Circle Stock Jumps Another 15% As USDC Integrates With Sam Altman’s Firm
Highlights
- Circle stock rally has been fueled by strong retail and institutional buying, including a $373 million investment by Ark Invest.
- Circle's IPO success has sparked a wave of optimism in crypto-related stocks, boosting firms like CoreWeave and eToro.
- CRCL rally coincides with the integration of its USDC stablecoin and Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol V2 (CCTP V2) into Sam Altman's World Chain.
Within one week of its IPO, Circle stock (CRCL) has been dominating Wall Street with another 10.6% gains on Wednesday, taking its total gains to over 250% from its IPO issue price of $31. The recent upside comes as the firm integrates its USDC stablecoin with Sam Alman’s World Chain project. After popping 3x on the IPO day itself, CRCL has continued its rally aid huge retail and institutional buying.
Circle Stock Rally Pushes Valuation Above $25 Billion
From the Circe IPO valuation of $8 billion, the USDC stablecoin firm has literally tripled its valuation, now crossing over $25 billion. The stablecoin firm is attracting massive interest from retail and institutional players alike.
On the debut day itself, Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest announced a $373 million investment in the stablecoin firm. Within a week’s time, this investment is already sitting at 40% gains. Along with Circle, other crypto-associated firms like CoreWeave, and investing app eToro are experiencing healthy upside on their stock prices following the debut.
Crypto market veteran Arthur Hayes stated that today’s crypto IPO mania is similar to the Crypto ICO mania in 2017. Evan Epstein, executive director and professor at UC Law San Francisco writes:
“Circle went public last week on the NYSE, pricing at $31, above the expected range, and then the stock went up from there. CoreWeave, which rents computing power to crypto and A.I. companies, and eToro, an investing app, are also trading above their listing prices.”
Looking at the Circle stock rally and massive investor demand, crypto exchange Gemini also submitted its S-1 filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an IPO.
Sam Altman’s World Chain Integrates Native USDC and Circle’s CCTP V2
Today’s Circle stock rally comes as World Chain has announced the integration of native USD Coin (USDC) and Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol V2 (CCTP V2), solidifying a significant partnership between Sam Altman’s biometric identity blockchain firm and the second-largest stablecoin issuer.
This upgrade transitions bridged USDC to native issuance on World Chain while maintaining the same smart contract address. This will allow existing users and developers to operate seamlessly without any major hiccups in their workflows. Some market analysts predict circle to become a US treasury firm in the future, beating Michael Saylor’s Strategy.
This integration also seeks to enhance liquidity while mitigating risks associated with synthetic bridging. Moreover, users get clear access to Circle’s extensive on- and off-ramp infrastructure.
Circle’s newly launched CCTP V2 enables near-instantaneous USDC transfers across supported blockchains. The protocol also introduces Hooks, programmable automated functions that trigger specific actions upon fund arrival.
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