Circle’s IPO March Leaves Little Room for Acquisition Fantasies
As Circle barrels toward its public debut, the stablecoin giant’s dance card looks suspiciously empty. Once a prime M&A target, the company’s looming IPO timeline now makes a buyout play seem like wishful thinking—or a hedge fund’s pipe dream.
Wall Street’s usual suspects—those private equity vultures who love to swoop in pre-IPO—are suddenly playing hard to get. Maybe they finally read the fine print on stablecoin regulation.
Here’s the kicker: Going public means transparency. And in crypto-land, sunlight tends to disinfect those juicy, overpriced acquisition rumors faster than a SEC subpoena.