Major League Hacking (MLH) is excited to announce a partnership with Circle to empower hackers globally! To teach students critical finance and developer skills, Major League Hacking, a global community powering the next generation of developers, has partnered with Circle, a global financial technology company helping money move at internet speed.
“Circle’s mission is to raise global economic prosperity by building a trusted digital dollar brand that delivers compelling solutions in concert with developers.” said Corey Cooper, Developer Relations and Ecosystem Manager at Circle.
Through the partnership, Major League Hacking will work with Circle to teach young developers how to digitize their dollars and initiate payments over blockchain networks using Circle APIs and USDC currency.
Integrate Frictionless Payments into Your Next Hack with Circle
Circle is a payments infrastructure company that leverages public blockchains to frictionlessly move dollars across the internet with its digital currency USDC. Circle’s APIs give you the tools to facilitate payments from digital storefronts to payroll transactions to remittances and other novel use cases that don’t bottleneck your money the way traditional payment services can.
With Circle’s APIs, our hackers can now easily build an application that accepts nearly instantaneous and low-cost global payments! Use one of Circle’s API’s in your next hackathon project, and enter the Best Use of Circle challenge for your chance to win an amazing prize. To learn more and participate in the Best Use of Circle challenge, check out our website and register for an upcoming hackathon.
Build on Circle with USDC
Circle’s digital dollar technology offers a revolutionary solution that eliminates the friction and limitations introduced by traditional payments and banks in settlements. Unlike legacy payment rails like Wire, ACH, SEPA, and Cards, Circle’s platform allows developers to programmatically move money frictionlessly over the internet 24/7. This means that Circle’s technology enables near-instant transactions with reduced fees, enhanced security, and improved transparency.
Circle’s platform is highly customizable and can be integrated seamlessly into existing systems, providing a flexible and efficient solution to financial transactions. By leveraging Circle’s digital dollar technology, businesses and individuals can overcome the limitations of traditional payments and banks, streamlining their operations and increasing their bottom line.
USDC is a digital dollar, also known as a stablecoin, that’s available 24/7 and moves at internet speed. USDC lives natively on the internet, running on many of the world’s most advanced blockchains. USDC has powered more than $8.6 trillion transactions!