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Miden to launch privacy-focused USDC-backed stablecoin using Circle’s xReserve

News | 2026/08/13 13:01

Miden to launch privacy-focused USDC-backed stablecoin using Circle’s xReserve

USDCx will let users transact without publicly exposing balances, counterparties or transaction histories

Miden plans to introduce USDCx, a native stablecoin backed 1:1 by USDC held through Circle’s xReserve infrastructure:

  • Transactions will be private by default, while users can selectively prove balances, provenance and other information to auditors, regulators and counterparties:
  • The stablecoin is expected to debut at the end of this month with the Miden mainnet, targeting payments, trading, payroll and corporate treasury use cases:

Miden, which spun out of Polygon as an independent project in April 2025, is set to launch a privacy-focused stablecoin backed by Circle Internet’s USDC:

USDCx will be issued natively on Miden using Circle’s xReserve infrastructure, allowing users to hold and transfer USDCx without publicly revealing balances:

The stablecoin is expected to go live at the same time as the Miden mainnet, targeted for the end of this month:

Miden aims to address one of the biggest limitations of using public blockchains for institutional finance: transparency:

Privacy infrastructure aims to bring the confidentiality of traditional finance onchain while preserving crypto’s programmability and verifiability:

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