Now Live: Native USDC and CCTP V2 on Sonic

We’re excited to announce that native USDC and CCTP V2 are now live on Sonic following a Bridged USDC Standard upgrade. Natively issued USDC enhances liquidity, security, and capital efficiency for developers and users across the Sonic 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 US Dollars² with Circle Mint³, providing a trusted and scalable foundation for trading, payments, and financial services.
• Crosschain interoperability: CCTP V2 enables near-instant USDC transfers across supported blockchains with the ability to automate post-transfer actions via Hooks.
  

Native USDC issued by Circle

Token Name: USDC

Token Symbol: USDC

Mainnet Address: 0x29219dd400f2bf60e5a23d13be72b486d4038894

Testnet Address:  0xA4879Fed32Ecbef99399e5cbC247E533421C4eC6  

Note: While this is native USDC issued by Circle, the smart contract currently displays the token name as Bridged USDC (Sonic) and the symbol as USDC.e when queried. This will be updated shortly.

Powering new use cases
DeFi Apps, exchanges, institutional traders, and developers can leverage USDC on Sonic for a range of use cases:

• Trading and financial services: Provide digital asset trading, swaps, and credit services—similar to apps like Aave and Binance.
  
  
• Payments and commerce: Deliver real-world payments solutions, USDC-linked debit cards, and cross-border remittances, as seen with RedotPay.
  
  
• Frictionless crosschain transfers: Facilitate seamless USDC transfers across supported chains, enabling smooth DeFi user experiences like deBridge.

Get started today

Qualified businesses can access on/off-ramps to convert local fiat currency to USDC on Sonic by applying for a Circle Mint account.³

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

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

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^{1. USDC is issued by regulated affiliates of Circle. A list of Circle’s regulatory authorizations can be found here.}

^{2. Circle Mint customers are able to redeem USDC directly from Circle. In addition, Circle will redeem all USDC presented to it for redemption in compliance with MiCAR, regardless of whether the holder is a Circle Mint customer. Circle Mint is currently available only to institutions and is not available to individuals.}

^{3. Circle Mint and money transmission services are provided by Circle Internet Financial, LLC. Circle Internet Financial, LLC, NMLS # 1201441, is a licensed provider of money transmission services. A full list of Circle’s licenses can be found here. Circle Mint is currently available only to institutions and is not available to individuals.}