Fireblocks and Circle Team Up
Posted by Colin Lambert. Last updated: September 11, 2025
Crypto technology provider Fireblocks has unveiled an agreement with Circle to allow the former’s clients access to the latter’s stablecoin network, making it, the firms claim, easier for financial institutions to build digital asset offerings.
The integration will include access to Circle Gateway, a new cross-chain “primitive” (or foundation) that enables a unified USDC (Circle’s primary stablecoin) balance for instant cross-chain liquidity across supported chains. All integrations will be underpinned by Arc, a new open Layer-1, enterprise-grade blockchain purpose-built for stablecoin finance.
“Together, Circle and Fireblocks are working to build the trusted rails that enable stablecoin-based finance at a global scale,” says Michael Shaulov, co-founder and CEO of Fireblocks. “By combining Circle’s stablecoin expertise with our institutional infrastructure, we’re empowering financial institutions to innovate with confidence. Those who move now won’t just keep pace, they’ll set the standard for tomorrow’s digital financial system.”
Jeremy Allaire, co-founder, chair and CEO of Circle, is equally bullish, saying, “The future of money is programmable, and this collaboration with Fireblocks can make that future real for institutions worldwide. Together, we’re creating a seamless infrastructure that makes it simple to harness the power of stablecoins for payments, treasury operations, and settlement.”
The firms argue that financial institutions are “under pressure” to launch new stablecoin-based products at speed while meeting security and compliance requirements, as well as to access diverse liquidity providers to serve customer settlement and pricing needs, doing so while navigating an evolving landscape of regulatory, operational, and technological demands. “The collaboration between Circle and Fireblocks can provide the infrastructure to meet these challenges head-on, enabling institutions to bring custody, tokenisation, and stablecoin payments into production with confidence.,” they state.
