Circle Internet Group
Financials · Transaction & Payment Processing Services
3% on T-bills) and zero pass-through to holders. GENIUS Act passage gave bank-grade rails legal clarity, locking out unregulated offshore competitors and pulling USDC into Stripe/Visa/Mastercard distribution. Reserves at $BLK + BK = institutional credibility moat retail issuers cannot replicate.
- USDC supply re-accelerated post-IPO, gaining share vs USDT in regulated venues
- Coinbase rev-share renegotiated downward at IPO - every $1B supply growth is more accretive than pre-2025
- CPN (Circle Payments Network) live with Standard Chartered, Deutsche Bank - B2B cross-border at scale
- Tokenized money-market funds + EURC + RWA flywheel adds non-USDC revenue legs
- Net-interest income still highly levered to Fed funds; supply growth compounds if rates hold above 3.5%
- ~95% of revenue is reserve yield; 100bps Fed cut materially compresses margins
- USDT (Tether) still 2x larger and faster-growing offshore; Circle ceded EM markets
- Coinbase keeps ~50% of platform-attributed reserve income - structural toll on the moat
- Bank-issued stablecoins (JPMD, PYUSD, Société Générale EURCV) compete with native distribution
- IPO lockups + secondary supply overhang into 2026; HF crowded long post-S&P 500 speculation
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