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Circle’s Big Glow-up 💸
The revenue jumped 53% to $658M.

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What we’ll cover today:
Putin’s “peace” meeting with Trump leaves Ukraine out in the cold ❄️
Circle’s $61B USDC circulation and stock surge 🚀
Why stablecoins are creeping into mainstream banking 🏦

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump are meeting in Alaska, but Europe says it is more “photoshoot” than peace talk.
🚨 Breaking News:
EU’s top diplomat says Putin just wants a picture with Trump, not a real deal to end the Ukraine war.
⚡ Wire Simplified –
Ukraine and EU leaders were not invited to the Putin-Trump table.
Zelenskyy warns Russia is still planning attacks.
Trump hints at swapping territory for peace.
EU says no deal works without Ukraine’s agreement.
Hungary refuses to back EU’s pro-Ukraine statement.
✔️ Straight to the Point –
If this is diplomacy, it is giving “high school group project where one guy does all the posing, none of the work.”
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Circle, the company behind USDC stablecoin, just reported its first earnings since going public, and it is making big crypto waves.
🚨 Breaking News:
Revenue jumped 53% to $658M, USDC circulation rose 90%, and the stock is up 420% since its June IPO.
⚡ Wire Simplified –
USDC supply now at $61.3B, second only to Tether.
Banks and payment firms are embracing stablecoins after new US policies.
Circle posted a $482M loss due to IPO costs.
Launching a new blockchain, Arc, for payments and FX.
Predicting USDC will grow 40% yearly through this cycle.
✔️ Straight to the Point –
Circle is betting big that stablecoins will be the future of money, and investors are eating it up like hot samosas.

I ran a DCF model on $NVDA. If they are able to grow revenues at a 50% rate for the next decade and I use a 2% discount rate, there’s upside.
— Lee Roach (@leevalueroach)
9:28 PM • Aug 10, 2025
Request for startup: make truth the real currency of the Internet instead of troll marketing
— Garry Tan (@garrytan)
3:17 PM • Aug 11, 2025

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