{"id":84732,"date":"2023-09-19T19:48:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T16:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=84732"},"modified":"2025-09-12T19:07:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T16:07:54","slug":"circle-launches-usdc-on-the-polkadot-asset-hub-parachain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/circle-launches-usdc-on-the-polkadot-asset-hub-parachain\/","title":{"rendered":"Circle launches USDC on the Polkadot Asset Hub parachain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Circle has launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/polkadot-parachain-auctions-what-they-are-and-how-to-earn-from-them\">parachain<\/a> Asset Hub by Polkadot.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">1\/ ? The wait is over!<\/p>\n<p>Today, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/circle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@circle<\/a> has enabled <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USDC?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#USDC<\/a>, the second largest stablecoin by market cap, on Polkadot!<\/p>\n<p>Now, every parachain in Polkadot\u2019s ecosystem can access USDC natively without the need of a bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more in the ? below ? <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/9MHqb3aRD5\\\">pictwitter.com\/9MHqb3aRD5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Polkadot (@Polkadot) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Polkadot\/status\/1704121038886277600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">September 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\"><p>\\n<cite>\u201cThe integration will not only increase liquidity, but also ease institutional access to the ecosystem,\u201d the developers said.<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to them, USDC is ready to be used in other parachains via the XCM protocol.<\/p>\n<p>The Polkadot team also announced the integration of the stablecoin with various ecosystem projects, including Centrifuge, HydraDX and Moonbeam.<\/p>\n<p>USDC is the second-largest stablecoin by market capitalization. Its total market value exceeds $26 billion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"1024\\\" height=\\\"280\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stable-3-1024x280.png\\\" alt=\\\"stable-3\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-216215\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stable-3-1024x280.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stable-3-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stable-3-768x210.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stable-3.png 1264w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\\\" \/><figcaption class=\\\"wp-element-caption\\\">\u0414\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/categories\/stablecoins\\\">CoinGecko<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>In August, Circle <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/circle-to-launch-the-usdc-stablecoin-on-six-blockchains\">announced<\/a> the launch of the stablecoin in six new networks, including Base, Cosmos (via Noble), NEAR, Optimism, Polkadot and Polygon.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier it was reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/circle-deploys-1-billion-to-compete-in-the-stablecoins-market\">Circle is deploying $1 billion<\/a> to bolster its position in the stablecoins segment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Circle released the USDC stablecoin on the Polkadot Asset Hub parachain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1220,1461,910],"class_list":["post-84732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-circle","tag-polkadot-dot","tag-usdc"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"17","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84732"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84733,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84732\/revisions\/84733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}