Circle Grants Program

Circle Grants Program is sponsored by Circle. This program prioritizes teams with traction and a credible path to success, focusing on projects that expand USDC utility and strengthen the Arc ecosystem.

Circle Developer Grants | Circle Join Us Already have an account? Funding and support that helps you grow Tiered USDC funding tied to meaningful integrations and ecosystem impact. Co-marketing to amplify your mission Circle co-marketing support, including blog features, social amplification, event participation, and more.

Technical guidance and mentorship Hands-on guidance from Circle teams supporting integration and architecture decisions. Relationship building across Circle teams and strategic ecosystem partners. Strong platform alignment Arc is core to your flow of value, liquidity, or settlement and Circle products (e.g., USDC, Wallets, CCTP, Nanopayments, Gateway, and related services) are meaningful building blocks in your architecture.

We’re looking for founders and teams with proven shipping ability, clear technical ownership, and the kind of background that maps to the problem you’re solving with your project. Traction and path to success We prioritize teams with evidence of usage, pilots, partnerships, revenue or a credible path to get there. Show us what you’ve shipped, what you’ll ship next, and how milestones translate into users, usage, or revenue.

We prioritize projects that expand USDC utility and make the Arc ecosystem stronger, unlocking liquidity and enabling others to build on the infrastructure. Use cases we’re focused on We’re prioritizing applicants whose businesses help us build the new internet financial system.

Agentic economic activity Enable autonomous AI agents to coordinate, contract, and settle value in real time with programmable, stablecoin-native infrastructure. Build real-time onchain stablecoin FX products with transparent pricing, instant settlement, and predictable fees. Launch instant, low-cost peer-to-peer payments with stablecoin-native transfers and deterministic settlement.

Deploy stablecoin-powered treasury products faster with embedded wallets, transfers, compliance tooling, and programmable liquidity management. Create capital-efficient prediction markets for economic and financial outcomes that aggregate information into real-time price signals with programmable logic and instant, deterministic stablecoin settlement.

Build lending and borrowing products with instant stablecoin settlement, automated collateral logic, and composable onchain risk management. Here’s what to expect once you apply You can track your application and message our team directly through the grants platform. Apply through our grants portal with details on your business, Circle and Arc integrations, product roadmap and proposed grant milestones.

Applications are evaluated for initial alignment by our Grants team. Finalist technical review Select applications move into a deeper technical review, including input from Circle Ventures, Product and BD teams. We may reach out for additional details.

Finalists selected to proceed must complete applicable screenings before moving forward. Acceptance and milestone design If selected, we agree upon tailored milestones aligned to your roadmap, including Circle and Arc integration commitments. Payments are released as milestones are met and approved.

Once final milestones are complete, you can apply for additional funding. Check out some of our Grantees See how past grantees integrated Circle products and launched successfully. Check out our first cohort of 2026 Think your project is a good fit?

If you’re building on Arc and Circle Developer Platform, we’d love to review your application. USDC is issued by regulated affiliates of Circle. See Circle’s list of regulatory authorizations .

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StableFX is offered by Circle Technology Services, LLC (“CTS”). CTS is a software provider and does not provide regulated financial or advisory services. You are solely responsible for services you provide to users, including obtaining any necessary licenses or approvals and otherwise complying with applicable laws.

StableFX is a collection of API and on-chain smart contracts that enable data sharing between counterparties to a transaction without intermediation by CTS. CTS’s role is limited to broadcasting information between the relevant parties and to the on-chain smart contract that enables settlement directly between the relevant parties. CTS does not accept or transmit digital assets on behalf of StableFX users.

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