Circle Stock Falls 15% as New Rival Stablecoin Targets USDC’s Enterprise Users

BeInCrypto2026/06/30 16:36

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Shares of Circle Internet Group (CRCL) fell on Tuesday after Open Standard unveiled Open USD (OUSD), a dollar stablecoin backed by more than 140 companies, including Visa, Mastercard, and Coinbase, that targets the market its USD Coin (USDC) token leads. The launch puts payment networks, banks, and crypto firms behind a single token. It lands as Circles USDC and Tethers USDT control most of the stablecoin market. Circle (CRCL) Stock Performance. Source: TradingView Why Circles USDC Faces Pressure Open USD goes after the enterprise users that drive USDC adoption. Businesses can mint and redeem it for free, and partners keep the earnings on its reserves after a small fee. Introducing Open USD: a stablecoin built for the internet economy, designed by the businesses growing it. Open Standard (@openstandard) June 30, 2026 Follow us on Xto get the latest news as it happens That model strikes at how Circle makes money. Reserve interest produced 99% of its revenue in 2024, its filing shows. Circle paid Coinbase $908 million that year to distribute USDC. Now Coinbase has joined a rival that lets partners keep those reserve earnings. Circle stock fell nearly 15% on the news, touching its lowest level of the session. It extended a weak run after Circles stock rally from $50 to $129 in six weeks earlier this year. The bigger risk is distribution. Circle gained ground as USDC overtook Tether in corporate transfers. Yet Open USDs backers include the networks that move most of that money. Circle still holds advantages. Its USDC carries regulatory standing in the US and Europe and deep exchange liquidity. A Consortium Stands Behind Open USD Open Standard will run the token through an independent board of its partners. Zach Abrams leads the company on an interim basis. He co-founded Bridge, the stablecoin firm Stripe bought for $1.1 billion in 2025. The backers span finance and technology, from BlackRock and BNY to Google and Shopify. Many already run their own stablecoins or build stablecoin infrastructure firms, echoing Mastercards recent stablecoin payment integrations. Stripe tied its payments business directly to the token. Open USD will be the default stablecoin for businesses running on Stripe read an excerpt in the announcement, citing Will Gaybrick, president of technology and business at Stripe. Circle, Tether, and PayPal all sat out the venture. Tethers USDT leads at about $185 billion and Circles USDC follows near $74 billion. Total Stablecoin Market Cap. Source: DefiLlama All these notwithstanding, the history is not encouraging for consortiums. Visa, Mastercard, and Stripe each backed Facebooks Libra stablecoin in 2019, then abandoned it within months under regulatory pressure. Open USD goes live later this year on Plasma and other chains built for stablecoin payments. Open USD is the new standard for global stablecoins, now coming to Plasma. The stablecoin backed by Visa and Mastercard, launching on the chain built for stablecoin payments. The timing matters for Circle, whose USDC revenue-sharing deal with Coinbase comes up for renewal in August.

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