Crypto accounting startup Cryptio raised a $45M Series B led by BlackFin Capital Partners and Sentinel Global and reports having 450+ clients, including Circle
Artemis Analytics: total stablecoin transaction volumes rose 72% YoY to a record $33T in 2025, led by Circle's USDC at $18.3T and Tether's USDT at $13.3T
Stablecoin transactions reached unprecedented heights last year, buoyed by favorable policy in the US under pro-crypto President Donald Trump.
Tether, the world's largest issuer of stablecoins, says it has hit 500M users; the supply of USDT nears ~$182B while Circle's USDC has ~$75B in circulation
RT Watson / The Block :
Crypto asset manager Grayscale confidentially files draft IPO paperwork with the US SEC, offering few details; the DCG subsidiary manages $30B+
- Grayscale's confidential filing signals the next major U.S. crypto IPO after Circle's debut and could gauge renewed investor demand.
Fiserv aims to launch its own stablecoin by the end of 2025 and partners with PayPal and Circle to develop new products for financial institutions and merchants
Emily Mason / Bloomberg :
Winklevoss twins' crypto exchange Gemini says it has confidentially filed for an IPO in the US, after SEC dropped its probe and Gemini settled with CFTC for $5M
Update CoinDesk : Billionaire Winklevoss Twins-Backed Exchange Gemini Files With SEC For Planned IPO Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal : Crypto Exchange Gemini Files for IPO Landon Manning / BeInCr...
Circle's stock soared 168% on Thursday, closing at $83.23, after the stablecoin company priced its NYSE IPO at $31 and raised almost $1.1B in the offering
Shares of Circle Internet Group soared 168% on Thursday after the stablecoin company and its selling shareholders raised almost $1.1 billion in an initial public offering.
Circle's S-1 shows that 60% of the 24M shares available in its IPO come from existing stakeholders rather than the company, a highly unusual move in a tech IPO
Stablecoin issuer Circle stands to be one of the first significant cryptocurrency companies to go public in the U.S. That's not the only unusual aspect of its IPO.
Codex, which is building a blockchain for stablecoins, raised a $15.8M seed led by Dragonfly; Coinbase, Circle, Cumberland, Wintermute, and Selini also invested
Report Nicholas Kitonyi / NFTgators : Dragonfly Leads $15.8M Seed Round for Stablecoin-Focused Blockchain Developer Codex LinkedIn: Momo Ong : It's common understanding that stablecoins are growing ra...
Circle's S-1 shows that it is a fintech and that, as of December 31, 2024, ~85% of USDC reserves were in a BlackRock-managed money market fund only for Circle
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