{"id":91318,"date":"2026-05-11T13:06:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=91318"},"modified":"2026-05-11T13:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:06:32","slug":"circle-raises-222m-from-blackrock-a16z-for-arc-blockchain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=91318","title":{"rendered":"Circle Raises $222M From BlackRock, a16z For &#8216;Arc&#8217; Blockchain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Circle Internet Group Inc.<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"CRCL\" data-exchange=\"NYSE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/CRCL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NYSE:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/CRCL\">CRCL<\/a>) has raised $222 million for its new institutional blockchain Arc at a $3 billion valuation as shares jumped 2.5% in premarket trading.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The First Public Company Token Presale<\/h3>\n<p>a16z crypto led the round with a $75 million commitment, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/05\/11\/circle-closes-222-million-from-blackrock-apollo-for-arc-blockchain.html\">according<\/a> to CNBC.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>BlackRock Inc.<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BLK\" data-exchange=\"NYSE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BLK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NYSE:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BLK\">BLK<\/a>), <strong>Apollo Global Management <\/strong><a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"APO\" data-exchange=\"NYSE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/APO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NYSE:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/APO\">APO<\/a>), <strong>Intercontinental Exchange Inc.<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"ICE\" data-exchange=\"NYSE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/ICE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NYSE:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/ICE\">ICE<\/a>), <strong>Bullish<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BLSH\" data-exchange=\"NYSE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BLSH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NYSE:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BLSH\">BLSH<\/a>), SBI Group, Janus Henderson Investors, Standard Chartered Ventures, General Catalyst, Marshall Wace, ARK Invest, IDG Capital, and Haun Ventures completed the investor syndicate.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Circle becomes the first publicly listed company to conduct a token presale.<\/p>\n<p>Arc is a public blockchain &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/05\/52446362\/circle-raises-222m-from-blackrock-a16z-for-arc-blockchain?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Circle\" raises from blackrock a16z for blockchain>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Circle Internet Group Inc. (NYSE:CRCL) has raised $222 million for its new institutional blockchain Arc at a $3 billion valuation as shares jumped 2.5% in premarket trading. The First Public Company Token Presale a16z crypto led the round with a $75 million commitment, according to CNBC.\u00a0 BlackRock Inc. (NYSE:BLK), Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO), Intercontinental Exchange [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-91318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}