BINANCE BUYS $100M STAKE IN CIRCLE, EXPANDS USDC PARTNERSHIP
Binance bought roughly 1.24M $CRCL shares at $80.84 each, investing about $100M in the USDC issuer.
The two companies also expanded their commercial partnership for five years, with Binance agreeing to promote USDC across its platform.
Circle will pay Binance a monthly incentive fee under the agreement.
USDC currently has a market cap of roughly $75B.
Source: Reuters