Circle CCTP
Circle's official cross-chain protocol. Burns USDC on the source chain and mints native USDC on the destination.
Using USDC on Circle CCTP
Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) is Circle's official solution for moving USDC between blockchains. Unlike third-party bridges that lock tokens on one chain and mint wrapped tokens on another, CCTP actually burns USDC on the source chain and mints fresh native USDC on the destination chain. This means you always end up with native, Circle-issued USDC, not a wrapped or bridged version. CCTP supports transfers between Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Polygon, Optimism, Avalanche, Solana, and more. It is the safest way to bridge USDC because it uses Circle's own infrastructure rather than relying on third-party smart contracts. Several bridge interfaces (like Across and others) use CCTP under the hood.
Supported networks
Key features
- Official Circle protocol
- Burns and mints native USDC
- No wrapped tokens
- Supports 8+ chains
- Safest way to bridge USDC
Other bridges
Across
Fast, low-cost bridge with optimistic verification. Often the fastest way to bridge USDC between L2s.
Bridge ProtocolStargate
LayerZero-powered bridge with unified liquidity pools. Guaranteed finality on the destination chain.
Messaging ProtocolWormhole
Cross-chain messaging protocol connecting EVM chains, Solana, and more. One of the most established bridges.
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