Circle (company)

Circle Internet Group, Inc., doing business as Circle, is a peer-to-peer payments technology company that now manages the stablecoin USDC, a cryptocurrency the value of which is pegged to the U.S. dollar. It was founded by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville in October 2013. Circle was founded and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, but is currently headquartered in New York City. USDC, the second largest stablecoin worldwide, is designed to hold at or near a stable price of $1. The majority of its stablecoin collateral is held in short-term U.S. government securities.