Circle Reports Second Quarter 2025 Results

Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE:CRCL) today announced results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2025.

Financial Highlights

• USDC in circulation grew 90% year-over-year to $61.3 billion at quarter end, and has grown an additional 6.4% to $65.2 billion as of August 10, 2025
• Total revenue and reserve income grew 53% year-over-year to $658 million
• Net loss was $482 million, significantly impacted by IPO-related non-cash charges that totaled $591 million:
  • $424 million for stock-based compensation related to vesting conditions met by our IPO
  • $167 million increase in the fair value of convertible debt caused by the increase in our share price
• Adjusted EBITDA grew 52% year-over-year to $126 million

Corporate & Commercial Highlights

• Successful $1.2 billion IPO; GENIUS Act signed into law
• Joined Pledge 1%, a global movement for corporate impact; to honor this commitment, prior to the IPO, Circle reserved 2,682,392 shares of our Class A common stock for our Circle Foundation
• Launched Circle Payments Network in May - an innovative platform for financial institutions to use stablecoins for payments, with 100+ institutions in the pipeline
• Accelerating momentum and expanding commercial engagement across digital asset, banking, payments, and capital markets industries - announced new and expanded partnerships with Binance, Corpay, FIS, Fiserv, OKX, and others
• Introducing Arc, an open Layer-1 blockchain purpose-built for stablecoin finance, and a defining moment in our journey for Circle to deliver a full-stack platform for the internet financial system

"I'm proud of Circle's performance in the second quarter, our first as a public company, where we demonstrated sustained growth and adoption of our platform across a multitude of use cases and with a diverse set of industry-defining partners," said Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at Circle. "Circle's successful IPO in June marked a pivotal moment—not just for our company, but for the broader adoption of stablecoins and the growth of the new internet financial system. This is an extraordinary moment for our company and industry, and we are seeing accelerating interest in building on stablecoins and partnering with Circle across every significant sector of the financial industry, with major internet companies and commercial engagement all around the world."

Successful Initial Public Offering

In June, we completed our $1.2 billion initial public offering. Of the total offering of 39.1 million shares, Circle sold 19.9 million newly issued primary shares of Class A common stock at a price of $31 per share, which resulted in net proceeds of $583 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and before deducting offering costs of $12.8 million.

Key Financial Results and Operating Indicators

The following table presents our key results and operating indicators, as well as the relevant GAAP measures, for the periods indicated:

Second Quarter 2025 Financial Highlights and Operating Results

• Reserve Income increased 50% year-over-year to $634 million, primarily from the 86% growth in average USDC in circulation, partially offset by a 103 bps decline in the reserve return rate.
• Other Revenue increased 252% year-over-year to $24 million as Subscription and Services Revenue and Transaction Revenue grew strongly.
• Total Distribution, Transaction and Other Costs increased 64% year-over-year to $407 million, primarily from increased distribution payments reflecting higher USDC circulation balances and growth in Coinbase's on-platform holdings of USDC, as well as distribution payments arising from new strategic partnerships.
• Operating Expenses were $577 million in the quarter, including $424 million in stock-based compensation expenses related to the vesting of RSUs in connection with our successful IPO.
• Net Loss was $482 million largely reflecting two non-cash impacts that totaled $591 million - $424 million for stock-based compensation related to vesting conditions met by our IPO and $167 million due to the increase in the fair value of our convertible debt caused by the increase in our share price.
• Adjusted EBITDA grew 52% year-over-year to $126 million reflecting the ongoing growth of USDC in circulation and our inherent operating leverage.

Other Notable Items and Recent Developments

• GENIUS Act signed into law: The GENIUS Act marked a historic step for U.S. digital asset regulation by establishing a federal regulatory regime for payment stablecoins. Circle's long-standing commitment to regulatory compliance was largely codified by the obligations of GENIUS, which strengthens Circle's position as the leading regulated stablecoin issuer.
• Strong early momentum for Circle Payments Network (CPN): CPN launched in May, has four active payment corridors and is set for accelerating growth in H2 2025 with 100+ financial institutions in the pipeline combined with planned opening of new payment corridors and the addition of enterprise-focused product capabilities.
• Introduced Circle Gateway to enable unified USDC balances for instant crosschain liquidity: In July, Gateway debuted on testnet, delivering sub-second access to USDC across supported blockchains — eliminating the need for bridging, rebalancing, or prepositioning capital.
• Expanding adoption: Announced new or expanded strategic partnerships and collaborations with leading crypto-native and traditional financial leaders:
  • Binance: Expanded our relationship, including broader adoption of Circle Wallets technology, and USYC availability on Binance's institutional trading products to serve as yield-bearing, off-exchange collateral.
  • Corpay: Pairing Corpay's worldwide FX and card network with Circle's USDC, unlocking 24/7 settlement, seamless liquidity, and enterprise-grade compliance for businesses everywhere.
  • FIS: Enabling U.S. financial institutions to offer domestic and cross-border USDC payments via FIS' Money Movement Hub — combining Circle's blockchain-native infrastructure with FIS' real-time payment rails to unlock faster, lower-cost, and compliant digital dollar transactions.
  • Fiserv: Exploring integrating Circle's USDC infrastructure and Circle Payments Network with Fiserv's digital banking and payment capabilities.
  • OKX: Offering seamless 1:1 USD to USDC conversions across OKX's platform, expanding USDC access to over 60 million global users and simplifying on/off-ramping through shared banking infrastructure.
• Introducing Arc, an open Layer-1 blockchain: Arc is designed to provide an enterprise-grade foundation for stablecoin payments, FX, and capital markets applications. The EVM-compatible network features USDC as its native gas, along with an integrated stablecoin FX engine, sub-second settlement finality, and opt-in privacy controls. Arc will be fully integrated across Circle's platform and services, which will also remain fully available and interoperable with the dozens of other partner blockchains that Circle supports. Arc is expected to launch in public testnet this fall.

Forward Outlook

To give investors insight into our business and expectations, management is providing guidance on the following key performance indicators.

Conference Call and Livestream Information

Circle will host a conference call to discuss the results for the second quarter 2025 on August 12, 2025 at 8:00 am ET. Circle's Investor Relations website at https://investor.circle.com will provide access to the live webcast, as well as a replay of the call and transcript shortly following earnings.

Circle uses its investor relations website as a means of disclosing material nonpublic information, announcing upcoming investor conferences and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, investors should monitor Circle's investor relations website in addition to following its press releases, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, and public conference calls and webcasts.

Forward-Looking Statements

This communication contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our future operating results and financial position, including for the second quarter ended June 30, 2025; our plans with respect to the anticipated future expenses and investments; expectations relating to certain of our key financial and operating metrics; our business strategy and plans; expectations relating to legal and regulatory proceedings; expectations relating to our industry, the regulatory environment, market conditions, trends and growth; expectations relating to customer behaviors and preferences; our market position; potential market opportunities; and our objectives for future operations. The words "believe," "may," "will," "estimate," "potential," "continue," "anticipate," "intend," "expect," "could," "would," "project," "plan," "target," and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on management's expectations, assumptions, and projections based on information available at the time the statements were made. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, including, but not limited to: intense and increasing competition from new and existing issuers offering competing products, combined with the rise of yield-bearing digital assets, including TMMFs, that are attractive to digital asset trading participants, may reduce market demand and circulation of Circle stablecoins; stablecoins may face periods of uncertainty, loss of trust, or systemic shocks resulting in the potential for rapid redemption requests (or runs), and extreme scenarios, such as market shocks that affect the value of USDC's reserves or simultaneous requests to redeem all or substantially all USDC in circulation, or concerns related to Circle stablecoin reserves, may lead to redemption delays and USDC reserves being insufficient to meet all redemption requests; as a relatively new innovation, stablecoins are particularly susceptible to operational challenges and risks, including due to surges in demand; any negative publicity regarding stablecoins or the broader digital asset industry may have an outsized negative effect on consumer confidence; the acceptance of Circle stablecoins could be negatively impacted by the disruptions in secondary marketplaces that facilitate the purchase and sale of Circle stablecoins; the GENIUS Act will change the payment stablecoin ecosystem and may affect our business in ways that cannot yet be known; the GENIUS Act amends the U.S. federal securities laws to explicitly exclude from the definition of "security" payment stablecoins issued by PPSIs, which will include USDC, however, until those amendments are effective, we will continue to rely on our conclusion that USDC is not a security under the U.S. federal securities laws; we hold a substantial amount of USDC reserves in the Circle Reserve Fund and thus are subject to risks associated with the issuer, the manager, and the custodian of the Circle Reserve Fund; any significant disruption in our or our third-party service providers' or partners' technology could result in a loss of customers or funds and adversely impact our business, results of operations, financial condition, and prospects; our customers' funds and digital assets may fail to be adequately safeguarded by us or the third-party service providers upon whom we rely; our inability to maintain existing relationships with financial institutions and similar firms or to enter into new such relationships could impact our ability to offer services to customers; we are subject to credit risks in respect of counterparties, including banks and other financial institutions; if we are unable to maintain existing distribution arrangements or enter into additional distribution arrangements on less favorable financial terms, USDC and EURC in circulation and Circle's financial results may be adversely affected; our products and services may be exploited by our customers, employees, service providers, and other third parties to facilitate illegal activity such as fraud, money laundering, terrorist financing, gambling, tax evasion, and scams; our compliance and risk management methods might not be effective; fluctuations in interest rates could impact our results of operations; we are subject to an extensive and highly evolving regulatory landscape; the regulatory environment to which we are subject gives rise to various licensing requirements, significant compliance costs and other restrictions, and noncompliance could result in a range of penalties, including fines, compliance costs, operational restrictions, reputational damage, and loss of licenses; we are subject to laws, regulations, and executive orders regarding economic and trade sanctions, anti-bribery, AML, and counter-terrorism financing that could impair our ability to compete in international markets or subject us to criminal or civil liability if we violate them; and insiders will continue to have substantial control over Circle and limit shareholders ability to influence the outcome of key transactions, including a change of control. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. In light of these risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, our actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. Further information on risks that could cause actual results to differ materially from forecasted results are, or will be included, in our filings we make with the SEC from time to time, including our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 to be filed with the SEC on August 12, 2025. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons if actual results differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements.

About Circle Internet Group, Inc.

Circle (NYSE:CRCL) is a global financial technology firm that enables businesses of all sizes to harness the power of digital currencies and public blockchains for payments, commerce and financial applications worldwide. Circle is building the world's largest, most-widely used, stablecoin network, and issues, through its regulated affiliates, USDC and EURC stablecoins. Circle provides a comprehensive suite of financial and technology services that empower enterprises and developers to integrate stablecoins and blockchains into their products, services and business operations.

Quarterly Results of Operations

The following table summarizes certain key financial performance measures derived from our unaudited quarterly consolidated statements of operations data for each of the three months ended June 30, 2024, September 30, 2024, December 31, 2024, March 31, 2025, and June 30, 2025. The information for each of these periods has been prepared on the same basis as our audited annual consolidated financial statements and, in the opinion of management, reflects all adjustments of a normal, recurring nature that are necessary for the fair statement of the results of operations for these periods.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We report our financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). However, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Operating Expenses are non-GAAP financial measures regarding our operational performance.

Management and our board of directors use non-GAAP financial measures to (i) monitor and evaluate the growth and performance of our business operations, (ii) evaluate our historical and prospective financial performance as well as our performance relative to our competitors, (iii) review and assess the performance of our management team and other employees, and (iv) prepare budgets and evaluate strategic investments. Accordingly, we believe that non-GAAP measures provide useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results in the same manner as our management and board of directors. Non-GAAP financial measures, including Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Operating Expenses, have limitations as financial measures and should not be relied upon as substitutes for, or considered in isolation from, measures calculated in accordance with GAAP.

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as net income (loss) from continuing operations excluding: depreciation and amortization expense; interest expense, net of amortization of discounts and premiums; interest income; income tax (benefit) expense; stock-based compensation expense; certain legal expenses; realized and unrealized (gains) losses, net, on digital assets held for investment, other related investments and strategic investments; realized (gains) losses on available-for-sale debt securities; impairment losses on strategic investments; merger termination expenses; restructuring expenses; acquisition-related costs; change in fair value of convertible debt, warrant liability, and embedded derivatives; losses on sale of long-lived assets; and foreign currency exchange (gains) losses.

We believe it is useful to exclude non-cash charges, such as depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation expense, and change in fair value of various financial instruments from Adjusted EBITDA because the amount of such expenses in any specific period may not directly correlate to the underlying performance of our business operations. We believe it is useful to exclude income tax (benefit) expense, interest income, interest expense, and non-routine items as these items are not components of our core business operations.

Adjusted Operating Expenses

Adjusted operating expenses excludes depreciation and amortization, future Donor Advised Fund (DAF) contributions to the Circle Foundation, digital asset (gains) losses, and stock-based compensation.

We believe it is useful to exclude certain non-cash charges from Adjusted Operating Expenses because the amount of such expenses in any specific period may not directly correlate to the underlying performance of our business operations.

We have provided a reconciliation below of Adjusted EBITDA to Net Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations and of Adjusted Operating Expenses to Operating Expenses, in each case, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.

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