Circle's USDC stablecoin is uniquely positioned, gaining traction with major partners like Shopify, Walmart, and Amazon.

Circle free offering leaves a lot of money on the table, but it also stems from a fundamentally different approach to cross-border payments.

Hong Kong conglomerate Li & Fung is selling 340 Circle K stores in the city to Canadian convenience store giant Alimentation Couche-Tard for HK$2.8 billion.