Description: Circle (Circle Internet Group, Inc.) is a payments technology and digital-asset company best known as the issuer of the USDC stablecoin. Founded to digitize money and enable internet-native payments, Circle markets itself as a compliance-first fintech platform that builds stablecoins, tokenized cash products, and infrastructure for payments and cross-border value transfer. Type: Public company (fintech / digital asset issuer) Policies: Advocates for clear, permissive but compliance-focused regulation of stablecoins and digital assets; regulatory certainty for payment rails and tokenized money; rules that enable bank partnerships, AML/KYC compliance, consumer protections tied to reserves, and standards for custody, transparency, and cross-border payments. Funding: Originally venture capital and strategic investors (Accel, General Catalyst, Breyer Capital, Goldman Sachs and others); generates operating revenue from commercial services and trading; transitioned to public equity financing following a 2025 IPO. Affiliates: Co‑founders and executives Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville; Coinbase (Centre consortium partner on USDC); institutional investors and banking partners including Goldman Sachs and other major financial institutions; industry groups and payments counterparties.
