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Circle Internet Group (NYSE:CRCL) shares rose around 7% in pre-market trading after the stablecoin issuer reported second-quarter results in line with expectations, secured the first federal bank charter granted to a stablecoin company and raised parts of its full-year outlook. The company also announced that BlackRock, Visa and Mastercard will serve as validators for its upcoming blockchain network.

Circle Internet Group returned to profit in the second quarter, driven by steady growth in its USDC stablecoin despite a prolonged crypto bear market. The company on Wednesday reported net income of $48 million for the three months ended June 30, up from a net loss of $482 million in the same period last year. Quarterly revenue gained 7% to $701 million from $658 million in the year-ago period.

This earnings season, several crypto companies are reporting their financial results for the second quarter of the year. Last week, Robinhood Markets (Nasdaq: HOOD), Coinbase Global (Nasdaq: COIN), and Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) reported the earnings for Q2 2026. Robinhood posted $1.31 ...

Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) executives said the company is pursuing growth through a broader product lineup, stablecoin partnerships, subscriptions and infrastructure initiatives, while maintaining its focus on trusted custody and expanding its Base blockchain ecosystem. During the company’s seco

Circle Internet Group (CRCL) issues USDC, a digital token backed by cash and short-term government securities and designed to maintain a value of $1. The company earns interest on the assets held behind USDC. Investors are watching whether Circle can retain more of that income as distribution costs ...

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Circle acquired IBM's blockchain patent portfolio, comprising more than 680 patent families and nearly 1,000 issued patents worldwide. The acquisition makes Circle the largest blockchain ...

Nearly 1,000 issued patents spanning blockchain, banking, insurance and enterprise infrastructure

The Tiger Global-led round values the startup at $1 billion as it wires stablecoin rails directly into a federally chartered bank, aiming to modernize the correspondent-banking plumbing behind cross-border payments.

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Tarbert also highlighted Circle's newly approved national trust charter, which allows the firm to manage USDC reserves under federal oversight.

Stocktwits data showed retail sentiment improved to ‘bullish’ on QQQ, and declined to ‘neutral’ on SPY.

Wall Street remains divided on Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL), with two major brokers moving their price targets in opposite directions, within days of each other. This comes as competition in the stablecoin market intensifies. Founded in 2013, Circle is best known as the issuer of USDC, ...

Circle's new federal trust charter could strengthen its position in the stablecoin market while boosting institutional adoption.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.03%, and the actively tr

The approval places Circle's USDC reserve infrastructure under direct federal oversight and allows the company to offer digital asset custody services

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Circle Internet Group received approval from the U.S. government to establish a national trust bank, a regulatory milestone that sets up the launch of a cryptocurrency-focused bank.

Wall Street is divided over the fate of Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL), the issuer of USDC and one of 2025's most closely watched IPOs. The conflicting takes come after a rival stablecoin's launch triggered a sharp sell-off and a wave of conflicting analyst reactions. USDC remains the ...

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A consortium backed by companies including BlackRock, Google and Coinbase said Tuesday that it is launching a stablecoin. Called Open USD, the new dollar-backed stablecoin is slated to be offered later this year on the Coinbase-affiliated blockchain Base, as well as on Solana and other networks.

Bank of New York Mellon, the nation’s oldest bank, said it will soon allow institutional customers to store, transfer, mint and burn Circle Internet Group’s USDC stablecoin. Slated to go live by the end of July, the new capability makes it easier for BNY customers holding USDC in their digital-asset wallets to convert dollars into stablecoins and redeem stablecoins for dollars. BNY already safeguards the majority of the dollar reserves backing USDC, the second-largest stablecoin with a market cap of $74 billion.

The Fed's anti-money laundering rules could strengthen Circle's core business.

The largest U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange just got another nod from one of the oldest American banks. Recently, the Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) reiterated its rating and its price target for Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: COIN). Founded in 2012 by Brian Armstrong, Coinbase was listed ...

Telcoin launched the first US onchain bank account tied to a regulated bank-issued stablecoin. Unlike Circle and Ripple, Telcoin operates under a full bank charter ...

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the institution that serves as a bank for the world's central banks, has delivered a pointed assessment of the booming stablecoin market in its 2026 Annual Economic Report. Crypto's most widely used dollar tokens, it argues, borrow the ...