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USDC and Agent Wallets are now available inside Muse, Meta's personal AI agent, through Circle Agent Stack. Users can connect Muse by prompting it to "Connect to Circle Agent Stack" using the setup skill at agents.circle.com, giving the agent access to the stablecoin that Circle says powers 99% of agent transactions.

Jeremy Allaire announced the availability in a post Circle republished, and Circle is now promoting it with a video showing users giving their Muse agent access to USDC via Agent Stack. The integration extends Circle's push to make autonomous agents pay and get paid onchain with Circle-issued stablecoins.

Circle has formally submitted its response to the European Commission's targeted consultation on the review of the MiCA Regulation, drawing on two years of experience operating USDC and EURC under MiCA. The feedback focuses on strengthening Europe's role as a dynamic, liquid stablecoin market.

Circle is the largest MiCA-regulated e-money token issuer, and its submission comes as the Commission assesses whether MiCA remains appropriate in light of first implementation experience and market developments. Patrick Hansen, Circle's director of EU strategy and policy, announced the filing and has previously argued that current rules block EU access to most major stablecoin issuers, framing the review as an opportunity to improve competitiveness. The consultation keeps stablecoin rules and potential simplification of administrative burdens in focus before the Commission's formal report on the regulation is due.

Baillie Gifford has opened its Enhanced Yield Fund ($BAGEY) for investment — a UK-regulated tokenized OEIC running actively managed, short-duration government and corporate bonds with a target yield of roughly 7% in USD. It is issued natively on Ethereum, with Solana to follow, and the blockchain serves as the legal record of ownership.

• Open to eligible professional investors in the UK, Switzerland, Hong Kong, and the Cayman Islands
• Investors can mint and redeem from a $100 minimum using stablecoins, with USDC supported; daily official NAV plus an indicative NAV every 15 minutes
• Access via regulated custodians BNY, Anchorage Digital, Archax, and BitGo Bank & Trust

Matrixdock Gold (XAUm) is live on Arc, becoming the first tokenized gold asset on Circle's institutional blockchain. Each XAUm token represents one troy ounce of LBMA-approved gold stored in Hong Kong and Singapore vaults held by Brink's and Malca-Amit.

• Qualifying sellers can redeem XAUm for USDC the same day
• Brings physical gold onchain for lending, collateral, trading, and treasury workflows within the Arc ecosystem

Matcha, the DEX aggregator built by 0x Labs, has enabled direct CCTP for EURC on Base — its first non-USD asset with native CCTP support. Users can now move the euro stablecoin across CCTP-connected chains directly inside Matcha's interface.

• CCTP routes trades straight through Circle's smart contracts and attestation service, with no added fees
• Follows Matcha Meta's existing USDC CCTP support and its earlier World Chain integration

Circle's Earn Kit, part of the Arc App Kits SDK suite, lets developers offer onchain USDC earn experiences without writing smart contract code. The kit connects applications to lending markets such as Morpho, allowing users to earn yield on USDC without leaving the host app's interface.

The announcement promotes Earn Kit as a fast path for builders to add earn products on Arc, alongside other App Kit components like Onramp Kit for fiat-to-USDC funding. It extends the developer tooling available on Arc as Circle pushes stablecoin earning into standard app features.

Circle and payments technology provider Volante Technologies announced a strategic collaboration to help financial institutions integrate USDC payment and settlement capabilities into the payment systems they already run. Banks can now evaluate stablecoin workflows within their existing payment infrastructure rather than building separate digital asset systems.

The partnership points to growing demand from banks for stablecoin rails that slot into current operations, as Circle continues expanding USDC distribution beyond exchanges and chains into traditional payment infrastructure.