Circle/page/3 news and trends

This Week in Web3: Crypto Payment Rails and Regulatory Clarity

May 15, 2024
Report: Circle to Shift Legal Base to US From Ireland
Cryptocurrency // May 15, 2024

As it prepares to go public, stablecoin issuer Circle is reportedly also planning a move. The company is preparing to transfer its legal base from Ireland to the United States, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (May 15). A company spokesperson confirmed to the news outlet that Circle filed paperwork for the move but declined...

Visa: Circle Surpasses Tether in Stablecoin Transaction Race
Cryptocurrency // April 29, 2024

Circle’s USDC coin has begun to exceed Tether in terms of stablecoin transaction volume. That’s according to Visa’s new stablecoin transaction metric, created with Allium Labs to “remove potential distortions that can arise from inorganic activity and other artificial inflationary practices,” as the company said on its website. The findings were reported Monday...

Stablecoins, Unstable Crypto Market Propel Coinbase Profits
Earnings // February 16, 2024

Renewed investor enthusiasm for crypto has been good news for U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. And while 2023 wasn’t the greatest year for crypto, it was no 2022, and Coinbase’s latest quarterly results, announced Thursday (Feb. 15), highlight that the famously volatile digital asset sector could, once...

Will Specter of Public Runs and More Regulation Blunt Stablecoins’ Use in Commerce?
Cryptocurrency // February 07, 2024

Stablecoins need more regulation. Stablecoins might, in some cases, cause runs. And as government officials and financial institutions (through the Bank for International Settlements) sound some alarms about stablecoins, it remains to be seen whether the digital holdings will satisfy some of the key use...

Interviews & Exclusives
Stablecoins, Unstable Crypto Market Propel Coinbase Profits

February 16, 2024
Renewed investor enthusiasm for crypto has been good news for U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. And while 2023 wasn’t the greatest year for crypto, it was no 2022, and Coinbase’s latest quarterly results, announced Thursday (Feb. 15), highlight that the famously volatile digital asset sector could, once again, be on the upswing.  The company’s fourth-quarter revenue beat […]

Circle Says Lack of Direct EMI Access to EU Central Bank Accounts Stifles Payments Innovation

May 19, 2023
To access central bank accounts in the European Union (EU) today, electronic money token (EMT) issuers, and by extension all electronic money institutions (EMIs), have no choice but to rely...

FinTech SPAC Stock Listings Face Tough Reckoning as 2023 Looms

December 19, 2022
For FinTechs looking to go public, 2023 will not be the year of the SPAC stock listing. If they opt to go public at all, that is. As PYMNTS’ own...

Has SWIFT Beaten Crypto to Punch on Cross-Border Payments Interoperability?

October 05, 2022
In a pair of papers today, financial messaging service SWIFT claimed that it has solved two of the thorniest problems digital assets must overcome if they are to revolutionize the...

Quick Reads
Report: Circle to Shift Legal Base to US From Ireland

May 15, 2024
As it prepares to go public, stablecoin issuer Circle is reportedly also planning a move. The company is preparing to transfer its legal base from Ireland to the United States, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (May 15). A company spokesperson confirmed to the news outlet that Circle filed paperwork for the move but declined to say why. Circle earlier this year confidentially filed paperwork for an initial public offering (IPO) with […]

Visa: Circle Surpasses Tether in Stablecoin Transaction Race

April 29, 2024
Circle’s USDC coin has begun to exceed Tether in terms of stablecoin transaction volume. That’s according to Visa’s new stablecoin transaction metric, created with Allium Labs to “remove potential distortions that can arise from inorganic activity and other...

Circle CEO: ‘Good Chance’ US Adopts Stablecoin Rules in 2024

January 15, 2024
Circle’s CEO is confident that 2024 will be the year America adopts stablecoin legislation. While the U.S. has no federal cryptocurrency legislation, Jeremy Allaire, whose company mints the USD Coin...

Stablecoin Issuer Circle Resurrects Plan to Go Public

January 11, 2024
Stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Financial is relaunching its plan to go public. The company confidentially filed paperwork for an initial public offering (IPO) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...