Circle ends USDC and CCTP support on Noble

Circle has announced that it will discontinue USDC and Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol V1 support on Noble, with new minting ending Oct. 13, 2026, and the final contract pause scheduled for Jan. 12, 2027. Summary Circle will disable new USDC minting on Noble through Circle Mint on October 13, 2026. Noble’s USDC contract and every CCTP route will be fully paused on January 12, 2027. CCTP V1 burn limits from Noble will begin declining toward zero on October 31, 2026. Circle will snapshot remaining Noble balances before opening manual redemptions beginning January 13, 2027 onward. Noble will not receive CCTP V2, requiring holders and integrators to move elsewhere before closure. Circle’s Sept. 10 notice instructed Circle Mint customers, institutions, retail holders and application developers to move their USDC or remove Noble routes before the final deadline. USDC will remain transferable on Noble during the exit period. Circle Mint customers can redeem Noble-based USDC until Jan. 12, while holders outside Circle Mint can use supporting exchanges, decentralized exchanges or CCTP V1 routes to leave the network. Noble will not receive CCTP V2, Circle’s current cross-chain protocol. Once t...