So why didn’t we get USDC on Cardano back in 2021? Let’s put this into perspective.

March 2021: Native tokens were introduced with the Mary hard fork, marking the first time NFTs and tokens became a reality on Cardano.
September 2021: Smart contracts were introduced with the Alonzo hard fork. DeFi protocols only started to emerge on Cardano in LATE 2021 and EARLY 2022.

The reality is Cardano was still in its early stages and the ecosystem just wasn’t quite ready for USDC back in 2021.
Now we are, so let’s figure out how to get it done!