Circle Internet Group has announced a partnership with Safe, a leading crypto security platform, to enhance the institutional storage of its USD-pegged stablecoin, USDC. Safe, which secures over $60 billion in digital assets, will now manage at least $2.5 billion in USDC. Circle's Chief Commercial Officer, Kash Razzaghi, highlighted Safe's reliability and scalability as key factors in the collaboration. This partnership is designed to bolster institutional-grade security and improve DeFi liquidity access for USDC. In a related development, Circle's venture arm has also teamed up with Crossmint to broaden USDC's blockchain integration and support AI agents.