Circle Soars 168% In First Day Of Trading On NYSE Following Strong IPO
Shares of Circle Internet Group, the issuer of the market’s second-largest stablecoin, USDC, experienced a remarkable surge on Thursday, skyrocketing 168% as the company made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Circle’s IPO Exceeds Expectations Circle’s stock opened at $69, well above its IPO pricing of $31. Throughout the day, the shares reached a peak of $103.75, showcasing strong investor enthusiasm. The IPO was priced late Wednesday, exceeding the anticipated range of $27 to $28, and substantially outpacing an earlier range of $24 to $26. This pricing....
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On Thursday, at the Converge22 event in San Francisco, Circle announced the acquisition of the payment orchestration company Elements. Circle explained that the acquisition includes plans to “quickly scale payment offerings.” Circle says the new service will make it easier for merchants to integrate their existing points of contact with Circle’s crypto solutions.
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This week Circle and a number of other crypto industry heavyweights attended the Converge22 event in San Francisco.....
Despite the rocky times that bitcoin has been undergoing in the past months, big financial institutions in Wall Street, namely the NYSE, Goldman Sachs, and Fortress Investment Group continue to believe in the cryptocurrency. These companies have explored bitcoin ventures and have investment in the underlying technology called blockchain. In particular, Fortress is invested in the actual cryptocurrency and in a hedge fund that backs companies that focus on building tools for bitcoin. NYSE is invested in Coinbase, which is a large bitcoin wallet and exchange based in San Francisco.....
Circle, the issuer of the stablecoin usd coin (USDC), announced that the project is now supported on the Polygon network. The stablecoin with the second-largest market capitalization can now be withdrawn via a Circle Account and Circle APIs without the need for manual cross-chain bridge technology. Circle Reveals Polygon-Supported USDC Circle has revealed that usd coin (USDC) is now hosted on the Polygon network and the addition means USDC is now available via nine different blockchain networks. Polygon is a large crypto ecosystem with more than 19,000 decentralized applications (dapps)....