user202: Can Marlowe contracts involve native assets? For example if I want to issue a bond denominated in USDC

user1714: Yes.
Marlowe is essentially a layer over top of Plutus Core and so it can access and/or manipulate anything that Plutus Core based Smart Contracts can access including native assets/tokens. Marlowe is more restrictive than Plutus but only in terms of computation to allow for easier/automated static analysis.
https://docs.cardano.org/en/latest/marlowe/marlowe-lang-guide.html

202: <p>Can Marlowe contracts involve native assets? For example if I want to issue a bond denominated in USDC</p>
 1714: <p>Yes.</p>
<p>Marlowe is essentially a layer over top of Plutus Core and so it can access and/or manipulate anything that Plutus Core based Smart Contracts can access including native assets/tokens. Marlowe is more restrictive than Plutus but only in terms of computation to allow for easier/automated static analysis.</p>
<p><a href="https://docs.cardano.org/en/latest/marlowe/marlowe-lang-guide.html" rel="noreferrer">https://docs.cardano.org/en/latest/marlowe/marlowe-lang-guide.html</a></p>
