- Injective adds native $USDC and Circle’s CCTP, which allows direct stablecoin transfers across supported blockchains without packaged tokens.
- $USDC circulation is approaching $80 billion, giving Injective traders and developers a dollar-backed asset for settlement, collateral and liquidity.
Injective prepares to add native $USDC and Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol, or CCTP, to its network, expanding the blockchain’s services for commerce, payments and decentralized finance. The integration will allow $USDC to move to Injective as a native asset instead of via packaged versions. It also gives users a direct way to transfer the stablecoin between the network and other supported blockchains.
$USDC is one of the largest dollar-backed stablecoins, with a market capitalization of almost $80 billion. The network processed trillions of dollars in on-chain transaction volumes by 2025 as its use for payments, trading and treasury operations soared.
$USDC and CCTP, powered by @circle, are officially coming to Injective.
The world’s largest regulated stablecoin. Secure crosschain transfers. All natively integrated into the fastest blockchain built for finance.
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— Injectief 🥷 (@injectief) March 17, 2026
For injective, $USDC will improve spot and derivatives products and asset tokenization by eliminating dependency on bridged tokens and improving the flow of capital between applications.
The CCTP protocol makes this possible $USDC to move between blockchains via a burn-and-mint process. Instead of locking tokens in a bridge and issuing packaged versions elsewhere, CCTP removes the original tokens from one chain and creates the same amount on the destination chain. This reduces the risks often associated with packaged assets and third-party bridge systems.
Early this month, CNF reported that Injective introduced an AI-powered CLI skill that allows developers to query chain data, send transactions, and manage keys directly from the terminal. The tool also standardizes wallet settings, network selection, and local client configuration across the mainnet and testnet for more consistent on-chain workflows.
Original $USDC Brings cross-chain access to injective
Injective also plans to adopt its MultiVM Token Standard $USDC. That framework allows one canonical token to work in both Wasm and EVM environments on the same network. As a result, developers using Solidity and those building in Wasm have access to the same $USDC liquidity without fragmenting balances across different versions of the token.
The company has already created $USDC available on testnet, giving developers time to build and test products before mainnet support goes live. That includes payment instruments, lending services, trading systems and cross-chain transfer functions associated with CCTP.
This move is the latest in a long line of stablecoin integrations as these fiat-backed tokens find new applications beyond crypto trading, with payment giants such as Visa, Mastercard and Stripe launching stablecoin-based services.
We used to covered Aon’s pilot to pay stablecoin insurance premiums with Coinbase and Paxos using PYUSD on Solana and $USDC on Ethereum. The test marked the first known insurance premium settlement in stablecoins by a major global broker.
In February, CNF reported that Polygon enabled immediate VAT refunds $USDC for international travelers at Italian airports during the 2026 Winter Olympics. The service has been launched at refund points in Milan, Rome and Venice.