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Circle

Issuer of USDC, the default settlement asset for first-wave x402 services.

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TIER_B event 2025-06-01 · retrospective

Cross-chain USDC is plumbing for multi-network x402, not a 402 spec.

TIER_A event 2025-07-18 · retrospective

Primary statute text, not a law-firm explainer.

TIER_A event 2025-07-18 · retrospective

A federal payment-stablecoin statute, not an on-switch for agent commerce.

TIER_A event 2025-08-12 · retrospective

USDC-as-gas on an EVM L1 is issuer infrastructure, not an x402 competitor.

TIER_B event 2025-09-15 · retrospective

Circle’s dollar token is the unit most machine-payment demos actually move.

TIER_A event 2025-10-28 · retrospective

Issuer infrastructure moved from blog to a public test network.

TIER_A event 2026-07-14 · retrospective

Forty member organisations listed. Stewardship is now described as active.

TIER_A event 2026-09-09 · current

One unauthenticated GET now returns live USDC-payable services with payment terms and call schemas.

TIER_B event 2026-09-10 · current

Agents can now query a public x402 catalog; card networks started shared agent-identity work. Listing count is still not demand.