Circle says legal limits stopped it from freezing roughly $285 million in USDC after Drift Protocol exploit
Circle has drawn a hard line after the April 1 Drift Protocol exploit, arguing that its power to freeze USDC is a legal mechanism, not an emergency switch it can flip at will. The debate intensified after the Drift attack, which Elliptic sized at about $286 million, while on-chain investigators said more than $230 million […]
Circle lays out quantum-resistant roadmap for Arc L1 to protect $32 billion in USDC
Circle has laid out a quantum-resistance roadmap for Arc, its Layer-1 network built for stablecoin finance, setting a phased plan to protect wallets, transactions, validators and infrastructure from future quantum threats. The roadmap presents quantum security not as a distant research topic, but as a practical engineering priority for a network expected to support long-lived […]
Circle and Sasai integrate USDC across 30 African markets to rewire cross‑border payment rails
Circle has entered a new African payments push through a partnership with Sasai Fintech that will extend USDC access across 30 markets. The agreement is being framed as an infrastructure-driven expansion designed to move cross-border settlement away from legacy correspondent systems and toward blockchain-based stablecoin rails.