Article produced with artificial intelligence systems and published under the editorial responsibility of Amelia Tomasicchio. How we work Circle’s USDC minting accelerated on November 2, 2026, when four transactions created 1 billion USDC in about 10 minutes. Each mint contained 250 million tokens—the same size as the five October issuances on Solana—while USDC maintained its $1 peg. The distinction for market liquidity is that newly minted tokens do not necessarily enter circulation immediately.