USDC in the spotlight: latest news

Stablecoins serve as the foundational infrastructure for practical blockchain applications. Despite often being overlooked, they play a crucial role in facilitating fast and low-cost USDC payments.

A wallet identified as 0xd9012A0C82242B04ee09E45e98B24903F982D975 has deposited 6 million USDC into Hyperliquid. Additionally, the wallet has set conditional buy orders for 73.46 BTC and 100,000 HYPE tokens.

A significant whale has invested $6.77 million to capitalize on the current dip in Bitcoin and HYPE tokens. According to a tweet from Ai Yi, this address transferred 6 million USDC into Hyperliquid and initiated two buy orders.

QUSDC has launched on the QIE platform, providing USDC functionality that facilitates quick and low-cost stablecoin payments, trading, and decentralized finance (DeFi) activities on a high-throughput network.

A wallet linked to 0xSun has deposited 2 million USDC into HyperLiquid and initiated a long position in $SILVER, as reported by Onchain Lens monitoring on January 31.

User pfm.eth has deposited $5 million USDC into Hyperliquid to take a long position on silver, as reported by PANews on January 31, based on data from lookonchain.

Charles Hoskinson has confirmed that USDC will be integrated into the Cardano network following a recently signed agreement. Additionally, Pentad is successfully navigating challenging negotiations with Circle, and the price of ADA remains stable.

An Ethereum whale made an urgent deposit of 2 million USDC into Hyperliquid to prevent liquidation, as reported by Odaily and monitored by Lookonchain.

Circle's USDC circulation fell by $3.4 billion in just one week, according to official data reported by PANews on January 31. In the seven days ending January 29, Circle issued around $5.2 billion in USDC while redeeming a significant amount.

A cryptocurrency whale transferred $6 million in USDC to acquire 1,108.79 $XAUT as gold prices neared an all-time high of $5,596 per ounce.

Circle has announced its roadmap for 2026, focusing on scaling the Arc blockchain, expanding the utility of USDC, and enhancing the infrastructure for institutional stablecoins in global markets.

Machi Big Brother has lost all 144,000 USDC that he deposited into Hyperliquid yesterday, according to Odaily and Lookonchain. In response, he has deposited an additional 249,000 USDC to pursue a long position.

A substantial transfer of $348 million in USDC between Coinbase entities has sparked speculation about strategic implications within the cryptocurrency market.

Circle Internet Group intends to enhance its stablecoin infrastructure over the next three years to encourage greater adoption among businesses and organizations.

Infinex (INX) has been officially listed on KuCoin, and to commemorate this milestone, a campaign will be held to distribute a prize pool of 30,000 USDC to eligible KuCoin users.

Circle is set to prioritize the expansion of USDC and the adoption of stablecoins throughout 2026. The company plans to move its Arc blockchain from testnet to a live environment.

Circle has announced its intention to transition Arc, its layer-1 blockchain designed for institutional use, from testnet to production by 2026.

Circle aims to enhance its infrastructure in 2026 to promote broader adoption of USDC and stablecoins. The company also plans to launch its Arc blockchain beyond the testnet phase.

CoinWorld has reported that the USDC Treasury has minted an additional 88 million USDC tokens, valued at approximately $88,047,124, according to a tweet by Whale.

Fidelity Investments is enhancing its involvement in digital assets by planning to launch a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin. This initiative indicates a significant commitment to the growing cryptocurrency market.

Circle has integrated USDC with a privacy-focused blockchain infrastructure, introducing USDCx on the Aleo platform through its xReserve model.

An address has successfully converted 30.5 million USDC into 909,000 HYPE tokens and currently retains 14.5 million USDC. This activity was recorded after over ten hours of continuous purchasing, as reported by on-chain analyst Yujin.

The USDC Treasury has burned 50 million USDC tokens on the Ethereum blockchain, as reported by Whale monitoring. The transaction took place at 17:23:23 UTC+8.

A newly created wallet address has deposited 2 million USDC into HyperLiquid and has aggressively shorted a meme coin, according to OnchainLens monitoring reported by BlockBeats News on January 29th.

Circle's stock has seen an increase following an upgrade from Mizuho, which pointed to significant growth of USDC on Polymarket and a surge in demand linked to prediction market activities.