USDC Builder Circle Raises $440M
“The financing included investments from leading private equity, institutional and strategic investors, including Fidelity Management and Research Company, Marshall Wace, Willett Advisors, Intersection Fintech Ventures, Atlas Merchant Capital, Digital Currency Group, FTX, Breyer Capital, Valor Capital Group, Pillar VC, as well as Michael J. Price and Friends,” the firm said in a press release.
The funding round comes as USDC surges in popularity in the stablecoin sector. Administered in partnership with Coinbase, the dollar-backed coin is seen as the safer cousin to the industry-leading USDT.
Questions have recently surfaced about the dollar reserves backing USDC, however. Attestations on USDC’s reserves have not been published since March.
The stablecoin has picked up momentum in recent weeks with a key integration with Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire. The teams announced this month that the SBF-owned FTX and Blockfolio would become “USDC native.”
