Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-08-12
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001193125-25-178989
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Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-12
Form: S-1
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#### Market and industry data
This prospectus includes industry and market data that we obtained from periodic industry publications, third-party studies and surveys, filings of public companies, and internal company surveys. These sources include government and industry sources. Industry publications and surveys generally state that the information contained therein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable. Although we believe the industry and market data to be reliable as of the date of this prospectus, this information could prove to be inaccurate. Industry and market data could be wrong because of the method by which sources obtained their data and because information cannot always be verified with complete certainty due to the limits on the availability and reliability of raw data, the voluntary nature of the data gathering process, and other limitations and uncertainties. In addition, we do not know all of the assumptions regarding general economic conditions or growth that were used in preparing the forecasts from the sources relied upon or cited herein.

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GLOSSARY Definitions We provide this glossary to help those reading this prospectus understand the industry and other technical terms that are used in this prospectus. For many of these terms, there is no generally accepted definition; in this glossary, we present our definition of such terms as used in this prospectus.

| • |     | “API” or “application programming interface” is a software interface for two or more computer programs or components to communicate with each other. |

| • |     | “blockchain” and “blockchain networks” are systems in which transactions are recorded across computers linked in peer-to-peer (“P2P”) networks. |

| • |     | “cross-chain transfer protocol” or “CCTP” is a protocol that enables USDC to flow securely between blockchains. |

| • |     | “cryptographic key” is a string of characters used to encrypt and decrypt data. |

| • |     | “cryptography” is the process of encrypting and decrypting data. |

| • |     | “digital wallets” are electronic devices, online services, or software programs that allow one party to make electronic transactions with another party bartering digital currency units for other digital assets, goods, and services. |

| • |     | “distributed computing” is the process by which multiple computers work together to solve computational tasks. |

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