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Circle in Hong Kong. At the HSBC Global Investment Summit, the conversation is clear: digital asset markets are maturing, and the role of trusted, regulated infrastructure and stablecoins in global finance is becoming harder to ignore.

Crosschain forwarding to Solana is now live for Circle Gateway. Gateway enables chain-agnostic USDC balances that can be spent in <500 ms crosschain, or programmatically batched to facilitate sub-cent agentic nanopayments. Circle’s forwarding service automates destination-chain execution for these transfers, reducing operational complexity while improving speed and reliability. ✅ Reduce end-to-end transfer time ✅ Lower operational costs and third-party risk ✅ Improve developer, user, and agent experience Forwarding is supported across routes to Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base, Ethereum, HyperEVM, Ink, Linea, Monad, OP Mainnet, Polygon PoS, Sei, Solana, Sonic, Unichain, and World Chain, with more blockchains expected. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ge-gk_2E

Introducing the USDC Bridge. USDC Bridge is a direct way to move USDC across blockchains, built and operated by Circle. Designed to give users a simple, predictable, and transparent way to move USDC between chains: ✅ Native burn-and-mint transfers, no liquidity pools ✅ Clear fees upfront, with live status and progress throughout the transfer ✅ No route selection or bridge complexity ✅ Destination gas handled automatically USDC Bridge focuses on one thing and does it well: moving USDC from one chain to another with clarity and confidence. Try it now: bridge.usdc.com

I am so proud and honored to be recognized by time in the TIME100 for 2026. It is a testament to the incredible work of the entire Circle team and building and standing by our mission over the past decade plus!

Circle Gateway has surpassed $1B in total transfer volume. As more builders and businesses operate across chains, unified liquidity is becoming a bigger part of how value moves.

As AI agents begin to transact and operate online, they will need a financial layer they can rely on. In a recent episode of Talking Banking Matters, Circle CFO Jeremy Fox-Geen shares his perspective on why trusted digital money and internet-native financial infrastructure will be essential to the next generation of online activity. Circle is building toward that future.

How do you build a digital dollar at internet scale? In this conversation on The Best One Yet podcast, Jeremy Allaire discusses the vision behind USDC, why building trust through durable infrastructure matters, and how the internet-native economy is taking shape. Watch the full conversation here: https://lnkd.in/gyV3u2Jn

Circle Alliance Program member AiPrise is helping strengthen the infrastructure around safer stablecoin adoption. Their platform automates website risk decisioning, helping teams move from manual reviews to clearer, faster outcomes. What it helps assess: ✅ Domain history ✅ Pricing patterns ✅ Content integrity ✅ Related entities and coordinated fraud risk For fintech and onchain platforms, that means stronger onboarding and compliance workflows and better visibility into risks that can affect trust and reliability across stablecoin ecosystems. Learn more about the Circle Alliance Program: https://lnkd.in/dg6dsd9J

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO at Circle, has been named to the 2026 TIME100 list. This recognition reflects Jeremy Allaire’s long-standing vision for internet-native finance and his leadership in helping build trusted digital dollar infrastructure for the internet financial system. Read more from TIME: https://lnkd.in/gTFJt8mA

Circle in Seoul. The conversations brought together builders, exchanges, creators, and community leaders around a market that continues to shape what consumer-facing crypto adoption can look like at scale. More from Seoul soon.