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Circle still pays partners to distribute USDC, putting the economics of its latest Binance deal in focus.

Binance takes a $100 million equity stake in Circle and signs a five-year deal to promote USDC on its exchange.

Bitcoin rally back on.

Stocks tied to digital assets climbed after the SEC announced a new framework for trading U.S. stocks.

Bitcoin and crypto stocks fell Wednesday as Fed rate news, Clarity Act failure sour week. Cipher Digital surges on Texas energy win.

Crypto volatility is likely to remain elevated as investors weigh the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decis...

Circle Arc went live today, September 16, 2026, as an open, EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain. The network arrives exactly one day after the CLARITY Act failed a cloture vote in the U.S. Senate, leaving a regulatory vacuum that Circle is now attempting to fill through private-sector consensus rather than federal mandate. By positioning itself as […]

Retail sentiment on SPY and QQQ moved to ‘bearish’ ahead of the Fed’s rate decision today.

According to CME FedWatch data, there is a 92.4% probability that the Fed will hike interest rates by 25 basis points from the current 3.50% to 3.75%.

Over the past few weeks, the market has been extremely choppy, frustrating, and has lacked liquidity. The good news is that Wednesday's FOMC meeting should bring volatility back in a big way and finally give the market some direction.

Bitcoin, crypto stocks and digital assets slipped as Wall Street braced for two major Washington decisions.

Crypto markets gained on Monday as optimism over a key US crypto bill revived risk appetite across the digital-asset spectrum.

Circle Internet Group (CRCL) enters a week where two Washington events take place a day apart, both influencing the reserve income that makes up nearly all of its revenue.

The Wallet That Wants to Become a Bank On September 8, 2026, Block, Inc. filed an application with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a national trust bank charter under the name Builders Bank & Trust, N.A. The filing positions Block to custody Bitcoin and stablecoins under federal preemption, bypassing the state-by-state […]

A Federal Reserve rate hike is likely while the crypto Clarity Act faces long odds with a Senate vote on deck. Salesforce holds its Dreamforce conference.

Circle (CRCL) is expanding its global payments infrastructure with its recent acquisition of Tazapay, a worldwide payments platform. Scott Melker discusses the details in the video above.

Payment and cryptocurrency firm Block (NYSE: $XYZ) has filed for a U.S. bank charter that would make it a federally...

Cathie Wood's firm ARK Invest added to its already sizable position in the trading platform Robinhood, which is back in a buy zone.

Circle announces a new acquisition.

Circle Internet Group Inc. (NYSE:CRCL) said Tuesday it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Singapore-based cross-border payments platform Tazapay. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.The deal is expected to close in 2027. It remains subject to customary conditions and regulatory approvals, including clearance from the Monetary Authority of Singapore.Expands Global Payments ReachTazapay provides business-to-business payment infrastructure to payment service providers and fi

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is down by -0.16% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down by -0.23%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up by +0.28%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are down -0.138%, and September E-mini...

Robinhood and Coinbase rally as the price of Bitcoin surges to its highest level since May, fueled by easing Federal Reserve rate hike expectations.

Aptos now supports Circle’s CCTP V2, bringing native USDC onto the network in seconds using a burn-and-mint model, no wrapped assets required.

The bitcoin rally continues.

Bernstein is extremely optimistic about a major crypto company’s growth prospects.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s mission to tame the bond market could get help from another Trump administration push: crypto legislation. Last week, the U.S. Treasury announced larger buybacks of longer-term bonds. In that context, it is notable that Bessent has in the past talked about a big potential new source of demand for Treasury bills: stablecoins.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was down 0.5% and the actively tr

Circle now runs a federally regulated bank that takes no deposits and makes no loans. Here's what it actually does, and what would make it matter.

BloFin Research: Circle's Q2, Arc Token Presale Lifts Guidance and Bridges the Crypto Downturn