[Bug]: This method only supports 0x-prefixed hex strings

[0f0crypto]

Describe the bug

When trying to initialize a freshly deployed USD Coin token (FlashTokenV2_1) from circle.com (e.g. via Remix) the latest version of Metamask 11.15.5 throws the "This method only supports 0x-prefixed hex strings but input was:" error. Reverting back to an older version, e.g. v11.13.3 resolves the issue, i.e. changes made since v11.13.3 have (re)introduced the issue/bug

Expected behavior

The initialize transaction should be correctly processed

Screenshots/Recordings

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Steps to reproduce

1. Grab the USDC smart contract code (e.g. from ethereum at https://etherscan.io/address/0x43506849d7c04f9138d1a2050bbf3a0c054402dd#code)
2. (re)deploy the smart contract (e.g. via Remix) to, for example, Sepolia - compile using the solidity v0.6.12 compiler (with 10,000,000 optimizations)
3. try to initialize with the following values;

• USD Coin
• USDC
• USD
• 6
  and any wallet addresses for the remaining params

4. Metamask throws the error (see the log output below)

Error messages or log output

Message: This method only supports 0x-prefixed hex strings but input was: 0xusd coin

Code: Error

Stack:
Error: This method only supports 0x-prefixed hex strings but input was: 0xusd coin
  at r.assertIsHexString (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/common-3.js:21:21821)
  at r.toChecksumAddress (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/common-3.js:21:9005)
  at chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/ui-2.js:1:214645
  at n.default (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/ui-2.js:1:214659)
  at ga (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/common-5.js:1:60103)
  at As (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/common-5.js:1:104934)
  at Ou (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/common-5.js:1:90842)
  at Ru (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/common-5.js:1:90767)
  at Tu (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/common-5.js:1:88115)
  at chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/common-5.js:1:46513
  at n.unstable_runWithPriority (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/common-5.js:3:13158)
  at Yi (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/common-5.js:1:46222)
  at eo (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/common-5.js:1:46458)
  at Ji (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/common-5.js:1:46393)
  at xu (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/common-5.js:1:88492)
  at dl (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/common-5.js:1:113674)
  at render (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/common-5.js:1:115597)
  at chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/ui-5.js:1:131028

Version

11.15.5

Build type

None

Browser

Chrome

Operating system

Windows

Hardware wallet

No response

Additional context

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Severity

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[gauthierpetetin]

Duplicate issue: #24476