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  • Binance has invested USD 100 million in Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL) and expanded its strategic partnership with Circle for an additional 5 years.

  • Partnership focused on promoting USDC across the entire global Binance platform, with particular emphasis on emerging markets.

  • Circle will continue to provide the infrastructure to support holding and using USDC while Binance leads activities in distribution and driving adoption.

Today, Binance announced an equity investment of USD 100 million in Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: CRCL) while expanding and extending its strategic partnership relationship to promote USDC across Binance’s entire global platform. The new agreement has a 5-year term.

Expanding USDC’s global reach

Under the expanded partnership, Binance will promote USDC across its entire global platform, especially in new markets. Circle will provide core infrastructure services to support the holding and use of USDC. Regarding this partnership, Binance purchased USD 100 million worth of Circle’s Class A common stock through a private placement, with a purchase price reflecting a 5% discount to the market price of CRCL prior to the completion of the transaction.

Binance and Circle discuss the partnership

"Circle has affirmed its position as one of the most trusted issuers in the world with USDC Arc and infrastructure that is reshaping how value moves across borders. Our USD 100 million investment and 5-year commitment reflect our long-term confidence," said Richard Teng, Co-CEO of Binance. "We’re helping build a more inclusive, transparent, and compliant digital economy. A stable, trustworthy dollar should not be exclusive—it needs to be available to anyone with a phone. That is the future this partnership is designed to make real."

“Binance has built one of the largest and most dynamic platforms in the world for using digital currency, creating the biggest financial super-app on the Internet, and becoming the most widely used digital wallets in the world for dollar-pegged stablecoins,” said Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Circle. “Together, we see tremendous opportunities to leverage USDC to expand dollar access, support saving and investing with innovative digital asset products, and reach users and businesses across new emerging global markets.”

About Circle

Circle (NYSE: CRCL) is one of the world’s leading Internet financial platform companies building a platform for a more open global economy through programmable blockchain infrastructure for digital assets and payment applications. Circle’s platform includes the world’s largest stablecoin network built on the USDC Circle Payments Network for global money movement, and Arc, an enterprise-grade blockchain designed to become the economic operating system for the Internet. Enterprises, financial institutions, and developers use Circle to run trusted financial applications at Internet scale.

Summary

The partnership has been renewed and expanded on the foundation of the existing relationship between Binance and Circle, while strengthening this relationship with a direct equity investment and a 5-year commitment to promote the use of USDC.

Under the agreement, Binance will focus on bringing USDC to more users globally, especially in emerging markets, while Circle continues to provide infrastructure supporting the holding and use of stablecoins. The investment and partnership together also reflect a shared long-term commitment to expanding access to a stable, trustworthy digital dollar.

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