Circle, a leading stablecoin issuer, has announced that its native USDC is now live on the Linea ecosystem. This upgrade from bridged to native USDC provides Linea developers and users with the stability of the world's largest regulated stablecoin. In addition to the native USDC launch, Circle has also introduced CCTP V2 on Linea, enabling developers and users to transfer USDC securely between Linea and supported blockchains at faster-than-finality speeds. This development enhances cross-chain onboarding capabilities for applications using USDC. Circle has also introduced USDCKit, a developer-friendly SDK for payment service providers to integrate and automate USDC payments at scale, facilitating cross-border payments and streamlining treasury operations. In a separate development, Circle has entered into an agreement with Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, to explore the integration of USDC and US Yield Coin (USYC) into ICE's markets products and infrastructure. ICE, with a market capitalization of $101 billion and reported revenues of $9.3 billion in 2024, aims to leverage USDC, which has over $60 billion in circulation, and USYC, offering a yield of 3.8%, to develop new financial products.