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Circle Internet Group Inc

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Intrinsic Value

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Market Price $82.91Price as of 1 Oct 2026

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Market Cap $22.6B

Shares Outstanding 247.4M diluted

Next Earnings Date11 Nov 2026

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Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Circle has strong adoption indicators: Q2 2026 USDC circulation was $73.3 billion, up 19% year over year; quarterly onchain volume was $14.8 trillion; and CPN annualized trailing-30-day volume reached $14.7 billion with 175 enrolled institutions. Federal and New York trust approvals strengthen the regulatory foundation, while Arc offers a potentially important new growth platform backed by more than 100 builders and major institutional validators. Conviction is moderated by sensitivity to interest rates and distribution economics, stablecoin competition and redemption risk, and Arc execution, cybersecurity, and regulatory uncertainty.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets23 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$37.00

Mean target$103.03

High · most bullish analyst$243.00

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 2 Sep 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

$37.0025%

USDC circulation falls below the Q2 baseline, lower reserve returns or unfavorable distribution economics pressure the model, CPN momentum weakens, or Arc experiences launch, adoption, security, or regulatory setbacks.

Base CaseCentral scenario

$103.0355%

Matches the consensus mean

USDC remains near or above the Q2 circulation baseline, CPN expands but commercialization develops gradually, and Arc launches substantially as scheduled while monetization remains early.

Bull CaseUpside scenario

$243.0020%

USDC sustains positive circulation growth, CPN continues scaling beyond its Q2 baseline, and Arc launches on schedule with its institutional validators and integrations translating into meaningful network adoption.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

USDC retained substantial scale and positive growth, with $73.3 billion in circulation at Q2 2026 quarter-end and $14.8 trillion of quarterly onchain transaction volume.
CPN showed expanding commercial traction, reaching $14.7 billion of annualized trailing-30-day transaction volume and 175 enrolled financial institutions at Q2 2026 quarter-end.
Circle's regulatory position and platform optionality improved through federal and New York trust approvals and an Arc ecosystem comprising more than 100 builders and prominent institutional validators.

Key Investment Risks

Circle remains exposed to interest-rate movements and distribution arrangements: its Q2 release attributed reserve-income growth to higher average USDC circulation partly offset by a 66-basis-point decline in the reserve return rate.
Competing stablecoins, yield-bearing digital assets, confidence shocks, rapid redemptions, and disruptions in secondary markets could reduce USDC circulation or impair adoption.
Arc introduces launch-timing, adoption, cybersecurity, validator, token, governance, and regulatory risks; Circle also states that Arc features may be delayed, modified, or cancelled.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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