with regulatory resources, corporate relationships, and international payment connections. Four industry executives told crypto.news, however, that institutional backing will not guarantee adoption unless the token can match the…
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The stablecoin giant launches Arc mainnet on September 16 with BlackRock, DTCC, and Visa as validators, betting that owning the infrastructure matters more than owning the dollar. The timing is either brilliant or reckless. Circle will flip the switch on…
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Circle and OKX have expanded their USDC partnership to increase the stablecoin’s liquidity and use across spot, margin and futures markets on the crypto exchange. Circle said on Sept. 2 that the companies are working together to give eligible OKX…