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  "id": 9137702,
  "title": "Binance acquires a $100M stake in Circle, and both companies sign a five-year deal that pays the crypto exchange to promote the USDC stablecoin on its platform (CoinDesk)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/binance-acquires-a-100m-stake-in-circle-and-both-companies-sign-a",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-22T12:10:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/09/22/binance-buys-usd100-million-circle-stake-in-five-year-usdc-promotion-deal"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Binance bought $100 million of Circle shares as the companies signed a five-year deal that pays the crypto exchange to promote the USDC stablecoin on its platform.",
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        "outlet": "CoinDesk",
        "title": "Binance buys $100 million Circle stake in five-year USDC promotion deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/binance-buys-100-million-circle-stake-in-five-year-usdc-promotion-deal",
        "published": "2026-09-22T11:07:23.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Block",
        "title": "Binance takes $100 million Circle stake alongside five-year USDC deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/binance-takes-100-million-circle-stake-alongside-five-year-usdc-deal",
        "published": "2026-09-22T12:53:52.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}