USDC will launch natively on Base network ‘next week’ — Jeremy Allaire

Circle’s United States dollar stablecoin, USD Coin, will launch natively on the Base network “next week,” according to an Aug. 29 social media post from CEO Jeremy Allaire. The new version will replace the current USD Base Coin (USDbC) that most users rely on as a substitute. Native $USDC on @BuildOnBase. Coming next week. #StableSeptember. Let’s go! https://t.co/oqfI0ZZhCn — Jeremy Allaire (@jerallaire) August 29, 2023 Coinbase’s Base network launched on Aug. 9. At the time, no native version of USD Coin (USDC) existed on the network. Users could not deposit…

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Circle to launch ‘official version’ of USDC natively on Arbitrum

Circle recently announced plans for a June 8 launch of a new native version of its USD Coin stablecoin on the Arbitrum network. 1/ Circle is launching USDC natively on @Arbitrum on June 8th! Keep scrolling or read the blog to learn more about this launch and how to migrate liquidity from “bridged USDC” to native USDC. https://t.co/tbxSmUvXso — Circle (@circle) June 1, 2023 According to a blog post, Circle will replace the existing version of USD Coin (USDC), an Ethereum-based token that’s been bridged to Arbitrum, with a native token…

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