USD Coin (USDC) is a fiat-backed stablecoin issued by Circle, holding a 1:1 peg with the US dollar and widely used across payments, trading, and DeFi.
| Symbol | USDC |
| Peg | USD |
| Backing | Fiat backed |
| Status | Active |
| Launched | 2018 |
| Networks | L1 EVM Ethereum, Polygon PoS, Avalanche, Celo, Hedera, Sonic, Unichain L1 non EVM Solana, Algorand, Stellar, Sui, Aptos, Noble, XRP Ledger L2 Base, Arbitrum, OP Mainnet, World Chain, Linea, zkSync |
| Specifications | Backing Fully backed by reserves comprising cash and short-duration U.S. Treasury instruments. Auditor Deloitte & Touche Reserve reporting Weekly reserve holdings disclosures plus monthly third-party assurance reports (Deloitte & Touche). Redemption Redeemable 1:1 for U.S. dollars. KYC required Yes |
| Use cases | Payments, Trading, DeFi collateral, Corporate treasury |
| Depeg history | Date 2023-03 · Low price 0.86 · Cause Circle disclosed its SVB exposure while primary issuance and redemption were heavily constrained |
| Regulatory status | Jurisdiction EU · License type MiCA e-money token; Circle SAS, EMI no. 17788 · Status Licensed · Issued 2024 |
| Chain | Supply |
|---|---|
| Ethereum | $44.0B |
| Solana | $6.8B |
| Hyperliquid L1 | $6.8B |
| Base | $4.3B |
| Arbitrum | $2.2B |
| Polygon | $1.7B |
| BSC | $1.6B |
| Arc | $1.1B |
| Avalanche | $392M |
| Stellar | $340M |
| Sui | $275M |
| Aptos | $233M |
| Monad | $204M |
| Fantom | $181M |
| OP Mainnet | $154M |
| Cronos | $138M |
| Algorand | $104M |
| Sonic | $94M |
| Near | $89M |
| Noble | $78M |
| XDC | $60M |
| Cardano | $41M |
| X Layer | $38M |
| Ink | $37M |
| Starknet | $33M |
| Sei | $32M |
| ZKsync Era | $32M |
| Polkadot | $31M |
| Tempo | $28M |
| Tron | $28M |
| RISE | $25M |
| Hedera | $25M |
| Linea | $24M |
| Morph | $23M |
| Unichain | $22M |
| Mantle | $20M |
| World Chain | $17M |
| Celo | $16M |
| Osmosis | $15M |
| Etherlink | $15M |
| Gnosis | $13M |
| Pharos | $13M |
| PulseChain | $12M |
| Injective | $11M |
| Stacks | $8M |
| Katana | $6M |
| Plume Mainnet | $5M |
| Kava | $5M |
| XRPL | $5M |
| Berachain | $5M |
| Codex | $4M |
| ALEO | $4M |
| Scroll | $4M |
| Metis | $4M |
| Kaia | $3M |
| Flare | $3M |
| IoTeX | $3M |
| Immutable zkEVM | $2M |
| Mixin | $2M |
| Aurora | $2M |
| Abstract | $2M |
| Flow | $2M |
| edgeX L1 | $2M |
| Soneium | $2M |
| KCC | $2M |
| ICP | $2M |
| Doma | $1M |
| Manta | $1M |
| Boba | $1M |
| Chain | Address |
|---|---|
| Algorand | 31566704 |
| Aptos | 0xbae207659db88bea0cbead6da0ed00aac12edcdda169e591cd41c94180b46f3b |
| Arbitrum One | 0xaf88d065e77c8cc2239327c5edb3a432268e5831 |
| Arc | 0x3600000000000000000000000000000000000000 |
| Avalanche | 0xb97ef9ef8734c71904d8002f8b6bc66dd9c48a6e |
| Base | 0x833589fcd6edb6e08f4c7c32d4f71b54bda02913 |
| Celo | 0xceba9300f2b948710d2653dd7b07f33a8b32118c |
| Cronos | 0x3d7f2c478aafdb65542bcb44bceec05849999d2d |
| Ethereum | 0xa0b86991c6218b36c1d19d4a2e9eb0ce3606eb48 |
| Hedera Hashgraph | 0.0.456858 |
| HyperEVM | 0xb88339cb7199b77e23db6e890353e22632ba630f |
| Hyperliquid | 0x6d1e7cde53ba9467b783cb7c530ce054 |
| Injective | 0xa00c59ff5a080d2b954d0c75e46e22a0c371235a |
| Ink | 0x2d270e6886d130d724215a266106e6832161eaed |
| Monad | 0x754704bc059f8c67012fed69bc8a327a5aafb603 |
| Morph L2 | 0xcfb1186f4e93d60e60a8bdd997427d1f33bc372b |
| NEAR Protocol | 17208628f84f5d6ad33f0da3bbbeb27ffcb398eac501a31bd6ad2011e36133a1 |
| Optimistic Ethereum | 0x0b2c639c533813f4aa9d7837caf62653d097ff85 |
| Pharos | 0xc879c018db60520f4355c26ed1a6d572cdac1815 |
| Plasma | 0x2d661c89d812261039af9764eceaaee884f5f67f |
| Plume Network | 0x222365ef19f7947e5484218551b56bb3965aa7af |
| Polkadot | 1337 |
| Polygon PoS | 0x3c499c542cef5e3811e1192ce70d8cc03d5c3359 |
| Sei V2 | 0xe15fc38f6d8c56af07bbcbe3baf5708a2bf42392 |
| Solana | EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v |
| Sonic | 0x29219dd400f2bf60e5a23d13be72b486d4038894 |
| Starknet | 0x033068f6539f8e6e6b131e6b2b814e6c34a5224bc66947c47dab9dfee93b35fb |
| Stellar | CCW67TSZV3SSS2HXMBQ5JFGCKJNXKZM7UQUWUZPUTHXSTZLEO7SJMI75 |
| Sui | 0xdba34672e30cb065b1f93e3ab55318768fd6fef66c15942c9f7cb846e2f900e7::usdc::USDC |
| Unichain | 0x078d782b760474a361dda0af3839290b0ef57ad6 |
| World Chain | 0x79a02482a880bce3f13e09da970dc34db4cd24d1 |
| X Layer | 0xb6ceceab302e2e4948951ee7843fc24e92933061 |
| XDC Network | 0xfa2958cb79b0491cc627c1557f441ef849ca8eb1 |
| XRP | 5553444300000000000000000000000000000000.rGm7WCVp9gb4jZHWTEtGUr4dd74z2XuWhE |
| zkSync | 0x1d17cbcf0d6d143135ae902365d2e5e2a16538d4 |
USD Coin (USDC) is a stablecoin launched in September 2018 by the Centre Consortium, co-founded by Circle and Coinbase. It is designed to maintain a 1:1 peg with the US dollar.
USDC is redeemable 1:1 for U.S. dollars and is supported on over 30 blockchain networks.
USDC is fully backed by reserves comprising cash and short-duration U.S. Treasury instruments, held by regulated financial institutions and managed by BlackRock.
USD Coin (USDC) is a fiat-backed stablecoin issued by Circle, holding a 1:1 peg with the US dollar and widely used across payments, trading, and DeFi.
Fully backed by reserves comprising cash and short-duration U.S. Treasury instruments.
USDC is recorded on 20 networks, including Ethereum, Polygon PoS, Avalanche, Celo, Hedera, Sonic.
USDC has a market capitalization of $71.2B as of 29 October 2026.
The most recent recorded depeg for USDC occurred on 2023-03, when its price fell to $0.86.