USDC
3 published articles
Digital Dollar
Stablecoin fragmentation is ending: USDC goes cross-chain with CCTP on 35 networks
Circle pushes USDC to 35 chains and doubles down on the Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol to unify stablecoin liquidity. The move reshapes DeFi and opens the door for agentic commerce.
2026-08-07
Token Sales
Coinbase wants token sales to be fair. The fine print is more complicated
Coinbase resumes token sales in the U.S., using a 'fill from the bottom' algorithm and penalizing flippers, but the structure raises questions about true democratization. A $269M Monad sale shows demand is high, but who gets tokens and who gets left out remains opaque.
2026-08-05
AI infrastructure
Making agents pay is easy. Making them trustworthy is not.
Circle's Agent Stack provides the financial rails for the agentic economy: USDC payments, spending policies, and a service registry. But the real barrier isn't technology, it's governance. Without transparent audit trails and programmable guardrails, the promise of autonomous commerce remains theoretical.
2026-08-04