TREE NEWS update: Cosmos Hub passed governance proposal 1060 to move roughly 566,000 Noble-native USDC (USDC.n) held in its community pool into Injective-native USDC (USDC.inj) via a community multisig wallet, with the funds returned to the community pool afterward. The migration follows Circle’s decision to end support for USDC on Noble and its CCTP V1 cross-chain transfer protocol, with a planned halt of the Noble USDC contract and related cross-chain routes on Jan. 12, 2027.
Cosmos Hub Approves Proposal to Migrate 566K USDC to Injective
This is a defensive treasury move as much as a cross-chain one: Cosmos Hub is proactively repricing its own community pool exposure after Circle's decision to wind down Noble USDC support, rather than waiting for the contract halt. The migration signals that stablecoin issuer decisions can force governance action on public treasuries, a pattern worth watching as other chains holding Noble-native balances face the same deadline. Whether the multisig route becomes a template for similar pool migrations, and how orderly the eventual Noble wind-down proves, are the open questions.
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