Circle's burn-and-mint transfer protocol
Ranked #4 of 8 cross-chain token standards in the published ranking
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Scored 61 out of 100 under methodology 2026.10.18, from the evidence read in September 2026.
The rank above is the published one — the same for every visitor. Answer the category's questions and this section shows where Circle Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) lands for you, which criteria your answers weight up, and which stated needs the record does or does not meet. The published rank stays beside it.
Each strength is read from evidence on a 0–10 ladder and weighted as the published methodology states. The 32 objective points these produce (15.6 here) sit inside the score; availability, friction, trust record and measured data add the rest.
Each line is the ranking run again with one of Circle Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP)’s criterion scores changed and every other value held: the smallest whole-point change on that criterion that moves its rank, and where the re-run puts it. Up to 4 climbs and 3 falls are listed, smallest change first. Nothing here is a forecast.
No scored criterion is at or within one point of the category best, so no strength can be stated from the data.
Rank on every objective dimension among the rows scored on it. A criterion in the top third of its pool is listed as a lead, the bottom third as a trail; the middle is neither. Popularity, size and commercial terms are not dimensions.
Nearest by published score in either direction. Each card states the criteria on which the two rows differ and the cost difference under the same scenario inputs; the compare arithmetic below shows why the higher one ranks higher.
The compare workspace's arithmetic applied to these two rows. Each dimension's share of the gap is its weight × the difference, on the displayed scale — it reproduces the displayed gap of 20.0 to within rounding.
Transfer fee on your volume for a year. Excludes network gas and any withdrawal fee. Change an input and every figure recomputes from the published rate; the published rank does not move.
Rate read from the provider’s published pricing ↗ on 28 September 2026.
8 of 8 rows in this ranking have no verified rate for this scenario and are absent from the median, not counted as free.
One row per published criterion: the page each strength was read from, its source type by domain, the reading date and whether the file and the published table agree. Open a row for the quote and the receipt.
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Changes to published ranks are recorded in a ledger; every step and its cause is listed on the rank-history page. The entries below begin with the current verified snapshot, then the methodology versions whose changes applied to this category, newest first.
Methodology 2026.10.18, the same published run every visitor sees · receipt token_standards:circle_cctp:2026.10.18:5a009c2df753
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