News: USDC

Diagram of Visa Direct USDC prefunding: a 24-hour bar compares bank-transfer funding windows with USDC top-ups at any hour, then USDC in, Visa converts, USD balance, payouts to 180+ countries, with Inyo Global as first enabler

Visa Direct Stablecoin Prefunding Moves to Production With USDC

Visa Direct clients on Inyo Global's platform can now prefund cross-border payouts with USDC in near real time.

Diagram of the EBA's October 14, 2026 decision classifying USDC as a significant e-money token, one of 45 notified under MiCA: from November 12, 2026 the EBA supervises own funds, reserve of assets, liquidity and recovery and redemption plans, while France's ACPR keeps governance, qualifying holdings, fit and proper checks, outsourcing and conflicts of interest.

EBA Names USDC the EU's First Significant E-Money Token

From November 12, 2026, the EBA takes over supervision of USDC's own funds, reserve, liquidity and redemption plans from France's ACPR.

Diagram of Securitize Stocks: an underlying share held by the broker-dealer, a token representing a security entitlement, and settlement in USDC on Solana.

Securitize · Oct 10

Securitize Launches Tokenized U.S. Stocks Settled in USDC

Securitize Stocks give eligible investors tokens backed one for one by U.S. shares, settled in USDC on Solana.

Three-step diagram of a CCTP transfer to Sui: USDC burned on the source chain, the burn attested by Circle, native USDC minted on Sui

Circle · Oct 8

Circle CCTP Goes Live on Sui for Native USDC Transfers

Circle added Sui as CCTP domain 8 on October 8, so native USDC can be burned on one network and minted on Sui, weeks before the old V1 protocol is switched off.

Ledger-style diagram of an SAP Pay stablecoin payment: invoice, payment run, USDC for US dollars or EURC for euros, and an end-of-day CAMT.053 statement

Circle · Oct 7

SAP Pay Adds USDC and EURC Through Tereina and Circle

SAP Pay, run by SAP-backed Tereina, can pay invoices in USDC for dollar workflows and EURC for euro ones, with the payment reconciled inside SAP Cloud ERP.