Circle incident
USDC on Linea — Delayed mints and burns (technical difficulties)
Circle experienced a major incident on October 5, 2026 affecting LINEA - Cross-Chain Minting and Burning and USDC - LINEA - Minting and 1 more component, lasting 3d 3h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Oct 05, 2026, 03:29 PM UTC
USDC mints and burns on Linea are experiencing technical difficulties and temporary delays. We are currently investigating the cause and working to resolve the issue.
- investigating Oct 05, 2026, 04:21 PM UTC
USDC mints, burns and standard transfers via CCTP on Linea are experiencing temporary delays. We are currently investigating the cause and working to resolve the issue.
- investigating Oct 06, 2026, 03:44 PM UTC
USDC mints, burns and standard transfers via Circle's Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) on Linea are experiencing temporary delays. Fast transfers from Linea via CCTP are temporarily disabled. We are working to resolve the issue and will provide updates as they become available.
- resolved Oct 08, 2026, 06:56 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved.