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Circle’s infrastructure saw major expansion as 55 financial institutions enrolled in its Circle Payments Network, with another 74 currently under review.
High-profile enterprise integrations further solidified this growth. Visa enabled US card issuers to settle in USDC outside of standard banking hours, while Intuit signed a multi-year agreement to embed the stablecoin across its platform.
In addition, Circle partnered with Polymarket to establish USDC as the primary settlement asset for event-based trading, and Bermuda announced plans to build the first fully onchain national economy using Circle’s tech.
On the regulatory front, Circle obtained conditional OCC approval in December to establish a national trust bank, a major step following its June 2025 NYSE debut.
These milestones have translated into clear market gains. USDC now holds a 28% share of the dollar-denominated stablecoin market, with the number of wallets holding over $10 growing 59% to 6.8 million.
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