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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Elliptic, the global leader in digital asset intelligence, today announced that an affiliate of Circle Internet Group, Inc. (‘Circle') (NYSE:CRCL) has joined its Agentic Design Partner Program, bringing together infrastructure providers, compliance teams, and technology leaders to help shape compliance solutions for autonomous, AI-driven financial activity. This momentum follows an investment from Circle Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Circle, and builds on a l.

Circle Internet Group stock fell 44.6% in June 2026, dragged down by Bitcoin's decline and an incoming competitor. Strategy sold a small portion of its Bitcoin holdings, rattling crypto investors who expected the company to only accumulate.

The financial plumbing of the global economy is undergoing a rewrite. For the better part of a decade, the issuance of stablecoins, digital dollars living on blockchain networks, was largely monopolized by crypto-native firms.

Futures are trading lower as we get ready to start the third quarter after a record-setting second quarter that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average close at 52,317, up 0.26% to finish the venerable index's best first half since 2021, while the Nasdaq finished the session at 26,213, up 1.52% for the tech-heavy index's best quarterly finish since 2020.

Circle Internet Group shares fell sharply on Tuesday after a consortium of more than 140 financial, technology, and cryptocurrency companies unveiled plans to launch a new US dollar-backed stablecoin, raising concerns about increased competition in the fast-growing stablecoin market. Circle CRCL stock dropped more than 16% in trading, while Coinbase Global shares also declined after the announcement.

Circle (CRCL) shares have dropped ~40% from highs, mirroring crypto market volatility and investor risk aversion. I maintain a buy rating, seeing recent downside as sentiment-driven while Circle's long-term growth trajectory remains intact. Key forward drivers are increased transaction penetration, the upcoming Arc payments network, and improving distribution economics.

BNY's institutional clients can now hold USDC stablecoins in digital asset custody wallets at the bank and instruct the stablecoin's issuer, Circle Internet Group, through BNY, to convert U.S. dollars into USDC and to redeem USDC for U.S. dollars.

Circle promotes USD Coin as a tightly-regulated, US-centric stablecoin. The Fed's new rules will make it even more reliable for institutional investors.

The stablecoin ecosystem experienced massive growth in the last year, with the market capitalization of this segment of the crypto space climbing by about 50% from early 2025 to early 2026. At the same time, increased institutional participation and transaction volumes have helped to solidify tokens like Tether and USDC as essential parts of the financial ecosystem.