Analysis: 98% of Circle's revenue comes from income from reserve assets and faces potential market competition from large institutions
According to online reports, after stablecoin issuer Circle was listed in the United States, its profit model was disclosed, which showed that 98% of the company's revenue last year came from investment income in reserve assets. Reserves usually require high-quality, short-term and highly liquid assets, but data provided by Circle shows that the yield on its reserve assets in the past three years has ranged from 0.14% to 5.17%, indicating that its income driving force at this stage is quite focused on the interest rate trend of assets such as short-term bonds. In addition, Circle also faces a potential market competition risk, that is, once a sovereign-level institution participates in the issuance of stablecoins in the future, it may quickly gain a certain market share by virtue of the "zero counterparty risk" advantage. Analysts believe that it is necessary for Circle to expand its crypto ecosystem.
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