
The stock market debut of Circle Internet, the company behind the stablecoin cryptocurrency, has been a massive success. Shares of Circle Internet soared on their first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
Initially priced at $31 per share, the stock surged to $69 at opening and closed above $83, marking a 168% increase in value within a single day.
This is the first cryptocurrency company to go public, and its IPO is expected to make stablecoins more mainstream. Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies pegged to the value of traditional currencies like the euro or the dollar.
Hester Peirce, the new U.S. crypto regulator, recently stated: "We've done a 180-degree turn and are giving the crypto industry a complete reset." Peirce announced that memecoins and stablecoins will no longer be regulated.