USDC

Binance buys $100M Circle stake in five-year USDC deal

Binance has purchased a $100 million equity stake in Circle Internet Group, the company behind the USDC USD Coin stablecoin, while the two firms signed a five-year commercial agreement to expand promotion of the digital dollar across emerging markets.

Circle launches Arc blockchain with BlackRock, Visa as validators

Circle Internet Group on Wednesday launched the public mainnet for Arc, a Layer 1 blockchain designed for payments, trading, and AI-agent transactions, backed by a founding validator cohort that reads like a who's who of global finance. Despite the announcement,…