Stablecoin AtlasUSDC issuer, CCTP bridge, Arc L1, CPN wholesale network
Vendor profile
Vendor profile

Circle.

Abstract. USDC issuer, CCTP bridge, Arc L1, CPN wholesale network. Active on 8 compliance paths, addressing 8 of the 16 C-Domains.

Coverage grid — products × STP stages
CircleUSDC issuer, CCTP bridge, Arc L1, CPN wholesale networkS1IntentS2IdentityS3DiscoveryS4NegotiationS5TransportS6Auth.S7Facil.S8FinalityWalletsKYC / AuthPay RequestEIP-3009CCTPBurn-MintAttestationSettlementCPNIntentKYBDiscoveryNegotiationTransportAuthorizati…SettlementArcNative GasEVM RuntimeL1 FinalityWalletsCCTPCPNArc4 products · 8 C-domains · 8 paths
Fig. 1 — Circle's 4 products plotted across the 8 Stable STP stages — lit cells show where each product fires in the payment lifecycle.
Products

What Circle ships.

Wallets

Three wallet types: developer-controlled (custodial), user-controlled (embedded), modular (passkeys + gasless)

CCTP

Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol. Native USDC bridging via burn-and-mint with attestation.

CPN

Circle Payments Network — managed wholesale stablecoin payments with built-in compliance.

Arc

Circle's own L1 blockchain where USDC is the native gas token.

Compliance domains

8 of 16 C-Domains.

Circle's products collectively address 8 of the 16 compliance domains. The gap analysis on the C-Domain Matrix shows where Circle's coverage ends — and which other vendors fill in.

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Paths

8 appearances in the atlas.

Circle appears on 8 paths in the atlas. Click any path ID to inspect its full compliance flow.

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