$Circle Internet Corp.(CRCL)$ "Circle 's downgrade [OMG] ? " Harsh [Speechless] , but not baseless. Compass Point flagged valuation stretch & margin pressure - & they're not wrong. CRCL 's 53B cap vs. $155M net income is lofty, especially if Fed cuts trim Treasury yields đ. Since Circle earns heavily from interest on USDC reserve, a 25bps cut could shave hundreds of millions off earnings. That's real Impact. But I'm not jumping ship đ˘. GENIUS Act gives Circle first - mover regulatory clarity, & distribution expansion could offset margin compression. As for fintech peers? Rate cuts hit anyone monetizing float - Think PayPal, Robinhood, even Coinbase. But they also boost liquidity & risk appetite, which could lift crypto volumes & DeFi engagement. So it's a mixed bag đď¸. My hedge? Diversify into infra plays (like Chainlink), & keep dry powder for dips. Circle's long-term moat isn't gone - it's just being repriced [Happy]
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