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The portfolio gives Circle the largest US blockchain patent stack and a sharper negotiating edge as stablecoins move from crypto trading into settlement, treasury and mainstream payments.
The IP spans foundational blockchain technology, banking, and supply chain verification, and directly underpins USDC, the Circle Payments Network, and the Arc blockchain.
The patent haul gives Circle, already the second-largest stablecoin issuer, a defensive IP moat that rivals will struggle to replicate quickly.
The undisclosed-price deal vaults Circle past Bank of America and Advanced New Technologies as the largest US blockchain patent holder, with USDC, Arc, and AI-agent tooling as named deployment…
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