Circle raised $1.1B in its IPO — and on the very first trading day shares quickly surged to $83
🏦 Circle raised $1.1B in its IPO
Last week, Circle — the issuer of one of the world’s major stablecoins, USDC — successfully went public on the New York Stock Exchange.
According to Bloomberg sources, demand for shares exceeded supply by more than 25x by the June 3 subscription deadline.
📈 Circle and its shareholders sold 34M shares at $31 each. On the first day of trading, the stock price climbed to $83 and by the end of the week reached $123.
Circle’s market cap after the IPO stood at $6.9B
Analysts call this IPO the most significant since Coinbase’s listing in 2021 and see it as the beginning of a new wave of institutional investment in the crypto sector.
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