Now Live: Native USDC and CCTP V2 on Linea

We’re excited to announce that USDC and CCTP V2 are now live on Linea, making it the first blockchain to upgrade from Bridged USDC Standard to native USDC. This milestone enhances liquidity, security, and capital efficiency for developers and users across the Linea ecosystem.

Key Benefits

• Seamless upgrade to native: Bridged USDC has been upgraded in-place to native USDC. With its contract address unchanged, existing integrations remain intact, requiring no action from developers or users.
• Institutional on/off-ramps: Native USDC is regulated¹, fully reserved, and redeemable 1:1 for USD with Circle Mint,² providing a trusted and scalable foundation for trading, payments, and financial services.
• Cross-chain interoperability: CCTP V2 enables faster-than-finality USDC transfers across supported blockchains, reducing Linea transfer times to seconds, with the option to automate post-transfer actions via Hooks.
  

Native USDC issued by Circle

Token Name: USDC

Token Symbol: USDC

Mainnet Address: 0x176211869ca2b568f2a7d4ee941e073a821ee1ff

Testnet Address: 0xfece4462d57bd51a6a552365a011b95f0e16d9b7

Earn USDC Rewards with MetaMask Card

MetaMask is offering USDC rewards on purchases made with their MetaMask Card. This makes it easier to spend USDC while earning cashback, enhancing its utility for everyday transactions.

Powering new use cases

Fintechs, exchanges, institutional traders, and developers can leverage USDC on Linea for a range of use cases:

• Payments and ecommerce: Power apps for global payments, NFT marketplaces, and onchain gaming with the world’s largest regulated digital dollar, just like MetaMask.
• Trading and financial services: Enable digital asset trading, swaps, and more with USDC, just like Aave.
• Frictionless cross-chain transfers: Facilitate secure USDC movement across blockchains for users, just like Socket.

Get started today

Qualified businesses can access on/off-ramps to convert local fiat currency to USDC on Linea by applying for a Circle Mint account.¹

Developers can dive into our documentation to begin building with USDC, CCTP V2, Programmable Wallets, and more to create innovative onchain apps.

SMBs and individuals can access USDC on/off-ramps through Circle’s partner network. Visit USDC.com to learn more.

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1. A full list of Circle’s licenses can be found here.

2. Circle Mint customers can redeem USDC 1:1 for USD directly with Circle.