Here’s the latest USD Coin (USDC) update — price + context + key developments — with live market info (based on latest market data and news):

Note: This finance widget shows a bridged USDC price (likely on Fantom). For the standard USDC you’ll see the main live chart below from CoinGecko/CoinMarketCap.

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📊 USDC Live Price & Chart (as of today)

• USDC ≈ $0.9996–$0.9997 USD — basically at its peg ~1:1 with the U.S. dollar. 

• Market Cap: ~$73–75 billion USD — making it one of the largest stablecoins globally. 

• You can view/change the time frame on the price chart (24h, 7d, 1M, etc.) directly on sites like CoinGecko/CoinMarketCap. 

💡 Stablecoin price charts don’t look like volatile cryptos — since USDC is designed to stay at ~$1. That’s why the chart appears very flat compared to BTC/ETH.

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🛠️ Recent Key Developments (Jan 2026)

🏦 1. Institutional & Global Adoption Moves

• Bermuda announced a plan to build an on-chain national economy using USDC (announced at Davos), positioning it for everyday payments and reducing banking friction. 

• Nordic lender K33 launched USDC-backed loans, unlocking credit without selling assets. 

• Major financial firms (e.g., BlackRock, JPMorgan) are building tokenized products on Ethereum using USDC. 

These moves show deeper institutional and real-world integration beyond crypto trading. 

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🧠 Background & Longer-Term Context

📈 Growth & Supply

• USDC supply hit record levels (~$60B+) and is widely distributed across blockchains like Ethereum, Solana, Arbitrum, and others. 

🚨 Reserve Transparency Changes

• Coinbase updated wording for USDC to “backed by fully reserved assets” after audits clarified that not all reserves are held as straight cash — some are in equivalent#usdc