Circle Minted $8 Billion USDC Since February 2026

Arkham, a blockchain intelligence and analytics platform designed to deanonymize blockchain transactions by linking wallet addresses to real-world entities using Artificial Intelligence (AI), has noticed the minting activity of $USDC by Circle above than $8B. This mintage counters connecting total circulation of more than $78B. The purpose of this announcement is to investigate the exact origin of the creation of $USDC.

The $USDC Mint Authority refers to the Circle address used to mint $USDC on the Solana blockchain. The amount of minted $USDC is equal to $8.4 billion, existing on Solana. The whole minting of $USDC is divided across different blockchains. Similarly, 66% of circulating $USDC is on the Ethereum network, corresponding to a large portion of $USDC being present on Ethereum L2s like Base (5.5%) and Arbitrum (2.7%). Arkham has released this news through its official social media X account.

Stablecoin Circulation Climbs as Circle Expands $USDC Supply

The minting of $USDC on Circle indicates a huge trust in its upcoming value in the market. Because it is the time when the stablecoin market cap reached $300 billion in early October, and $BTC reached its All-Time High (ATH). Now, stablecoin circulation has resumed its upward climb. So, the increase in the minting of $USDC predicts users about its long-term volatility as compared to other cryptocurrencies in the market.

According to the data, Circle has contributed a huge amount of minting in the total supply of $USDC, which is much more than $78B in the market. Therefore, Arkham’s team analyzed the on-chain data behind the recent $USDC minting, and what is the core creator of $USDC across the chains, even in times of market crashing.

Arkham Intelligence Highlights Unusual USD Coin Minting Trend Across Chains

As per the details shared by Arkham, the extraordinary mintage of $USDC around different chains gives a clear signal about the worth of $USDC. Due to this act, users are greatly inspired and attracted to the minting of $USDC. Because $USDC mintage is showing a unique trend in the whole crypto market.

The team of Arkham is still trying to find out the exact reasons for this strange trend and is continuously pushing users to grasp this opportunity for significant growth. One thing is crystal clear in crypto holders’ minds about the anonymous strength of $USDC.