Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001193125-25-084832
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Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: S-1/A
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 their ability to provide significant instantaneous redeemability for equivalent underlying assets. We
believe that the ability of a well-regulated stablecoin such as USDC to provide near-instantaneous redemption can offer a substantial advantage for this emerging trend of using TMMFs as collateral for margin trading on various digital asset trading
platforms, maximizing capital efficiency in the flows between settlement assets and collateral and at the same time, reducing counterparty execution risk. Moreover, TMMF issuers typically operate on a single blockchain or have limited
interoperability across different blockchain platforms. By integrating TMMFs with Circle’s existing infrastructure, we expect to enhance interoperability and enable investors to quickly transition between TMMFs and stablecoins, allowing traders
to hold their assets in TMMFs while accruing yield and then be able to instantaneously convert into Circle stablecoins, which can then be used to purchase other digital assets on third party platforms.

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To serve this objective, on January 21, 2025, we acquired Hashnote and its TMMF, USYC, which is a tokenized product
offered in reliance upon an exemption to the registration requirements of the Securities Act. USYC serves as an onchain representation of the shares in SDYF and is intended primarily for use as collateral on digital asset trading platforms. Unlike
payment stablecoins that offer no yield, TMMFs like USYC offer yield to the token holders that is generated from its invested assets consisting primarily of reverse repurchase agreements on U.S. government and government-backed securities and
short-term U.S. Treasury securities. According to RWA.xyz, USYC is the largest onchain TMMF in terms of assets under management, with approximately $1.6 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2024. We believe that leveraging
Hashnote’s existing traction and momentum will enable us to enter the rapidly emerging TMMF space with a well-established tokenized stable yield product, enhancing our leading position within the overall digital asset capital markets.

On February 13, 2025, we received approval to issue USYC and offer Circle Mint accounts out of Bermuda under our existing DABA License granted by the BMA. We plan to
integrate USYC into the Circle stablecoin network, offering eligible customers the ability to move between the non-yield bearing Circle payment stablecoins and USYC at the settlement speed of the blockchain.

Circle Liquidity Services

Circle liquidity services provide institutional
minting, reserving, redemption,