𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬: Circle 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐂𝐀 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 I am proud to share that we have received our authorization as an e-money

Important regulatory milestone in the UAE 👋🇦🇪 Circle has been granted In-Principle Approval (IPA) by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of ADGM to operate as a money services provider.

Heading to Zurich this week for the Point Zero Forum 🇨🇭 Few places better to discuss the timely topic of global crypto and stablecoin regulation—especially where coordination and alignment across borders is most needed. Let me know if you’ll be around! #PZF2025

Sandbox pilots such as the EU’s DLT regime, in its current form, are too restrictive, limited and time-bound to meaningfully support this technology. If the EU wants to stay relevant in emerging tech, it must take enablement seriously.

Global convergence on stablecoin rules 🌍 It was a pleasure to speak at the Point Zero Forum over the past two days. During the session "The Fungibility of Stablecoins: Unlocking Cross-Border Payments or Fragmenting the Global Financial System?", we explored one of the most

Euro stablecoins are finally gaining some traction. Admittedly still slowly - but surely. EURC recently crossed €200M in supply and active euro stablecoin addresses are growing overall to >30k. What are the biggest enablers/hurdles for further euro stablecoin growth?

𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞’𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐂𝐀 𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐁𝐚𝐅𝐢𝐧 👀 🇩🇪 Trade Republic is now authorized to: • Custody crypto assets • Execute client orders • Receive & transmit orders

Congratulations to Trade Republic on its full #MiCA license from BaFin! This is a big step for crypto in 🇪🇺Europe, where 🇩🇪Germany leads the way with 36% of all CASP licenses. Regulation like #MiCA opens the door for mass adoption 🤝

"The Tech Industry Is Huge—and Europe’s Share of It Is Very Small" A timely WSJ read (link in comments) echoes the EU Draghi report’s diagnosis: Europe is missing the tech wave. The main reasons: cultural risk aversion, tight labor laws, overregulation, weak VC funding, weak

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𝐁𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐩 - 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐫𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐨’𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭-𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 - 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐂𝐀 𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐋𝐮𝐱𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐠’𝐬 𝐂𝐒𝐒𝐅. 👏🇪🇺 Two things stand out for me: 1️⃣ Bitstamp is among the first to get a full MiCA

I am incredibly proud and thrilled to share that Circle is now a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under $CRCL! 12 years ago we set out to build a company that could help remake the global economic system by re-imagining and re-building it from the ground up

Today, Circle reached a significant milestone and became a publicly listed company. I'm proud to be part of the team transforming the global financial system.

𝐄𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞’𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐔 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 🇪🇺 At Circle , we believe capital markets are going onchain—open, programmable, and integrated. That’s why we responded

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🚨 We're hiring! Join Circle as a Senior Analyst, Global Policy & Regulatory Strategy (EMEA) 🌍 Europe, the Middle East & Africa are key growth regions for Circle — and we’re doubling down on our regulatory-first approach as a globally operating stablecoin issuer. If you're

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USDC merchant payments coming for Shopify merchants. A major step forward for mainstream stablecoin payment adoption!

Let’s Make Berlin a Global Crypto Powerhouse Again 🙌 Back in 2016–2018, when I first moved here, Berlin was arguably the crypto capital of the world- with main layer 1s and core blockchain infrastructure (staking, wallets, oracles etc.) being built here. But over the years,

Big congrats to Coinbase 🛡️ for receiving their MiCA license out of Luxembourg! 🇱🇺 This unlocks full EEA-wide access to 30 countries — the power of MiCA’s passporting in action. MiCA CASP licensing momentum is real in recent weeks, just ahead of the first national transition