Aptos ties in Circle’s CCTP V2 for rapid USDC transfers
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The integration delivers native USDC in seconds instead of minutes, with programmable hooks that automate lending, trading, and treasury actions on arrival.
Key facts
Circle launched CCTP V2 across its supported networks on March 11, 2025, and by November 2025, V2 had become the canonical protocol version
Native USDC arrived on Aptos mainnet on January 30, 2025
Aptos has activated Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol V2, upgrading its USDC infrastructure from a system that took minutes to one that settles in seconds
When a user sends USDC from one chain to Aptos, the tokens are burned on the source chain and minted as native USDC on Aptos
Summary
Aptos has activated Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol V2, upgrading its USDC infrastructure from a system that took minutes to one that settles in seconds. At its core, CCTP V2 uses a burn-and-mint mechanism. Perhaps the more consequential feature is what Circle calls “programmable hooks.” These allow developers to attach automated on-chain actions to incoming USDC transfers. Aptos didn’t always have native USDC.