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Is CRCL Expensive Now? Calculating Circle's Stock Price Using the DCF Valuation Model

**Title: Is CRCL Expensive Now? A DCF Valuation Analysis of Circle's Stock** **Summary:** This analysis uses a discounted cash flow (DCF) model to estimate the fair value of Circle (CRCL) stock, focusing on its USDC stablecoin business. Key assumptions include: USDC circulation of $70 billion by end-2025, growing at an average annual rate of 15% from 2026 to 2035; a 2.5% average benchmark interest rate; 38% gross margin; fixed operating costs of $500 million in 2025, increasing 10% annually; 24% effective tax rate; 10% discount rate; and a terminal PE multiple of 20. The fully diluted share count is 275 million. The model calculates EBITDA as interest income (USDC circulation × interest rate × margin) minus fixed costs. Free cash flow (FCF) is derived after taxes. The present value of explicit FCF (2026–2035) is $2.282 billion, and the terminal value (2035 FCF × 20) discounted to 2026 is $7.138 billion. The total enterprise value (EV) is $9.42 billion, implying a fair stock price of $34.25 per share as of January 2026. Sensitivity analysis shows that if USDC growth averages 20% annually, the fair value rises to ~$62 per share, suggesting potential margin of safety at current prices (around $62 in early February 2026). However, short-term volatility, forced sellers, and leverage risks are highlighted. The model is conservative, excluding other revenue streams (e.g., Circle’s emerging products like Arc chain) and emphasizing USDC’s growth and competitive sustainability as key variables. Historical USDC growth (2020–2025 CAGR ~76%) is noted but not assumed to continue. The conclusion underscores the need for evidence-based conviction to withstand market noise. *Note: This is a thought experiment, not investment advice.*

marsbit02/03 06:06

Is CRCL Expensive Now? Calculating Circle's Stock Price Using the DCF Valuation Model

marsbit02/03 06:06

Escape the Leviathan: Epstein, Silicon Valley, and the Sovereign Individual

For over a century, the ultra-wealthy have sought to place their wealth beyond the reach of sovereign nations. This pursuit has evolved from Swiss bank accounts, which offered secrecy for 70 years, to Caribbean offshore havens, which lasted about 50 years before increased transparency eroded their appeal. The article uses the case of Jeffrey Epstein as a lens to examine the latest iteration of this quest: cryptocurrency. It details how Epstein, a convicted sex offender, strategically funded key players in the crypto space to gain influence. He donated to the MIT Media Lab, which used his money to hire core Bitcoin developers, effectively buying control over the technology's direction. He also invested in Bitcoin infrastructure company Blockstream. This financial influence helped morph Bitcoin's narrative from a purely technical, decentralized innovation into a radical ideological tool for challenging state power, an idea championed by Silicon Valley figures like Peter Thiel. Thiel, a vocal adherent of the book "The Sovereign Individual," views crypto as a means for a cognitive elite to escape the constraints of nation-states and democratic accountability. The piece argues that this pursuit of "freedom" is not for the common good but for the absolute liberation of a tiny elite from social responsibility and wealth redistribution. It describes a powerful network of tech elites, connected through organizations like the Edge Foundation, who operate in private to align interests and positions. Ultimately, the attempt to create a permanent digital haven is meeting a regulatory wall. The recent implementation of the global Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) represents a coordinated international effort to impose transparency on crypto transactions, closing another loophole. The article concludes that the underlying ideology of escape persists, now manifesting in even more ambitious projects like life-extension technology and Mars colonization, funded by the same elite. It leaves the reader with a critical question: when a small, unaccountable group defines the future of money, society, and life itself in private, what does that mean for the rest of us?

marsbit02/03 04:50

Escape the Leviathan: Epstein, Silicon Valley, and the Sovereign Individual

marsbit02/03 04:50

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