# Circle Opens Its Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol to Issuer-Run Tokens on Arc

The change lets token issuers move assets between chains by burning and reminting them instead of using pooled bridges. It comes as Circle's freezes in the Binance case show how much control issuers keep over the tokens they mint.

- Conviction: 40 / 100 (forming)
- Horizon: Emerging (watchlist)
- Tracking since: 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Last updated: 2026-11-02T14:12:06.113Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/trends/event-circle-opens-its-cross-chain-transfer-protocol-to-issuer-run
- Publisher: Polylog

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- [neutral] Circle Opens Its Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol to Issuer-Run Tokens on Arc (2026-11-02): Auto-opened to track an article no existing trend covered.