🇬🇧 UK Stablecoin Rules

At the Bank for International Settlements Annual General Meeting, Circle's Dante Disparte outlined the company's fundamental approach to USDC: **treating issuance as a privilege and redemption as a right**. This philosophy now underpins Circle's payment infrastructure serving over 180 countries. **Key Context:** - Circle recently launched Stablecoin Payouts through Circle Mint France - European partners can now send USDC and EURC payouts via a single API integration - Supported use cases include merchant settlements, supplier payments, platform disbursements, cross-border B2B transactions, and creator payouts The redemption-first principle represents Circle's commitment to maintaining trust in stablecoin infrastructure, ensuring users can always convert their digital assets back to fiat currency. Learn more about Circle Mint France: [circle.com/blog/stablecoin-payouts-now-available-through-circle-mint-france](http://www.circle.com/blog/stablecoin-payouts-now-available-through-circle-mint-france)

Circle has launched a developer experience update that streamlines stablecoin integration. Developers and AI agents can now import **USDC, EURC, USYC, and cirBTC** directly from viem/tokens without needing a token registry. **Key improvements:** - Direct token imports from viem/tokens - No token registry configuration required - Simplified integration process This update builds on Circle's recent expansion, including native USDC deployment on HyperEVM with Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) V2 support across 14+ blockchains. Developers can access the quickstart guide at [Circle's developer portal](https://developers.circle.com/stablecoins/quickstarts/transfer-usdc-evm).

**Gateway achieved its highest weekly performance** for mint and transfer volume, marking a significant milestone in cross-chain USDC movement. **Key metrics:** - Record-breaking week for transaction volume - Total lifetime volume exceeds $4.5 billion - Growing adoption among developers and businesses **What Gateway does:** The platform enables faster and simpler USDC transfers across different blockchain networks, addressing the need for unified liquidity as more projects operate multi-chain. **Context:** This milestone represents substantial growth from April 2026, when Gateway first crossed the $1 billion mark in total transfer volume. The acceleration demonstrates increasing demand for efficient cross-chain stablecoin infrastructure.

**Stablecoin transaction volumes reached another all-time high in July 2026**, continuing a trend of sustained growth in onchain money movement. - USDC remains a dominant force in facilitating 24/7 value transfers across blockchain networks - This marks the second consecutive month of record-breaking adjusted transaction volume - The growth builds on an 83% increase in stablecoin activity between mid-2024 and mid-2025 USDC's market capitalization has shown significant expansion, nearly doubling year-over-year from $28.5B to over $56B. The data suggests stablecoins are becoming increasingly central to the digital economy's infrastructure, enabling continuous cross-chain value movement as adoption accelerates.