Circle’s USDC is headed to Hyperliquid in an integration poised to streamline stablecoin transfers across several chains. Both entities have recorded meteoric growth metrics over the last month, with Hyperliquid’s AUM surging to $5.5 billion in July.
According to a blog post by stablecoin issuer Circle, its native USDC will make its debut on Hyperliquid in the near term. Circle revealed that the integration will lean on its Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP v2), allowing native USDC to move securely across multiple blockchains.
Per the arrangement, Hyperliquid users will not require wrapped tokens or custodial bridges to move native USDC. With Circle’s CCTP v2, developers will be able to build apps for cross-chain onboarding, swaps, and treasury rebalancing, among other use cases.
Meanwhile, Hyperliquid users can use native USDC as collateral for trading perpetuals or as the quote asset for spot pairs. However, the disclosure did not reveal a launch date for the integration as both mainnet and testnet addresses remain under wraps.
Amid the announcement, CoinMarketCap data revealed a 3% surge for HYPE with the token trading at $43.89 at press time.
The stablecoin issuer has pursued a string of deals since the start of the month, with Circle striking a partnership with Ant Group for USDC integration in mid-July. Back in June, Circle integrated native USDC and CCTP v2 with Sam Altman’s World Chain.
Following the announcement of an incoming partnership, the data indicates that users are moving their USDC from Arbitrum to Hyperliquid for trading. At the moment, Hyperliquid handles 70% of Arbitrum’s USDC as traders cite the perks of fast, high-leverage trading.
Meanwhile, fresh capital inflows have triggered a surge for Hyperliquid’s AUM (assets under management). Ahead of Circle’s integration, Hyperliquid’s AUM climbed from under $4 billion to $5.5 billion in July, with $1.2 billion coming from USDC inflows.
Hyperliquid has been a beehive of activity over the last month, hitting a $10.6 billion open interest as HYPE set an ATH. The decentralized perpetual exchange has expanded to the Solana ecosystem with a Phantom partnership to enable in-wallet leveraged crypto trading.
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