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USDC officially announced the launch of the USDC Bridge, built and operated by Circle. It supports cross-chain transfers via a native burn-and-mint mechanism, offers upfront fee visibility and real-time status tracking, eliminates the need for manual route selection, and automatically handles gas fees on the destination chain.
According to an official announcement, Mint Blockchain officially ceased operations on April 17, 2026, and urged users to withdraw four assets from Mint Chain to the Ethereum mainnet: ETH, WBTC, USDC, and USDT. The announcement states that the asset withdrawal deadline is October 20, 2026, and users may complete the process via the official withdrawal channel. Assets not withdrawn by the deadline will no longer be processable.