Company: CRCL
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001193125-25-126208
Chunk: 14

Company: Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 14
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 a digital asset whose value is designed to track the price of an underlying asset or another unit 
 of value.                                                                                                         |

| • |     | “standardized network protocols” are established sets of rules governing the transmission of data between 
 devices.                                                                                                  |

| • |     | “superapp” is an application that offers multiple services and features within a single platform. |

| • |     | “TMMF” or “Tokenized Fund” is an onchain, tokenized representation of a traditional money market fund. |

| • |     | “tokenization” is the process whereby ownership rights in an asset are represented as digital tokens and stored 
 on a blockchain.                                                                                                |

| • |     | “velocity,” with respect to money, is the average number of times a unit of money is used during a specified 
 period.                                                                                                      |

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| • |     | “Web1” or “Web 1.0” refers to the state of the web in which a set of static websites were used, 
 providing no interactive content.                                                               |

| • |     | “Web2” or “Web 2.0” refers to the current version of the internet, dominated by companies that offer 
 services in exchange for personal data.                                                              |

| • |     | “Web3” or “Web 3.0” refers to decentralized applications running on the blockchain, where users can                                
 participate without the need for centralized intermediaries, offering the ability to maintain one’s privacy and ownership of data. |

“Customers” and “end-users” In this prospectus, we use the term “customer” to refer to Circle Mint customers. Circle Mint is our service offering that provides institutional customers USDC- and EURC-related services, such as minting USDC and EURC, redeeming USDC and EURC for the U.S. dollar and euro, respectively, directly from us, and sending and receiving USDC and EURC to and/or from Circle Mint accounts. Circle Mint supports international wires and domestic bank transfers in more than 185 countries, a list of which is available on our website at https://www.circle.com/en/circle-mint (although the information contained therein or connected thereto is not incorporated into this prospectus or the registration statement of which it forms a part). Circle Mint is currently available only to institutions, such as exchanges, institutional traders, wallet providers, banks, and consumer apps companies. Circle Mint is not available to individuals; as such, no individuals are