Circle Catches Up With Ripple, Secures New York Trust Charter for USDC Stablecoin

Circle scores a major New York trust charter for USDC, matching Ripple’s compliance edge, but CRCL stock faces an unexpected intraday slide.

Gamza Khanzadaev · 31 Jul 2026 · 5 min read

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Circle Catches Up With Ripple, Secures New York Trust Charter for USDC Stablecoin

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Gamza Khanzadaev

Fri, 31/07/2026 – 14:30

Circle scores a major New York trust charter for USDC, matching Ripple’s compliance edge, but CRCL stock faces an unexpected intraday slide.

Circle Catches Up With Ripple, Secures New York Trust Charter for USDC Stablecoin

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New York authorities have granted a limited-purpose trust charter to Circle New York Trust. For the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, this is a direct challenge to its main competitor, Ripple. The latter received similar approval from the NYDFS for its RLUSD stablecoin back in December 2024, targeting a market expected to reach $2 trillion by 2028.

Circle has now eliminated that lead, while CEO Jeremy Allaire said that “the race-to-the-top regulatory strategy continues.”

USDC’s regulatory foundation is getting stronger.

Circle has received a limited purpose trust charter from the New York Department of Financial Services for Circle New York Trust.https://t.co/ZjDlOF6Jht

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Trust status completely changes the way the company handles money. Circle can now hold the multibillion-dollar reserves backing its stablecoin itself, under the direct supervision of New York financial regulators. It no longer needs to depend on third-party commercial banks or risk losing funds in the event of a bank failure.

For Wall Street, this is a clear and legally recognized signal that institutions can now work directly with USDC.

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New York is Circle’s home market. In 2015, the company became one of the first to receive the state’s well-known BitLicense. Circle has now addressed regulatory matters at both the state and federal levels. The new state charter will operate alongside the federal national trust charter previously conditionally approved by the OCC.

Commenting on the development, Allaire said that the company is now building “fundamental financial market infrastructure under supervision that spans the globe, the nation, and the world’s most important financial capital.”

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