Stablecoin 101
# Stablecoin 101
Introducing CCTP Fast Transfer and How it Works
How fast can you move USDC across blockchains?
With CCTP Fast Transfer, crosschain USDC transfers that once took minutes now complete in seconds. In this episode of Stablecoin 101,
Blessing Adesiji explains how Circle’s latest upgrade makes “faster-than-finality” transfers possible — safely and securely.
💡 You’ll learn:
- How CCTP Fast Transfer speeds up crosschain USDC movement
- The role of Fast Transfer Allowance in helping to protect security and collateral
- How developers can use Hooks to trigger automated onchain actions
- Why this upgrade changes the experience of using USDC across ecosystems
- Faster. Safer. This is what interoperability looks like in motion.
Blessing Adesiji · Dec 10th, 2025
Blessing Adesiji · Dec 8th, 2025
What if money could move across blockchains as easily as sending an email?
That’s the power of USDC interoperability — and in this episode of Stablecoin 101, Blessing Adesiji (@bleso_a) breaks down how it works through a story-driven example featuring Alice, Bob, and a crosschain transfer powered by CCTP
💡 You’ll learn:
- What interoperability really means in the world of USDC
- How CCTP burns, verifies, and mints USDC across different blockchains
- Why this matters for developers building wallets, apps, and DeFi protocols
- This is how USDC connects blockchain ecosystems — securely, and seamlessly.
Blessing Adesiji · Dec 8th, 2025
How do you actually integrate USDC into an application that solves a real-world business problem?
In this episode of Stablecoin 101, Blessing Adesiji(bleso_a) walks through how to build a USDC-powered escrow smart contract on Ethereum using Solidity — showing how code can be used to move money securely between businesses, partners, and users.
💡 You’ll learn:
- Build a USDC escrow agent with Solidity & AI
- Automate trust through deposit, release & revert functions
- Understand why USDC is the building block for real-world onchain payments
- From concept to code — see how developers bring business payments to life with USDC.
Blessing Adesiji · Dec 8th, 2025
Imagine if every business deal could execute itself — near-instantly and securely — the moment both sides meet their commitments. That’s what happens when you combine USDC and smart contracts.
In this episode of Stablecoin 101, Blessing Adesiji (@bleso_a) breaks down how onchain escrow works — showing how businesses and partners can use USDC to move money with trust, speed, and automation.
💡 You’ll learn:
- How smart contracts enable real-world business payments.
- Why USDC is programmable money for the internet economy.
- How onchain automation builds trust without middlemen or delays.
- No banks. No chargebacks. Just trust through code.
Elton Tay · Dec 8th, 2025
In this episode of Stablecoin 101, Elton Tay from the Developer Relations team shows you how to create, fund, and transfer USDC using Circle Developer-Controlled Wallets.
What you’ll learn:
- Set up your project and install the Circle Developer-Controlled Wallets SDK
- Generate and register an Entity Secret for secure signing
- Create a Wallet Set and deploy smart contract wallets on Ethereum Sepolia
- Fund wallets with Sepolia ETH and USDC using Circle’s faucet
- Send a USDC transaction from one wallet to another and confirm it onchain
# Stablecoin 101
Elton Tay · Dec 8th, 2025
In this episode of Stablecoin 101, Elton Tay from the Developer Relations team introduces Circle Wallets, the gateway to building secure, flexible wallet experiences with USDC.
What you’ll learn:
- Circle Wallet models: developer-controlled, user-controlled & modular
- How Circle Wallets power storing, sending, and receiving USDC
- The types of experiences each model can support
Corey Cooper · Dec 8th, 2025
In this episode of Stablecoin 101, Corey Cooper from the Developer Relations team explains how blockchain and AI work hand in hand to unlock new use cases for programmable money.
What you’ll learn:
- Why blockchain is uniquely suited as a trust and settlement layer for AI
- A demo of an AI agent making autonomous USDC micro-payments for API access
- Emerging agent-to-agent payment models powered by stablecoins
In this episode of Stablecoin 101, Elton Tay from the Developer Relations team shows you how to send your first USDC transaction in code on Ethereum Sepolia using React, TypeScript, and Viem.
🔎 What you’ll learn:
- Set up a React + TypeScript project with Vite and Viem
- Connect your wallet with MetaMask
- Import the USDC ERC-20 contract on Ethereum Sepolia
- Encode and send a USDC transfer transaction
- Wait for confirmation and view the receipt in your app (and on Etherscan)
# Stablecoin 101
Elton Tay · Nov 11th, 2025
In this episode of Stablecoin 101, Elton Tay from the Developer Relations team explains how USDC works on Ethereum as an ERC-20 token, the core functions developers use, and the production features that make USDC reliable.
🔎 What you’ll learn:
- What the ERC-20 token standard is
- The core functions (approve, transferFrom, transfer, balanceOf) and how developers use them
- How USDC is implemented in production
# Stablecoin 101
Elton Tay · Nov 6th, 2025
In this episode of Stablecoin 101, Elton Tay from the Developer Relations team breaks down how USDC works onchain across multiple blockchains.
🔎 What you’ll learn:
- How USDC is natively issued across blockchains
- The role of token standards like ERC-20, SPL and ASA
- The built-in rules that define how USDC behaves onchain
# Stablecoin 101
Corey Cooper · Nov 4th, 2025
In this episode of Stablecoin 101, Corey Cooper from the Developer Relations team explains what USDC is and why it matters for developers.
🔎 What you’ll learn:
- How USDC bridges the gap between dollars and cryptocurrency
- The minting and redeeming process of USDC
- How reserve management practices provide transparency into the composition of the USDC reserve
- Why USDC is programmable and serves as a developer primitive for money movement
# Stablecoin 101