Assets · Stablecoin · issued by Circle
USD Coin (USDC)Updated 21 Oct 2026
Circle's US dollar stablecoin, redeemable one for one in dollars and backed by cash and a government money market fund. Issued natively on many chains.
Asset sources[1][2][3][4][5][6] · ERC-20[3] · Stellar Asset[4]
Issued through Circle USD Coin (USDC) Live (scaled)
Classification · high confidence
- Legal form
- Stablecoin from regulator register
- Underlying
- Government debt · Government debt 86%, Money 14% (31 Aug 2026)
- Value behaviour
- Stable value · no income
- Ledger role
- Native
- Legal labels
- e-money token (MiCA) (European Union)[6]
Government debt = US Treasuries plus Treasury repo, mostly inside the Circle Reserve Fund (USDXX, a 2a-7 government MMF, not tracked as a token here); money = cash at banks. Total reserve $73.4bn at 31 Aug 2026.
Sourced[5]. How assets are classified: methodology.
Contracts
Addresses as published by the issuer. Check them on the explorer before relying on them. Supply per network comes from the issuing deployment's on-chain figures.
Settles in USDC
- 21X DLT trading and settlement systemLive (limited)[7]Circle is a launch cash-leg partner; trades settle against USDC.
- Aave HorizonLive (limited)[8]
- Canton Network on-chain US Treasury financing (industry working group)Pilot[9]First trade used USDC minted and redeemed on Canton.
- Circle Payments Network (CPN)Live (limited)[10]
- Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund (FOBXX)Live (limited)[11]Benji converts USDC to dollars to buy fund shares.
- Hastra PRIME (staked wYLDS)Live (limited)[12]wYLDS is bought with USDC one for one.
- Maple syrup lending pools (syrupUSDC, syrupUSDT, syrupUSDG)Live (scaled)[13]Deposits and withdrawals for syrupUSDC are in USDC.
- Mastercard stablecoin settlement for issuers, acquirers and merchantsLive (limited)[14]
- MoneyGram USDC app and card in ColombiaLive (limited)[15]
- Samsung Wallet Stablecoin AccountLive (limited)[16]
- USDC payments on Shopify PaymentsLive (limited)[17]
- Stripe stablecoin payments acceptanceLive (limited)[18]Customers pay in USDC; merchants receive local currency.
- Visa stablecoin settlement for issuers and acquirersLive (limited)[19]
- WisdomTree digital funds (bond, equity and allocation)Live (limited)[20]Funds can be bought with dollars or USDC.
- WisdomTree Treasury Money Market Digital Fund (WTGXX)Live (scaled)[20]WisdomTree Connect funds can be bought with dollars or USDC.
Holds as reserve USDC
- Ondo Short-Term US Government Bond Fund (OUSG)Live (scaled)[21]0.9% of the portfolio on 15 Oct 2026, held for liquidity.
Redeems into USDC
- OpenEden TBILL FundLive (scaled)[22]KYC-approved USDC holders mint and redeem against USDC.
- Invesco Short Duration US Government Securities Fund (USTB)Live (scaled)[23]Subscriptions and redemptions in USDC.
Sources
- [1]USDC Contract Addresses — Circle. Accessed 18 Oct 2026.B
- [2]USDC — Circle. Accessed 11 Oct 2026.B
- [3]circlefin/stablecoin-evm: Source repository for smart contracts used by Circle's stablecoins on EVM-compatible blockchains — Circle (GitHub). Accessed 13 Oct 2026.B
- [4]Assets Overview & Comparison — Stellar Development Foundation. Accessed 13 Oct 2026. Stellar's developer docs name Circle's USDC and EURC as examples of Stellar Assets..B
- [5]USDC Examination Report, August 2026 (USDC Reserve Report as of 11 and 31 August 2026) — Circle Internet Group (independent accountant's examination). Accessed 21 Oct 2026.A
- [6]Interim MiCA register of e-money token white papers (EMTWP.csv) — ESMA. Accessed 14 Oct 2026.A
- [7]21X rings the bell as trading starts on the world's first blockchain-based exchange for tokenized securities and stablecoins — 21X, 8 Sep 2025. Accessed 11 Oct 2026.B
- [8]Aave Horizon Launches — Aave Labs, 26 Aug 2025. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.B
- [9]Digital Asset and Industry Working Group Complete Groundbreaking On-Chain US Treasury Financing on Canton Network — Canton Network / Digital Asset, 12 Aug 2025. Accessed 11 Oct 2026.B
- [10]CPN supported blockchains — Circle. Accessed 11 Oct 2026.B
- [11]Franklin Templeton Enables USDC Conversions on Benji Investments Platform — Silicon UK, Jun 2024. Accessed 11 Oct 2026.C
- [12]Buying wYLDS — Hastra. Accessed 15 Oct 2026.B
- [13]syrupUSDC Product Disclosures & Disclaimers | Maple — Maple Finance. Accessed 17 Oct 2026.B
- [14]Mastercard expands settlement capabilities — Mastercard, Jun 2026. Accessed 11 Oct 2026.B
- [15]https://cointelegraph.com/news/moneygram-app-launch-colombia-stablecoin-savings — Cointelegraph, 18 Sep 2025. Accessed 11 Oct 2026.C
- [16]Samsung Wallet launches USDC accounts on Solana for US Galaxy users — The Block, 5 Nov 2026. Accessed 7 Nov 2026.C
- [17]https://www.shopify.com/ca/enterprise/blog/shopify-usdc-checkout — Shopify, 12 Jun 2025. Accessed 11 Oct 2026.B
- [18]Stablecoin payments — Stripe. Accessed 11 Oct 2026.B
- [19]Visa enables card settlement using stablecoins in US — Ledger Insights, 16 Dec 2025. Accessed 11 Oct 2026.C
- [20]WisdomTree Connect™ Now Offers 13 Tokenized Funds Across Ethereum, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base and Optimism — WisdomTree (Business Wire, via Silicon UK), 3 Apr 2025. Accessed 18 Oct 2026.B
- [21]OUSG | Ondo Finance — Ondo Finance. Accessed 15 Oct 2026. Portfolio overview as of 15 Oct 2026: underlying assets $318.95m..B
- [22]Former Gemini execs launch tokenized T-Bill vault OpenEden — The Block, 3 Apr 2023. Accessed 11 Oct 2026.C
- [23]Introducing the Superstate Short Duration U.S. Government Securities Fund (USTB) — Superstate, 1 Feb 2024. Accessed 11 Oct 2026.B