Major incident

Circle: Base Blockchain Service Degradation

Affected: Circle Gateway: Base - Mainnet, BASE - Cross-Chain Minting and Burning, USDC - BASE - Minting, USDC - BASE - Redeeming

Current status of Circle: Partial outage — live Circle status

Timeline

1. Jul 28, 2026, 13:17 UTC
   investigating
   We are seeing unexpected network issues impacting Base-related Circle services, causing transaction delays or degraded performance. Our team is investigating the cause and working to restore normal operation as soon as possible.
2. Jul 28, 2026, 19:54 UTC
   resolved
   This incident has been resolved.

Updates as published by Circle (original).