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Infra2026-07-12 · source-backed
Announced July 10, First National Digital Currency Bank (operating as Circle National Trust) is authorized to provide federally regulated fiduciary custody for USDC, the largest regulated stablecoin (Circle). If you're building payments or on-chain settlement rails, a federally chartered custody layer under the biggest regulated stablecoin changes the risk calculus for building on it.
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Circle National Trust uses USDC / Shared entity: USDC / What happened next
Linked by a graph relationship (Circle National Trust uses USDC); both cover USDC; picks up the USDC thread on 2026-08-26.
Circle released Circle National Trust / Shared entity: Circle / What happened next
Linked by a graph relationship (Circle released Circle National Trust); both cover Circle; picks up the Circle thread on 2026-07-17.
Circle National Trust uses USDC / Shared entity: USDC / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Circle National Trust uses USDC); both cover USDC; earlier USDC coverage from 2026-06-25.
Linked by a graph relationship (Circle National Trust uses USDC); both cover USDC; earlier USDC coverage from 2026-03-05.
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Circle released Agent Stack
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