In May 2025, the stablecoin $USDC found itself at the center of a bizarre series of events.

Recently, Circle Paymaster expanded support to 7 blockchains, allowing gas fees to be paid in $USDC, but users accidentally sent tokens worth $1 million into oblivion, forgetting about "native tokens".

Stripe launched new products with $USDC, creating a buzz, but the platform was attacked by bots trying to "pay" for subscriptions at $0.01. On X, people joked: "USDC — stability that surprises."

World Chain integrated $USDC, predicting a market cap growth to $2 trillion, but users confused the tokens with $USDT, causing chaos in transactions.

And Cybrid, a member of the Circle Alliance, accidentally "exposed" test wallets with billions of $USDC.

The stability of USDC is a circus with unexpected twists!