Circle execs and VCs misread the market — it cost them $2B
Circle VCs and executives sold $270M worth of stock that would have been worth an extra $1.9B had they waited a couple of weeks.
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Circle grows faster than Tether this year
Circle's USDC has made substantial gains in 2025 across several metrics against its main stablecoin competitor, Tether's USDT.
ANALYSIS: Does the Circle IPO value Tether at $316B?
Circle’s upcoming IPO will provide a unique opportunity to value the world’s largest stablecoin issuer, Tether.
Circle IPO traders send wrong CRCL stock up 16,000%
Circle (CRCL) is going public this week, but traders transposed their excitement to another CRCL stock, which spiked 16,000%.
Circle vs. Tether: What’s in the reserves?
Circle and Tether, the two largest stablecoins, have adopted different tactics when it comes to the management of their reserves.
Circle wants its USDC payments network to be the Ripple killer
Crypto exchanges report around $55M in RLUSD volume over the last 24 hours — 99.4% less than Circle’s $9.8B for its much larger USDC.
Why is Tether 213% bigger than Circle but 8,000% more profitable?
Circle has filed to go public and admits that it is 98% less profitable than Tether despite sharing a similar business model.
— Circle, Justin Sun
Is USDC preparing for a Justin Sun sanction?
USDC issuer Circle has announced that it would no longer be continuing support for the stablecoin on Justin Sun's TRON blockchain.
US-based stablecoins suffered in 2023 as key players battle it out
At the end of 2023, algorithmic stablecoins are out, US-based stablecoins are shrinking, and international ones like Tether are exploding.
The beef between Circle and Tether
Circle and Tether executives have engaged in a series of increasingly public spats as the firms vie for control of the stablecoin market.