Eng - Currently leading Onchain Protocols @circle. Opinions are my own.
Joined October 2022
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Citrini piece reads like 2017 crypto Twitter:
eliminate middlemen
compress margins
optimize inefficiencies
Uncomfortable truth…most people don’t want optimal. They want convenience. What we might call an inefficiency, others call “the product”.
Sure, I could source every component and build a machine cheaper than a MacBook.
I still buy the MacBook.
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Mike Grant retweeted
Not broadly known that we partner with numerous DeFi apps in the ecosystem to solve UX and liquidity problems.
If you’re a builder using USDC, checkout our interop stack with BridgeKit, fast CCTP, xReserve, and Gateway. Plenty more on its way.
Big unlock for cross-chain devs.
We just killed one of the worst CCTP pain points:
You no longer need to submit the mint tx yourself. Circle will forward it for you.
Fees paid in USDC. Zero destination-chain infra for bridge integrators.
Introducing our new crosschain forwarding service: a fully managed way to automate destination-chain execution for developers
Now available for CCTP on testnet, the forwarding service:
→ Automates the final mile of crosschain transactions
→ Reduces end-to-end speed, operational costs, and third-party risk
→ Improves both developer and user experience
Our forwarding service is part of a broader effort to simplify crosschain app development with the Circle interop stack. More to come.
Try it now: developers.circle.com/cctp/c…
Learn more: circle.com/blog/introducing-…
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Mike Grant retweeted
Circle 🤝 @Intuit
New stablecoin capabilities across Intuit TurboTax, QuickBooks, and Credit Karma to unlock experiences in refunds, remittances, savings, and payments that simply weren’t possible on legacy rails.
circle.com/pressroom/intuit-…
One of the cooler things we shipped this year:
Gateway enables fully atomic cross-chain swaps.
Here’s the trick.
Every mint attestation has an expiration attached. If the mint doesn’t land onchain before the window closes, funds auto-revert back to the Gateway balance.
Net effect: anyone can build an atomic mint + swap flow. If the swap fails, the mint fails, and funds settle back automatically.
All of this happens in sub-500ms.
Incredible. Worth taking a moment and reflecting on how far we have come as an industry.
Excited to announce that in partnership with @circle, we have launched USDC settlement for @Lead_Bank and @crossriverbank card programs over the Solana blockchain
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Back in 2022 when we started building CCTP, the @interop_labs team showed up as a world-class design partner.
Elite technical depth. Obsessed with dev-ex. No fluff.
Three years later, we’re teaming up again. This time to make interop truly seamless.
We have entered into an agreement to bring the @interop_labs team – initial developers of @axelar, a leading interoperability stack – into Circle to accelerate the next chapter of multichain infrastructure with @Arc and CCTP, and we are excited to welcome new team members to the Circle family as soon as the deal closes.
The Axelar Network, Foundation and AXL token are not part of this acquisition and will continue to operate independently under community governance, with @CommonPrefix leading network development.
More here: circle.com/blog/circle-signs…
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Excited to work with Aleo!
Aleo has launched USDCx on Aleo Testnet via Circle xReserve, a USDC-backed stablecoin for its privacy-first blockchain infrastructure.
USDCx on @AleoHQ enables a range of use cases including global payroll, critical aid distribution, global e-commerce, P2P payments & remittances, DeFi, and configurable compliance.
Key benefits:
→ USDCx on Aleo is 1:1 backed by USDC held in xReserve
→ Fully interoperable with USDC across supported chains
→ Trust minimized with no third-party bridges required
circle.com/blog/usdcx-on-ale…
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0/ TLDR: I launched the first USDC faucet
Grew it to 90k monthly users
Fought an endless war against bots
Unexpectedly gained 70k Twitter followers in three months
and ultimately passed the torch to Circle’s official faucet 🧵
11/ Looking back, it was a chaotic, fun, and surprisingly impactful side project.
In its prime, it served nearly 90,000 monthly users.
It allowed countless developers to quickly start building with USDC. It also helped strengthen Circle’s infrastructure.
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