Circle will stop supporting USDC and its Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) V1 on Noble, with the process taking place over several months.
New USDC minting through Circle Mint on Noble will end on Oct. 13, 2026. The final shutdown of the Noble USDC contract and all CCTP routes is scheduled for Jan. 12, 2027.
Circle said its customers, USDC holders and developers using Noble should move their funds or remove Noble from their supported routes before the final deadline.
USDC transfers on Noble will continue during the transition. Circle Mint customers will be able to redeem their Noble-based USDC until Jan. 12, while other holders can use supported exchanges, decentralized exchanges or CCTP V1 to move their funds elsewhere.
Circle will stop new USDC minting on Oct. 13, but it will not immediately freeze existing balances or stop normal transfers between Noble addresses.
CCTP V1 will also gradually become more restricted. Starting Oct. 31, Circle will reduce the burn limits for transfers from Noble, eventually bringing the limit down to zero. After Dec. 1, users may only be able to send CCTP transfers to networks that continue to support CCTP V1.
All Noble CCTP routes and the USDC contract are expected to pause on Jan. 12. From Jan. 13, Noble will no longer be available through Circle Mint or CCTP.
USDC holders on Noble will have several ways to leave the network before the shutdown. They can send their USDC to a centralized exchange that supports Noble, use a decentralized exchange on Noble to swap their USDC for another asset, or use CCTP V1 to move USDC to another supported blockchain.
CCTP uses a burn-and-mint system that allows native USDC to move between supported blockchains without relying on a traditional bridge liquidity pool.
Applications using CCTP V1 will also need to remove Noble as a supported route before Jan. 12. Any application that continues to use Noble’s old contracts after the shutdown will no longer be able to process those transfers.
The decision is part of Circle’s wider move away from CCTP V1. The company is transitioning users and developers to CCTP V2, which uses new contracts and APIs and is not directly compatible with the older version.
CCTP V2 supports more blockchain networks and adds features such as standard and fast transfers and programmable hooks. Noble will not receive the V2 upgrade, and Circle did not give a specific technical or commercial reason for excluding the network.
Circle also plans to take a snapshot of all remaining USDC balances on Noble when the final shutdown happens on Jan. 12. Starting Jan. 13, eligible holders will be able to request manual redemptions through Circle’s Help Center.
To qualify, users will need to meet Circle’s compliance and security requirements, control the wallet holding the USDC and have that wallet recorded in the snapshot taken on Jan. 12.
Circle has not yet released the full process or expected processing times for these manual redemptions. It also warned users to rely on its official information because the shutdown process could attract scams.
USDC left on Noble will not be automatically converted after the shutdown. Holders who want to redeem their remaining tokens will need to contact Circle and complete the manual process.
Circle said its wider work in the Cosmos ecosystem will continue through Injective and other networks connected through the Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol. However, it has not announced a replacement native USDC issuance partner for Noble.
