We’re very excited this week to have completed the first ever automatic bridged USDC ➡️ Native USDC upgrade with Circle on Linea.

We’ll dig in with Circle on the Sequencer livestream Thursday at 1 PM ET / 6 PM UTC on X or YouTube.

No bridging or swapping is involved in this historic upgrade, just your USDC.e becoming Native USDC with all its inherent goodness, and without you having to do a single thing or fret one moment.

I get a little romantic about these things, but I think it’s just what this moment in history is calling for, as I laid out in more depth here:

In other ecosystem news, KelpDAO’s early checker is now live:

Also, a happy belated birthday from the Sequencer to Efrogs!

Finally, Aave reached a milestone on Linea that’s sure to be the first of many:

You’re caught up for now, at least until the Sequencer livestream when we’ll hear more about what’s moving markets from Nile, check in with the MetaMask Card team and give away a MetaMask Metal Card! (Must reside in one of the countries where MetaMask Card is currently available.)