Overview
- Circle announced on Thursday that it will discontinue USDC support for the Noble blockchain and will not upgrade Noble to its new cross‑chain protocol, CCTP V2.
- Coverage shows a phased wind‑down that begins with shrinking CCTP V1 burn limits on October 31, 2026, but reporting conflicts over the final pause dates and minting cutoffs.
- Some reports say new USDC minting to Noble stops on October 13, 2026 while others set a December 1, 2026 pause for V1 contracts and some list a full Noble contract pause on January 12, 2027.
- Circle says all Noble USDC will remain redeemable 1:1 during the transition and that it will open a manual redemption portal for remaining balances after the pause, with eligibility tied to compliance checks.
- Noble has been Cosmos’s native USDC issuer since late 2023, so losing that rail will force Cosmos chains, wallets, and DeFi apps to retool liquidity paths or move funds via exchanges, on‑chain swaps, or CCTP exits before the deadlines.