On January 21, 2025, Circle Internet Group, Inc., a global financial technology company and stablecoin market leader, announced its acquisition of Hashnote Holdings LLC, an investment platform focused on providing investors with customizable digital asset exposure and the issuer of US Yield Coin (USYC). The acquisition accelerates Circle’s product offerings and competitive position in digital asset capital markets as USYC, the largest Tokenized Money Market Fund (TMMF) in the world, will play a critical role as collateral in digital asset markets. The definitive merger agreement was signed effective as of December 31, 2024, and the transaction closed January 21, 2025.

The WilmerHale team representing Circle was led by Stephanie Evans and included a cross-disciplinary team comprised of Bob Kimmitt, Matthew Kulkin, Gretchen Passe Roin, Bill Caporizzo, Scott Kilgore, Ciara Baker, Stephen Gillespie, Kirk Nahra, Lee Greenfield, Megan O’Flynn, J.C. Minko, Judd Abramson, Ben Kelsey, Andrew Fosque, Ali Jessani, Taylor Mielnicki, Kyle Kessler and Carla Gilbertson.