Circle

Circle is a financial infrastructure company founded in 2013 that is building what it describes as a new internet financial system. Its platform connects financial institutions, enterprises and developers to infrastructure for the exchange of value, drawing on technical domains that include blockchain, stablecoins, payments infrastructure, cross-border payments, fintech APIs and programmable money. The company reports enabling trillions of dollars of economic activity and serving hundreds of millions of users worldwide.

Central to its offering is USDC, a regulated US dollar stablecoin described by the company as the world's largest regulated stablecoin, combining fiat currency stability with blockchain speed and programmability. It is joined by EURC, a euro-denominated stablecoin. Supporting products include the Circle Payments Network, which provides near-instant global settlement and low-cost, 24/7 cross-border payments; Arc, an enterprise-grade blockchain conceived as an economic operating system for the internet; and Circle Developer APIs, which allow developers to build financial applications on the platform.

Circle holds regulatory licences across eight jurisdictions: the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, Bermuda, Canada and Japan. It describes a commitment to full transparency and regulatory compliance, a mission-driven focus on raising global economic prosperity, and an emphasis on making money movement as frictionless as sending an email. The company positions its work at the intersection of traditional finance and digital assets, oriented towards an always-on, 24/7 digital economy.