Circle invests in edgeX, stablecoins enter the core scenario of decentralized high-frequency derivatives According to official sources, Circle, the world's largest compliant stablecoin issuer, announced that Circle Ventures has completed its strategic investment in edgeX and reached a deep partnership. This is Circle's first systematic layout in the field of decentralized derivatives, marking the beginning of stablecoins entering the core infrastructure layer of high-frequency financial trading. After the relevant conditions are met, Circle plans to integrate the native USDC and its cross chain transmission protocol CCTP into EDGE Chain, enabling USDC to deeply participate in the trading, margin, and clearing system of edgeX, becoming a key foundational unit in the risk pricing and liquidity generation process. This direction is highly consistent with Circle's long-term strategy of promoting stablecoins to form real, high-frequency, and sustainable usage scenarios in a decentralized financial system. EdgeX is gradually building a comprehensive derivative trading system covering multiple types of assets based on a unified trading engine, margin and clearing system. Recently, commodities have become one of the important growth directions of edgeX, with the trading volume of gold and silver on the platform second only to mainstream cryptocurrencies such as BTC and ETH. With the strategic support of Circle and the introduction of CCTP's cross chain capabilities, edgeX is expected to further strengthen its hub position in the stablecoin financial network, attracting more long-term funds and institutional level participants to enter the decentralized derivatives market.