Arc Bridge
Bridge USDC to Arc from Solana and EVM
Bridge USDC to Arc from Solana, Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Polygon, Avalanche, Monad or Hyperliquid with Circle CCTP. Native USDC, no Arc gas needed, 0.1% fee.
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USDC
Smithii charges 0.1% of the amount, in USDC, in the same transaction as the burn. Circle’s transfer and forwarding fees are deducted from the amount and shown before you sign. Source network gas is paid in that network’s own token.
From Solana, the wallet also needs a little SOL: CCTP opens an event account whose rent is held for five days before it can be reclaimed.
How to bridge USDC to Arc
- Pick the network your USDC is on: Solana, Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Polygon, Avalanche, Monad or Hyperliquid
- Connect the wallet that holds the USDC on that network
- Enter the amount and the Arc address that should receive it
- Review the Smithii fee, Circle’s fees and the minimum you will receive
- Sign the burn on the source network
- Follow the transfer on the page until the USDC is minted on Arc
Benefits of Arc Bridge
Native USDC, not a wrapped copy
Circle burns on one side and mints on Arc, with no pool or IOU in the middle
Arrives with no Arc gas
Circle’s Forwarding Service submits the mint, so a new Arc wallet can receive it
Eight source networks
Solana, Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Polygon, Avalanche, Monad and Hyperliquid
Every fee before you sign
the 0.1% Smithii fee, Circle’s fees and the minimum received are shown up front
Survives a closed tab
once the burn is sent Circle finishes the transfer, and the page picks it up again
Non-custodial
the burn is signed from your wallet and the USDC is minted straight to the Arc address you enter
If you need more help contact our team
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A 0.1% fee on the amount you bridge, paid in USDC in the same transaction. Circle’s own transfer and forwarding fees are shown before you sign, and you pay the network gas on the source chain.
No. Circle’s Forwarding Service submits the mint on Arc and deducts its cost from the transfer, so a brand-new Arc wallet receives the USDC directly.
Solana, Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Polygon, Avalanche, Monad and Hyperliquid, where the USDC sits on its HyperEVM execution layer. Only native Circle USDC can be bridged.
From Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum and Solana the bridge uses Circle’s Fast Transfer, and from Avalanche, Polygon, Monad and Hyperliquid it uses Standard Transfer, which Circle attests quickly on those networks. Most transfers arrive in under a minute, and the page shows each step as it completes.
Yes. The recipient defaults to your connected EVM address and can be changed to any regular wallet you control. If the connected wallet is a smart contract wallet, enter another address, because the same contract may not exist on Arc.
Nothing is lost. Once the transfer is sent, Circle completes it on its own, and the page shows its progress again when you come back.
Yes. Arc exposes one USDC balance two ways: as the native gas token with 18 decimals and as an ERC-20 at 0x3600000000000000000000000000000000000000 with 6 decimals. What the bridge mints is usable for both.
How Circle CCTP moves USDC to Arc
CCTP does not lock USDC in a bridge contract. The USDC you send is burned on the source network, Circle signs an attestation that the burn happened, and the same amount is minted on Arc. Arc is CCTP domain 26, and the USDC it receives is issued by Circle like on any other supported chain.
The last step normally needs someone to submit the mint on Arc and pay its gas. Because Arc charges gas in USDC, a wallet that has never held USDC there could not do it. The Forwarding Service closes that loop: Circle submits the mint and takes its cost from the transfer.
What a transfer to Arc costs
Three parts, all visible before you sign. The Smithii fee is 0.1% of the amount: on 1,000 USDC that is 1 USDC. Circle’s protocol and forwarding fees are quoted live and deducted from what arrives, and the form shows the minimum you will receive. Gas on the source network is paid in its own token, such as ETH on Base or SOL on Solana.
After the USDC lands on Arc
The balance pays gas and fees for everything else on Arc. From there you can create a token on Arc, launch on an Arc launchpad, or airdrop tokens with the Arc Multisender. The full list is on the Arc tools page.