Circle’s NYSE Breakout Turns Heads—and Heats up Crypto Finance
Stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Financial saw its stock take off on its first day of trading, leaping from an initial price of $31 to an intraday peak of $94.84. By 3 p.m. Eastern time, the CRCL ticker was up more than...
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