According to the source, Circle has minted an additional 250,000,000 USDC on Solana, bringing month-to-date issuance to 2.25 billion USDC on the network, signaling a notable expansion in stablecoin liquidity on Solana (source: the source). Traders should verify the new issuance via Circle’s USDC transparency page and Solana block explorers tracking Circle’s treasury mint to confirm on-chain inflows (source: Circle; Solana blockchain data). An expanded USDC float on Solana typically supports deeper USDC-SOL spot books and can compress USDC borrow rates across Solana lending markets during net inflow periods, which is directly relevant for basis, funding, and market-making spreads (source: Solana lending markets such as Solend and Marginfi; DEX/liquidity data via DeFiLlama). Key trading checks: USDC-SOL depth and slippage on Orca and Raydium, SOL perpetual funding and basis on major derivatives venues, and stablecoin share within Solana TVL to gauge whether liquidity is translating into risk-on positioning (source: Orca; Raydium; major derivatives exchanges’ public data; DeFiLlama).