Circle experienced a major incident on January 7, 2026 affecting Circle Gateway: Arbitrum - Mainnet and ARB - Cross-Chain Minting and Burning and 1 more component, lasting 5h 7m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Circle Gateway: Arbitrum - MainnetARB - Cross-Chain Minting and BurningMW - ARB - Balance APIsUSDC - ARB - MintingUSDC - ARB - RedeemingPW - Dev-Controlled Wallets - ARB - Balance APIsPW - Dev-Controlled Wallets - ARB - Transaction Creation/Estimation APIsPW - User-Controlled Wallets - ARB - Balance APIsPW - User-Controlled Wallets - ARB - Transactions Creation/Estimation APIs
Update timeline
- investigating Jan 07, 2026, 03:18 AM UTC
We're experiencing delayed transaction processing on the Arbitrum network. We're investigating the cause.
- resolved Jan 07, 2026, 08:26 AM UTC
Issue resolved.