Circle will end support for USDC and CCTP V1 on Noble under a staged timeline, stopping new minting on October 13, 2026, and fully pausing the Noble USDC contract and all CCTP routes on January 12, 2027.

The stablecoin issuer announced the schedule on September 10, 2026, as part of its broader transition to CCTP V2. Noble will not receive the newer cross-chain protocol, according to Circle’s announcement. CCTP, or Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol, uses a burn-and-mint system to move native USDC between blockchains.

The change is specific to Noble, the Cosmos-based issuance hub, and the legacy CCTP V1 infrastructure. It does not represent a broader withdrawal of USDC support. Circle continues to expand its stablecoin network presence elsewhere, including plans to bring USDC and EURC to additional networks.

Key deadlines for USDC on Noble

Circle will disable new USDC minting to Noble through Circle Mint on October 13, 2026. USDC will remain transferable on Noble after that date until the January pause. Circle has urged holders to move their funds off the chain through supported exchange deposits, decentralized-exchange swaps, or CCTP V1 exits.

Redemptions from Noble through Circle Mint will remain available until January 12, 2027. On that date, Circle plans to pause the Noble USDC contract and all CCTP routes. The announcement does not specify the time of day or timezone for the pause.

A further restriction will begin on October 31, 2026, when CCTP V1 burn limits start gradually declining toward zero. After December 1, 2026, CCTP exits may be limited to destination chains that still support CCTP V1 burns, reducing the routes available to holders who wait.

The scheduled changes affect minting and protocol-based transfers, but existing USDC on Noble does not automatically become worthless on any of these dates. The Noble network itself is also not shutting down.

Noble’s USDC balance and post-pause redemption

DeFiLlama data showed approximately 91.6 million USDC circulating on Noble as of September 11, 2026, down from about 101.3 million one month earlier. The figures are provider chain allocations retrieved before the announcement’s effects and do not represent a snapshot taken on the pause date. They indicate the approximate amount that may need to migrate.

Circle will take a snapshot of remaining Noble USDC balances on January 12, 2027. Manual redemption is scheduled to begin on January 13, 2027. This process will require compliance and security checks, a wallet controlled by the holder, and an address included in the snapshot. As a result, manual redemption is conditional and is not an automatic backstop for every holder.

Applications built on Noble may set their own migration schedules, which may differ from Circle’s deadlines. The dYdX Foundation said Circle’s announcement does not affect current dYdX Chain operations, balances, or trading.

Circle has announced the deprecation timeline for USDC on the Noble chain. This does not affect any dYdX Chain operations today, including current balances, operations, or trading. ➡️ pic.twitter.com/0yI4yI6hyH — dYdX Foundation (@dydxfoundation) September 10, 2026

Source: @dydxfoundation on X

In a reply thread, the foundation said it was working to migrate dYdX Chain’s native USDC representation and its sole eligible trading collateral from Noble USDC to Circle-issued Injective USDC. It did not provide a completion date. The foundation also warned that Injective USDC was not yet supported as trading collateral on dYdX Chain and advised users not to transfer it there before support was confirmed to be live.

The statement means that a planned migration destination is not necessarily an active or supported destination. Holders and applications therefore need to verify the status of their intended routes, platforms, and collateral arrangements before transferring funds.

Circle’s broader corporate developments, including approval of its federal banking charter and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s approval of its national trust bank plan, do not change the specific deadlines for Noble.

At the time of the announcement, USDC was trading at $0.9998, effectively at its peg. Its market capitalization was near $74.1 billion, and 24-hour trading volume exceeded $16 billion. The broader crypto market’s Fear \u0026 Greed Index stood at 56, classified as “Greed”; that reading reflects the wider market and does not measure a Noble-specific reaction.

The January 12 pause leaves holders with a defined period to exit, while the staged reduction in CCTP V1 capacity and the eligibility requirements for manual redemption create additional conditions to verify. Dependent applications may also finalize their migration plans on schedules that do not align with Circle’s timeline.

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