- Native transfers reduce the need for wrapped tokens or bridges
- Circle’s gateway enables instant transfers across seven blockchains
- XDC adds enterprise-grade capabilities to USDC’s expansion
USDC, the stablecoin issued by Circle, has strengthened its presence within regulated digital finance by launching natively on the XDC Network. This integration reduces reliance on wrapped tokens and external bridges, enabling faster, simpler, and more secure transfers for users and institutions.
Launched on XDC, USDC can now be redeemed 1:1 for U.S. dollars, ensuring consistent value and reserve backing in a new blockchain ecosystem. This move underscores Circle’s strategy to expand USDC’s reach across multiple chains while maintaining regulatory and reserve integrity.
The announcement follows Circle’s recent deployment of an instant-transfer gateway that supports immediate USDC transfers across seven major blockchains, signaling a concerted push toward streamlined, cross-chain liquidity.
USDC Goes Live on XDC via Circle’s CCTP V2
The XDC Network has announced that USD Coin is now available natively, joining the same regulated liquidity pool already hosted on networks like Ethereum and Solana.
This deployment ensures that USDC held on XDC is fully backed by Circle’s reserves and can be redeemed directly, preserving the stablecoin’s peg and trust assumptions for users on the XDC chain.
The integration is powered by Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol V2 (CCTP V2).
CCTP V2 relies on a burn-and-mint mechanism: tokens are burned on the source blockchain and minted on the destination once Circle’s attestation system validates the transfer. This approach secures cross-chain transactions while removing the dependence on wrapped token contracts and external custodial bridges.
Developers can adopt the protocol within existing workflows without introducing complex linking steps, simplifying integration for decentralized applications and institutional use cases.
USDC’s Cross-Chain Footprint Expands
Adding XDC is another step in Circle’s strategy to make USDC a widely regulated and widely available stablecoin across diverse blockchain ecosystems.
USDC is now available on 24 networks, including Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, Avalanche, Base, Arbitrum, Stellar, and Polkadot, among others.
Stablecoins like USDC have become essential tools for cross-chain transfers, on-chain accounting, and payments in decentralized finance.
Earlier this month, Circle launched the Gateway, a service that enables instant USDC transfers across seven major blockchains: Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base, Ethereum, OP Mainnet, Polygon PoS, and Unichain.
Both the Gateway rollout and the XDC integration emphasize Circle’s effort to provide secure multichain liquidity for developers and global institutions, simplifying access to regulated stablecoins as multichain ecosystems mature.
XDC’s Role in USDC’s Growth
XDC Network’s focus on enterprise-grade blockchain solutions complements USDC’s infrastructure needs. The combination of Circle’s regulated liquidity and XDC’s performance-oriented protocol design aims to reduce implementation complexity for developers building payment and settlement applications.
By avoiding reliance on bridges, organizations gain stronger security assurances—an important consideration after repeated bridge exploits across the industry. Native issuance reduces attack surfaces tied to wrapped token contracts and custodial intermediaries.
XDC’s expanding role in trade finance and cross-border settlement offers Circle an opportunity to extend USDC’s utility beyond DeFi into real-world financial operations, such as corporate payments, treasury management, and international settlements.
Overall, this expansion reinforces Circle’s strategy to strengthen USDC’s position as a leading regulated stablecoin by integrating it across a broad set of blockchain ecosystems while preserving transparent reserve backing and simplifying developer adoption.