Circle is winding down support for USDC and its Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol V1 on Noble, setting a staged shutdown that starts with the end of new minting in October 2026 and concludes with a full pause in January 2027.
In a notice dated Sept. 10, the company told Circle Mint customers, institutions, retail holders and application developers to move funds off Noble or remove Noble-related routes before the final cutoff. Noble will not be upgraded to CCTP V2, which means the current withdrawal period is the last window for standard transfers using Circle’s legacy cross-chain system.
Key dates in the Noble exit
Circle said new USDC minting on Noble through Circle Mint will stop on Oct. 13, 2026. Until Oct. 12, Circle Mint customers can continue using existing Noble services, including withdrawals, express routes and redemptions, without changes.
The final step is scheduled for Jan. 12, 2027, when Circle plans to pause Noble’s USDC contract and all CCTP routes connected to the network. Beginning Jan. 13, Noble will no longer be available through Circle Mint or CCTP.
Transfers stay open for a limited period
The company said USDC on Noble will remain transferable during the transition period even after minting ends. Circle is not immediately freezing balances or halting normal on-chain transfers once issuance stops, and Circle Mint customers can continue redeeming Noble-based USDC until Jan. 12, 2027.
For holders outside Circle Mint, Circle pointed to three ways to exit the network before the shutdown: depositing Noble USDC to a centralized exchange that supports the chain, using a decentralized exchange on Noble to swap into another asset and move that asset elsewhere, or using CCTP V1 to burn USDC on Noble and mint the same amount on another supported blockchain.
CCTP V1 capacity will shrink before the pause
Circle said burn limits for CCTP V1 transfers from Noble will begin declining on Oct. 31, 2026, and will eventually fall to zero. That reduction is part of Circle’s broader retirement of CCTP V1, which the company had outlined in an Aug. 27 update as beginning on Oct. 31 and finishing on Dec. 1.
The company also warned that after Dec. 1, Noble users may only be able to send CCTP transfers to networks that still accept CCTP V1 burns. Circle advised users to consult its documentation before choosing a destination chain.
Noble is not included in Circle’s CCTP V2 rollout. Because V2 uses separate smart contracts and APIs and is not backward compatible with V1, developers that integrated the older protocol must update contracts, APIs and route configurations elsewhere while also removing Noble support before Jan. 12.
What happens to balances left on Noble
At the moment the contracts are paused on Jan. 12, Circle said it will take a snapshot of all remaining USDC balances on Noble. That snapshot will be used to determine eligibility for manual redemptions after regular access ends.
Manual redemption requests are scheduled to open from Jan. 13 through Circle’s Help Center. According to the notice, eligibility will depend on meeting Circle’s compliance and security requirements, controlling the wallet that holds the tokens, and having the address recorded in the snapshot taken on pause day.
Circle said there will be no automatic conversion for USDC left on Noble. Anyone seeking payment after the shutdown will need to contact the company and complete its manual review process.
Broader context and next steps
The Noble wind-down fits into Circle’s network-wide move away from CCTP V1. For applications that still route transfers through Noble’s legacy contracts, the practical next step is to remove those routes before the January pause to avoid failed transfers after support ends.
Circle added that its work in the Cosmos ecosystem will continue through Injective and other networks connected through the Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol. The company did not announce a new native issuance partner to replace Noble.
Source: crypto.news