Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire on USDC, Regulation, and Web3
Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle, remains at the forefront of stablecoin innovation and digital dollar infrastructure in 2025. Circle’s flagship product, USDC, maintains over $35 billion in circulation and is integrated into payment systems across 190 countries. In 2024, Allaire oversaw Circle’s public listing via a SPAC merger and expanded partnerships with major financial players like Visa, BlackRock, and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. He also leads Circle’s regulatory advocacy and CBDC dialogue with global central banks.
Allaire co-founded Circle in 2013 after previously launching Brightcove, a pioneer in cloud-based video, and co-founding Allaire Corporation, known for ColdFusion. A Massachusetts native and internet technologist, Allaire has testified in U.S. Senate hearings on financial innovation and frequently publishes on digital currency standards. His vision of open, interoperable finance helped USDC become the most widely used regulated stablecoin globally. He is viewed as a bridge between crypto-native protocols and mainstream financial infrastructure.
USDC carries 79 percent of all stablecoin transaction volume, Jeremy Allaire notes
Circle's USDC accounted for 79% of all stablecoin transaction volume in Q3, up from 66% a year earlier, with $13.9 trillion moved onchain, representing a 49% increase. A record $208 billion worth ...
Jeremy Allaire: Asset issuers now have access to cross-chain transit protocol used for USDC
Circle Co-Founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire announced that the CCTP cross-chain protocol, previously used for ferrying USDC across blockchains, has been opened up to any token issuer. Allaire ...
Circle acts to freeze $800 million USDC amid reported Binance exploit, Jeremy Allaire states
Circle has frozen more than $800 million USDC following reports of a potential exploit involving Binance. The action was taken in coordination with law enforcement to support an ongoing ...
Jeremy Allaire: Allaria SA brings two-side USDC/ARS liquidity to Argentina market
Allaria SA, a leading markets firm in Latin America and Argentina, is bringing two-side USDC/ARS liquidity to the Argentinian market. Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and ...
Exploring fundamentals of USDC economy, Jeremy Allaire states
Jeremy Allaire, Jeremy Allaire, discussed the fundamentals of USDC economics and the requirements to operate a large-scale digital dollar ecosystem. Allaire described the focus on building the ...
Jeremy Allaire: Applauds UX improvements built on Arc and interoperability infrastructure
Jeremy Allaire, co-founder, chief executive officer (CEO), and chairman at Circle, praised developments in user experience abstraction layered on top of Arc and related interoperability ...
DePIN platform to crowdsource 3D AI models with USDC and Arc, Jeremy Allaire notes
Jeremy Allaire, co-founder, chief executive officer (CEO), and chairman at Circle, highlights DePIN as a system for building 3D physical world AI models through crowdsourcing that bridges AI and ...
Jeremy Allaire: Tokenized gold product launches on Arc in Asia
Jeremy Allaire, co-founder, chief executive officer and chairman at Circle, highlights the launch of one of Asia's leading tokenized gold products on Arc. He also points out that Arc now offers a ...
USDC liquidity gets boost on Arc platform, Jeremy Allaire notes
Jeremy Allaire, co-founder, chief executive officer, and chairman at Circle, highlighted an improvement in USDC liquidity on the Arc platform following collaboration with Coinbase. He also ...
Jeremy Allaire: Programmable dollars, bitcoin, and credit markets converge
Jeremy Allaire, co-founder, chief executive officer, and chairman at Circle, highlights the intersection of programmable dollars, programmable bitcoin, and programmable credit markets. His ...
Arc brings cross-chain tokenization to assets, Jeremy Allaire notes
Jeremy Allaire, co-founder, chief executive officer (CEO), and chairman at Circle, announces the launch of Arc, a cross-chain distribution and interoperability layer for tokenized assets. Allaire ...
Jeremy Allaire: Circle expands Binance partnership with $100 million stake and new five-year USDC deal
Jeremy Allaire, co-founder, chief executive officer (CEO), and chairman at Circle, announced a major expansion of Circle's partnership with Binance. The new agreement includes a five-year deal ...
Circle to acquire Tazapay with 100+ payment markets, Jeremy Allaire confirms
Jeremy Allaire, co-founder, chief executive officer (CEO), and chairman at Circle, announced that Circle has signed an agreement to acquire Tazapay. The acquisition involves more than 60 banking ...
Jeremy Allaire: Over 1 percent of CRCL held as tokenized stock
Jeremy Allaire, co-founder, chief executive officer, and chairman at Circle, states that over 1 percent of CRCL is held as tokenized stock amounting to more than $280 million, surpassing any other ...
Economists assess tokenized money in monetary system, Jeremy Allaire notes
Jeremy Allaire, co-founder, chief executive officer (CEO), and chairman at Circle, highlights a recent presentation from leading economists at Jackson Hole that examines the developing structure ...
Jeremy Allaire: Circle partners with Chelsea to promote USDC to global football fans
Jeremy Allaire, co-founder, chief executive officer (CEO), and chairman at Circle, announced a partnership with Chelsea, a prominent football franchise, to promote USDC to football fans worldwide. ...
Circle Agent Wallet connects with USDC and AI agents, Jeremy Allaire notes
Jeremy Allaire, co-founder, chief executive officer (CEO), and chairman at Circle, shares his views on the Circle Agent Wallet. He highlights the wallet's smooth performance and encourages users ...
Jeremy Allaire: cirBTC advances market neutral programable use of BTC
Jeremy Allaire, co-founder, chief executive officer, and chairman at Circle, highlights cirBTC as a significant development for programable market neutral uses of BTC. He emphasizes the ...
Circle unveils new agent service layer, Jeremy Allaire notes
Jeremy Allaire, co-founder, chief executive officer and chairman at Circle, announced the launch of a new agent service discovery layer. The addition allows agents to seamlessly discover services ...
Jeremy Allaire: Circle to livestream Q2 earnings and Q&A at 8 a.m. ET
Jeremy Allaire, co-founder, chief executive officer (CEO), and chairman at Circle, announced that Circle will hold a livestream event for its Q2 earnings and a Q&A session at 8 a.m. ET tomorrow. ...
Shift to Internet marks major financial turning point, Jeremy Allaire notes
Jeremy Allaire, co-founder, chief executive officer and chairman at Circle, describes the current moment as a tipping point for the financial system as it fully moves onto the Internet. Allaire ...
