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According to Whale Alert monitoring, Circle issued an additional 100 million USDC on the Ethereum network at 22:58 Beijing time.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, Circle has minted 1.25 billion USDC on the Solana chain in the past 24 hours.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Circle has issued 750 million USDC on the Solana network.Since October 11, Circle has minted a total of 5.25 billion USDC on the Solana network.

Circle submitted a letter of comments to the U.S. Department of the Treasury regarding the implementation of the GENIUS Act, emphasizing recommendations for a comprehensive regulatory framework for stablecoins to ensure consumer protection, fair market competition, and global interoperability.Circle believes that rulemaking should reinforce Congress's intent by providing clear and robust rules for all issuers engaging with the U.S. market, while offering the American people transparent and easily understandable financial products and services. Circle proposed a series of policy principles, including protecting customer funds, achieving interoperability through mutual recognition, ensuring the same rules apply to the same activities, maintaining competitive balance domestically and internationally, and establishing clear consequences and contingency plans.

According to market news, the stablecoin issuer Circle has updated its terms of service, removing the previous prohibition on using USDC to purchase firearms. This policy change was made under pressure from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) and gun rights advocates, who accused Circle of discriminating against legitimate business activities. A Circle spokesperson confirmed, "We have clarified the terms to reflect that USDC can be used for legal firearm transactions protected under the Second Amendment. We will not refuse USDC transactions involving legal firearms."Republican Senator Bill Hagerty called this a "victory against the weaponization of the financial system." However, Kadan Stadelmann, CTO of blockchain technology company Komodo, warned that this incident indicates "stablecoins are influenced by political figures" and questioned whether centralized stablecoin issuers can truly remain neutral, as they are "bound by U.S. laws, regulations, and political policies."

According to Crowdfund Insider, USDC stablecoin issuer Circle has announced the latest batch of funded teams, including 13 project teams: Droplinked, Encifher, Hurupay, Kantin, Locker, Lympid, Orbital Pay, Paymonei, Perpflow, Sivo Revenue Marketplace, Sorbet, Tixbase, and WanderWallet.Circle stated that its developer grant program aims to provide more than just financial support; the program is actually serving as a springboard for so-called "bold" thinkers shaping the next era of on-chain finance.

Cathie Wood's ARKK ETF latest disclosure of the top 15 holdings focuses on technology and cryptocurrency-related companies.The top five are Tesla (12.3%), Coinbase (5.8%), ROKU (5.59%), Crispr (5.01%), and Tempus AI (5.01%). Others include Shopify (4.91%), Robinhood (4.69%), Palantir (4.48%), AMD (4.4%), Roblox (4.15%), Teradyne (2.68%), Circle (2.55%), BitMine (2.46%), Archer Aviation (2.3%), and Beam Therapeutics (2.24%).

ChainCatcher news, according to Yonhap News Agency, digital asset infrastructure company BDACS announced plans to issue the Korean won stablecoin KRW1 on Circle's new blockchain Arc.To advance this project, BDACS has signed a memorandum of understanding with Circle and established a collaborative cooperation mechanism. In addition, BDACS completed the trademark registration for KRW1 in December 2023.

ChainCatcher news, Circle (the issuer of USDC) announced on Tuesday the deployment of its payment-oriented Arc blockchain's public testnet, which has attracted participation from over 100 financial institutions and technology companies, including BlackRock, Visa, HSBC, and Anthropic.The Arc blockchain offers dollar-denominated fees, sub-second settlement, and optional privacy control features, aimed at supporting financial services such as tokenized funds, cross-border payments, and foreign exchange settlements. Circle stated that the long-term goal is to develop Arc into a decentralized, community-governed system. This move comes against the backdrop of stablecoins (currently valued at $300 billion) gradually integrating into traditional finance, with Citigroup predicting that the stablecoin market could reach $4 trillion by 2030, while BCG and Ripple estimate that the tokenized asset market could approach $19 trillion by the 2030s.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, as Circle has diluted the newly minted 750 million USDC, Tether and Circle have minted stablecoins worth 8.5 billion dollars since the collapse.

ChainCatcher news, according to Whale Alert monitoring, Circle issued an additional 250 million USDC on the Solana network at 20:56:33 Beijing time.

ChainCatcher news, according to Whale Alert monitoring, Circle issued an additional 250 million USDC on the Solana network at 20:56:33 Beijing time.

ChainCatcher news, Starknet announces that Circle's native USDC and CCTP V2 will launch on StarknetStarknet currently supports cross-chain USDC (USDC.e) and plans to gradually smooth the migration of liquidity from cross-chain USDC to native USDC.

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, Circle has newly minted 750 million USDC on the Solana network.Since October 11, Circle has minted a total of 2.75 billion USDC on the Solana network.

ChainCatcher news, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire announced the launch of a new development tool called Bridge Kit, which helps to build cross-chain stablecoin applications more easily and simplifies the CCTP access process.

ChainCatcher news, Circle announced the launch of the developer toolkit Bridge Kit, which simplifies the integration work for cross-chain transfers, starting with support for CCTP and USDC.Bridge Kit encapsulates the core functionalities of CCTP V2 into concise SDK methods, providing detailed step-by-step documentation, example code ready for production, and built-in monetization logic, allowing developers to benefit from every transfer. Whether upgrading existing integrations or building new applications, Bridge Kit helps developers bring prototypes to production as quickly as possible.

ChainCatcher news, the Federal Reserve will hold a payment innovation conference on the 21st, with representatives from Chainlink, Paxos, Circle, and Coinbase attending the meeting.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain statistics, after Tether Treasury minted 1 billion USDT on the Ethereum chain this morning, Tether and Circle have cumulatively minted 6 billion dollars in stablecoins since the flash crash on October 11.