Circle Internet Group said it will prioritise building more durable infrastructure through 2026 to accelerate stablecoin adoption among institutions and large enterprises.
The company plans to move Arc, its institution-focused layer-1 blockchain, from testnet toward production while expanding native support for its tokens across additional networks.
“That means deepening native support on high-impact networks, tightening integration with Arc, and making it easier for institutional users to hold, move, and program with these assets,”
Said Circle chief product and technology officer, Nikhil Chandhok.
Circle said it will also scale its payments network so companies can adopt stablecoin payments without having to build and operate the underlying infrastructure themselves.
The strategy comes as stablecoins gained momentum in 2025 following new US legislation, prompting banks and financial institutions to explore issuing and using dollar-pegged tokens.
Circle added it will continue improving cross-chain functionality and developer tools for USDC, EURC and other partner-issued stablecoins to reduce complexity and improve usability.
USDC remains the second-largest dollar-backed stablecoin with more than $70 billion in market value, behind Tether’s USDT, as the overall stablecoin market surpassed $300 billion last year.