<p>Crypto exchange Kraken is set to list the USDC stablecoin, which is issued by the Coinbase and Circle-backed CENTRE Consortium. </p> <p>Users of Kraken will be able to trade the stablecoin starting Jan. 8, according to an <a href="https://blog.kraken.com/post/3417/usd-coin-usdc-listed-on-kraken/">announcement</a> published Tuesday. USDC is the third stablecoin offering by Kraken, after Tether (USDT) and DAI.</p> <p>The supply of USDC has risen by almost 98% since Jan. 1, 2019 at over 518 million, according to The Block's research.<br /> <br /> <img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-52267" src="https://www.tbstat.com/wp/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-07-at-8.58.26-AM-800x366.png" alt="" width="800" height="366" /></p> <p>Kraken has also established five trading pairs for USDC: bitcoin (BTC)/ USDC; ether (ETH)/USDC; USDC/ euro (EUR); USDC/ U.S. dollar (USD) and USDC/USDT.</p> <p>Notably, the USDC support is currently only available for Kraken, Kraken Pro and its over-the-counter trading platforms. The stablecoin is not being added to Kraken's Futures and Margin Trading platforms at this time.</p>