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Arc Public Testnet is live. @Arc is an open Layer-1 blockchain designed to serve as the Economic OS for the internet, uniting programmable money and onchain innovation with real-world economic activity. Arc is uniquely suited to be a new trusted foundation for: → Lending and financial services → Capital markets → Tokenized asset issuance → Stablecoin settlement worldwide With deterministic sub-second finality, stablecoins as native gas, and opt-in configurable privacy, Arc is purpose-built to meet the needs of the global financial system. It’s built for a world where: → Financial apps are as accessible as email → Dollars, euros, pesos, and other fiat currencies move instantly → Private transactions that support compliance happen at scale → AI agents transact and coordinate commercial activity autonomously Arc testnet is already seeing participation from leading companies across capital markets, global payments and technology platforms, and full-stack developer infrastructure providers. Guided by Circle’s vision of making money truly open and programmable, Arc is public internet infrastructure that invites everyone to build, coordinate, and transact onchain. Start building: docs.arc.network Read the release: circle.com/pressroom/circ…

Circle France has received approval to offer crypto-asset services in the EU, enabling MiCA-compliant custody and transfer services for USDC and EURC across the EEA. Advancing compliant digital financial infrastructure in Europe. More: circle.com/blog/circle-fr…

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Circle just solved the biggest enterprise objection to stablecoin settlement. For two years, the objection from banks and PSPs wasn't "we don't believe in stablecoin settlement." It was "we don't want crypto on our balance sheet." The compliance risk. The custody question. The auditor conversation. On April 8, Circle launched CPN Managed Payments. Banks and PSPs settle in USDC —> instant, global, 24/7. Circle manages the entire digital asset lifecycle: USDC minting, burning, payment orchestration, blockchain infrastructure. The bank touches only fiat. The stablecoin settlement happens underneath. $70 trillion in cumulative USDC settlement already processed. Thunes, Worldline, and Veem are live on the platform. 20+ blockchain rails. Global fiat payout corridors. Read what this actually does to the market: it removes the last friction point for institutional stablecoin adoption. The technology wasn't the blocker. The balance sheet was. CPN Managed Payments eliminates that objection without asking any institution to change its compliance posture. The companies still waiting for enterprise demand to arrive don't understand that the enterprise objection just got answered. The demand has been there. The answer just shipped.

At Consensus Miami, join Circle and @awscloud on May 5 from 2:30-3:30 PM EDT at the Miami Beach Convention Center for a session on agentic nanopayments. We’ll cover how USDC infrastructure can support sub-cent payments for APIs, datasets, compute, and other usage-based digital services, along with the secure architecture behind real-time verification and settlement. Space is limited. Register here: luma.com/7d1kf5z9

We’re using Say to give verified stockholders the opportunity to submit and upvote questions ahead of our upcoming earnings call on May 11, 2026. Submit and upvote questions today through 9 a.m. ET on Friday, May 8. A selection of questions will be addressed by management during the call. Submit questions via Say here: app.saytechnologies.com/circle-interne…

USDC is on 33 blockchains and counting. @ddisparte at the @projectglitch_ Stablecoin Privacy Summit on why open innovation, open standards, and global entrepreneurialism matter for these systems.

@Infinilex Welcome to CAP!

Excited to share that we have joined the @Circle Alliance Program, a global community of teams focused on bringing the world on-chain, powered by USDC!

Adam Chapman of @ConfirmoPay shares how USDC fits into Confirmo’s payments infrastructure and broader growth strategy.

Confirmo’s clients weren’t just asking for stablecoins. They were asking specifically for USDC. By making USDC a core settlement currency, Confirmo’s platform enables fast, credible global payments. Today, @ConfirmoPay has processed $100 million in USDC, serves customers in 141 countries, and reports 99.97% uptime across its payments infrastructure. circle.com/case-studies/c…

NEW: Alchemy now supports Nanopayments powered by Circle Gateway. Agents get gas-free sub-cent transfers backed by real-time onchain data across 100+ chains:

Circle Gateway's Nanopayments is now live — gas-free USDC payments as small as $0.000001, 11 blockchains, built for agentic workloads. Fast verification, async batching, no custom rails needed. Learn more: circle.com/blog/nanopayme…

We've just launched the first multichain payment gateway for agents, across 11 chains, USDC + x402 support for sellers and buyers, and support for 0.000001 sized nanopayments. It's an open and permissionless protocol on the internet. circle.com/blog/nanopayme…

Circle is heading to Miami Beach for Consensus Miami on May 5-7 to connect with leaders across banking, payments, capital markets, and the Circle Alliance Program. We’ll be onsite all week for conversations around stablecoin-powered infrastructure, real-world USDC use cases, and what it takes to build the internet financial system. Find the Circle Alliance Program team at booth #3207. See you in Miami.

Goldsky is live today as a launch partner for Nanopayments mainnet. Any agent with a funded wallet can pay for Edge RPC requests in @USDC across 40+ EVM chains

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@thedaoofwei @coinsph @jerallaire Spicy chicken is our favorite.

Anyone can buy a bucket of chicken with $usdc in Philippines now! Scan QRPH with @coinsph and spend USDC! @circle @jerallaire

Nanopayments powered by @circle Gateway is live on mainnet. Quicknode is a day-one launch partner. Gas-free @USDC down to $0.000001 with instant verification. Batched settlement. Live on @base, @0xPolygon, @arbitrum, @HyperliquidX and more. The financial rail for the agent economy is here. Read more on our blog: blog.quicknode.com/nanopayments-p…

@Billz_io Welcome to CAP!

Excited to share that we have joined the @circle Alliance Program, a global community of teams focused on bringing the world on-chain, powered by USDC! 🧵

Today we’ve launched with support for Nanopayments powered by @circle Gateway. The future won’t be funds stranded on the wrong chain. Before today, to send value on a destination chain, users (and agents) must first acquire gas on the source chain, then execute the transfer. This creates UI/UX friction. Now It’s one @USDC balance, accessible across many meaningful networks where commerce happens. Nanopayments enables Agents to move value at micro and macro scale- from a paywalled article to something much larger. Now you can look forward to: + Instant verification that unlocks payments at machine speed + Batched USDC transferable across many chains with zero gas required from the sender. + Full interoperability with Circle’s infrastructure for secure, regulated, and transparent stablecoin rails. + Meridian’s proxy facilitator architecture and x402 payment protocol, enabling machine-to-machine commerce at internet speed.