Circleās CCTP passes $100 million in cross-chain volume for non-USDC assets
Tokens like cirBTC, EURC and WETH are now moving across chains through Circle's burn-and-mint bridge, weeks after the protocol opened its doors beyond USDC
Circle built its Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol to do one job: move USDC between blockchains. That job description just got longer.
CCTP has now handled more than $100 million in cross-chain volume for assets other than USDC, including cirBTC, EURC and WETH. The milestone arrived shortly after Circle switched on multi-asset support in September 2026. In other words, this was not a slow multi-year climb. It happened within weeks.
How Circle’s CCTP moves tokens without wrapping them
CCTP uses a burn-and-mint model, destroying tokens on the source chain and creating the same amount fresh on the destination chain. Users end up holding the real asset, not a stand-in. There is no wrapped version to track, and no liquidity pool that needs to be stocked for the transfer to go through.
A September rollout in three acts
The expansion began on September 2, 2026, when CCTP added native EURC transfers. Circle’s euro stablecoin started out on routes between Ethereum and Base, then extended to Arc, a network aimed at institutions.
Next came cirBTC. The token, which is backed 1:1 by Bitcoin, launched on Arc on September 21, 2026. Native cirBTC transfers through CCTP were switched on just days later, on September 23-24, 2026.
The third piece is WETH, the wrapped form of Ether that many DeFi apps use as a building block. CCTP now supports select third-party assets, and WETH is the headline example. WETH carries particular weight in lending applications within the Arc ecosystem, such as Aave V4.
The full supported list now reads USDC, EURC, cirBTC and WETH, plus whatever other third-party tokens Circle chooses to admit.
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Putting $100 million in context
Over its lifetime, CCTP has processed more than $110 billion in cumulative volume across all supported assets. Next to that figure, $100 million in non-USDC transfers is a small slice.
The broader CCTP toolkit has also been getting heavier. Its V2 release added Fast Transfers, which speed up settlement, and Hooks, which let developers trigger actions automatically once funds arrive on the destination chain. The protocol is also adding blockchains. Sui is slated to join in October 2026.
Background: from stablecoin plumbing to multi-asset rails
CCTP started life as Circle’s answer to a specific headache. USDC existed on many chains, but moving it between them often meant relying on third-party bridges and their wrapped versions of the token. By handling the burn and the mint itself, Circle could keep USDC native everywhere. The September expansion applies that same playbook to a growing portfolio of Circle-issued tokens and a handful of outside assets.
For developers, multiple assets can now be supported through a single CCTP integration, rather than wiring up a separate bridge for each token.
What this means for Circle, developers and DeFi
Arc is the other thread to watch. Both EURC and cirBTC were routed to the institution-focused network early, and WETH’s role in Arc lending markets like Aave V4 hints at where Circle hopes the activity concentrates.
There are real tradeoffs to weigh. Burn-and-mint transfers concentrate trust in the issuer and the protocol running the attestations, and the third-party asset list is selected by Circle rather than open to anyone.
The near-term markers are straightforward. Watch whether non-USDC volume keeps compounding after the launch novelty fades, whether more third-party tokens get approved, and whether the Sui integration lands on its October 2026 timeline.