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Circle
Circle is a peer-to-peer payments technology company. It was founded by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville in October 2013. Circle is the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, with $55 billion in circulation as of August 2022. In July 2021, Circle announced a plan to merge with a special-purpose acquisition company to go public, a deal that valued the company at $9 billion.