Circle stock today: CRCL slips as year-end trading thins and prediction-market bets come into focus
NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 20:41 ET — Market closed Circle Internet Group, Inc. shares ended down about 0.9% at $80.51 on Monday, after trading between $79.00 and $82.96 as volumes thinned in the final week of the year. The move matters because Circle is one of the most visible publicly traded plays on stablecoins — cryptocurrencies designed to hold a steady value, typically pegged to the U.S. dollar — and the stock has become sensitive to shifts in risk appetite and rates. Circle’s core earnings engine is reserve income, the interest generated on assets held against its USDC stablecoin.