🔗 USDC Expands to Pharos

Circle held discussions in Jakarta focusing on three key areas: - **Financial access** improvements for Indonesian markets - **Local market structure** and regulatory considerations - **Digital dollar integration** for efficient cross-border payments The conversations highlighted Indonesia's dual opportunity as both a domestic market and global financial hub. Circle's engagement follows similar initiatives in Seoul, where the company is convening builders and institutions to discuss internet-native finance. These regional discussions reflect growing institutional interest in stablecoin infrastructure across Southeast Asia and East Asia.

Circle is building infrastructure to enable seamless value transfer across blockchains, similar to how the internet standardized information movement. **Key developments:** - **Faster settlement** - Gateway enables batched instant crosschain settlement, supporting use cases like agent-driven nanopayments - **Expanded asset support** - Moving beyond USDC to support more tokenized assets across chains - **Simplified execution** - CCTP forwarding service now live for Solana and 11+ chains, automating destination-chain execution **Real-world adoption:** Trading platforms like Hyperliquid are using Circle's interop tools for seamless crosschain account funding. Asset issuers can leverage CCTP as an institutional-grade option to scale distribution. The infrastructure addresses persistent challenges: varying settlement speeds, limited asset interoperability, and complex crosschain execution. [Read more](http://www.circle.com/blog/building-the-interop-stack-for-the-internet-financial-system)

Circle has issued a statement emphasizing its role as a regulated entity that complies with legal requirements, including sanctions and court orders. **Key Points:** - The company freezes digital assets when legally mandated - User rights and privacy protections remain in place during enforcement actions - Circle positions trust in digital assets as dependent on security, accountability, and rule of law The announcement comes as the stablecoin issuer continues to operate within regulatory frameworks, balancing compliance obligations with user protections. [Read full statement](http://www.circle.com/blog/when-open-systems-are-tested-accountability-rule-of-law-and-the-work-ahead)

Circle has launched **Circle Managed Services** to simplify stablecoin adoption for businesses. The new offering includes **CPN Managed Payments**, which allows companies to: - Stay fully fiat-native without handling crypto directly - Avoid custody, blockchain integration, and licensing complexity - Access global USDC settlement through a single API Circle handles all digital asset infrastructure behind the scenes, enabling businesses to move from pilot programs to production without technical overhead.

**Circle Nanopayments** is now live on testnet, enabling gas-free USDC transfers as small as **$0.000001**. Built on Circle Gateway, the system allows developers to implement: - Pay-per-API-call billing - AI compute marketplaces - Usage-based inference pricing - Machine-to-machine payments - Agentic commerce at sub-cent scale **Key features:** - No per-transaction gas fees - Batched onchain settlement - x402 protocol compatible The infrastructure enables AI agents to function as economic actors, sending micro-payments instantly. This creates new monetization models where programmable value moves at internet speed, supporting the emerging agentic economy with real-time compute billing and pay-per-call APIs.