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The USDC Reserve.

Every USDC in circulation is fully backed by cash and short-duration US Treasuries, held with regulated US financial institutions.

$76.4B
Reserve size
100%
Backed

What stands behind every USDC.

The USDC reserve is held in cash and short-duration US Treasuries — the most liquid, lowest-risk dollar assets in the world. A significant portion sits in the Circle Reserve Fund, a government money market fund managed by BlackRock and registered with the SEC.

Reserves are held with regulated US financial institutions, marked to market daily, and never lent out or invested in risky assets. USDC is never under-collateralized.

  • Cash + short-duration US Treasuries only
  • Held at regulated US financial institutions
  • Marked to market daily, attested monthly
01

100% backed

Cash + short-duration US T-Bills, never under-collateralized.

02

Held at regulated banks

BlackRock-managed money market fund + segregated bank accounts.

03

Daily mark-to-market

Reserve value updated daily, published weekly.

04

Auditable

Monthly attestations by Deloitte, available on circle.com.

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