Circle and other selling stockholders plan to sell 24 million shares, which could rise to 27.6 million shares if the IPO's underwriters fully exercise an option to purchase additional stock.
A company that makes a cryptocurrency used by millions of people is going public.
Circle Internet Group, the firm behind the U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin USD Coin, said Tuesday it will offer shares at $24 to $26 each in an initial public offering that would raise as much as $624 million for the company and its backers.
The company plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday under ticker symbol CRCL. Circle and other selling stockholders plan to sell 24 million shares, which could rise to 27.6 million shares if the IPO’s underwriters fully exercise an option to purchase additional stock.
Circle, which had previously announced plans to go public in 2021 via a special purpose acquisition company merger, said its net income last year was $155.7 million, down from $267.5 million a year earlier. It had $1.68 billion in revenue and reserve income in 2024, versus $1.45 billion in 2023.
The company’s USD Coin is a stablecoin, a cryptocurrency designed to hold a stable value, in contrast with volatile cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. The company’s stablecoin is backed by U.S. dollars or dollar-denominated assets like U.S. Treasury securities.
The company, which began operations in 2011, said it had about 33 million funded personal and business accounts for USD Coin as of March 31. It also said it processed about $206 billion in payment volume in the first quarter.
The stable coin operator is diving into a volatile IPO market. Retail trading platform eToro priced its IPO last month above its expected range, and its shares soared on opening day. Nvidia-backed cloud computing firm CoreWeave meanwhile ended up with a price below its range estimates in March, although the stock has jumped in the months since and is on pace to close Tuesday at a record high. However, buy-now-pay-later platform Klarna reportedly had to halt its planned IPO in the wake of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs announcement, according to a report.
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