Lookonchain reports a newly created wallet deposited 2M USDC on Hyperliquid to open a 3x long on 22.78M ENA worth $4.09M right after the Binance hacker sold all 217.5M ENA for $33.93M.

Glassnode reported that Binance suffered a hack draining roughly $5.3 billion in assets including $1.66 billion USDT, 17,985 BTC and $767 million USDC.

Jesse Pollak announced that FalconX is expanding its Structured Credit Facility to Base, allowing institutional lenders to deposit native Base USDC into the facility curated by M11Credit and deployed on Pareto Credit.

Michaël van de Poppe reports Circle has frozen an additional $800 million in USDC, bringing the total to $1.8 billion following the Binance hack.

Lookonchain reports a fresh wallet deposited 4M USDC on Hyperliquid and opened a 5x long position on 3,000 XMR valued at $1.77M.

Coinbase Business partnered with MorphLLM to enable USDC and USDT payments for inference on Base, offering global reach, no chargebacks and up to 57% lower costs than cards across six networks.

Binance announced that users can earn a flat 2% APR on USDC holdings in their Futures and Portfolio Margin accounts as of October 26, 2026.

@EmberCN reports a major ETH long holder deposited 9.21 million USDC overnight, lowering the liquidation threshold on 115,473 ETH from $2,256 to $2,181 while maintaining $396.5 million in combined BTC and ETH longs.

OnchainLens reports Circle minted 1.5 billion USDC on Solana across six $250 million transactions in the past 24 hours, lifting the 2026 total on the chain to 110.51 billion USDC.

Jesse Pollak cited Coinbase and The Block research showing that sending $200 in USDC on Base costs roughly 86% less than traditional services.

Singapore Gulf Bank now converts dollars into USDT and USDC inside its own app and back 24 hours a day Monday to Friday, with the stablecoin never touching an exchange, according to Charles d'Haussy citing WuBlockchain.

Binance announced Binance Pick with Early Bird reservations from October 19 that award bonus Scores and unlock a prize pool reaching 1,000,000 USDC as more users participate.

Binance Research analysis of FSB stablecoin findings shows USDC and USDT depegs lasting just 14 minutes on average during recent BTC stress days versus 539 minutes in 2019-20, backed by record $351M order book depth.

Celo announced that the buy online marketplace where AI agents shop for tools is now live on its blockchain with payments accepted in USDC, USD₮ and USA₮ from partners including helloSQD, cencori and ChainstackHQ.

Onchain Lens reports a Bitcoin OG whale transferred 138.32 million USDC to Binance while holding 200 million USDC and 61.68 million USDT for a combined $261.68 million in stablecoins.

Binance announced the winners of the Agent OS Mini Hackathon on October 12 2026 with rewards from the $60,000 USDC prize pool to be distributed within two weeks.

Binance announced flexible products yielding up to 5% APR on USDC holdings, with VIP users accessing an exclusive 5.5% rate at the 200,000 USDC tier.

TRON and Polygon combined stablecoin volume reaches $31.9T, September record $828B driven by USDT on TRON and USDC on Polygon.

Circle mints 250M USDC on Solana for 750M total in 24 hours and 98.8B in 2026.

Coinbase secures CFTC approval to launch derivatives clearinghouse for 24/7 USDC settlements, boosting crypto derivatives infrastructure.