ant group’s blockchain bets big on usdc integration
Ant Group’s international arm is reportedly preparing to integrate Circle’s USDC stablecoin into its proprietary blockchain — a move that could reshape the stablecoin’s global reach.
The rollout hinges on U.S. regulatory certification of USDC under the country’s new federal rules. But once approved, it would connect the dollar-pegged token to a payments network that cleared over $1 trillion in transactions last year, with a third already settled on-chain.
That scale would make Ant International potentially the largest overseas corporate user of a U.S.-issued stablecoin.
What makes this especially significant is Ant’s broader ambition: to build a compliant digital finance ecosystem that can host stablecoins, tokenized bank deposits, and CBDCs all on the same rails. The company is actively pursuing stablecoin licenses in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Luxembourg, aiming to unify digital value formats across jurisdictions.
This isn’t Ant’s first blockchain play either. Its platform already supports tokenized assets from major financial institutions and is rumored to be involved in China’s digital yuan rollout, in collaboration with the People’s Bank of China.
If successful, USDC’s integration into this infrastructure could position Circle as a default stablecoin choice for Asia-facing financial rails — not through DeFi hype, but through regulatory legitimacy and transactional scale.
Circle shares jumped nearly 3.8% in pre-market trading to $208 on the news.
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