Circle opens CCTP to third-party ERC-20 tokens on Arc

Circle has expanded its Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) to support third-party ERC-20 tokens on its Arc blockchain, letting token issuers move assets across chains using Circle's burn-and-mint infrastructure without relying on separate bridges or wrapped tokens.

• The expansion opens Circle's canonical cross-chain transfer rails to tokens beyond USDC.
• No details were disclosed on which issuers or tokens are first to use the feature.