Circle Doubles Valuation to $9B with New Reverse Merger Terms
Circle, the issuer of stablecoin USDC, has doubled its valuation to $9 billion after it renegotiated and inked a fresh reverse merger deal with Concord Acquisition Corp, a blank-check acquisition c...
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