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Circle, net profit of 7 cents per dollar of sales in the first half of the year... 7.4% according to disclosure

Circle said it spent about 59 cents of its $1 in revenue and reserves in the first half of 2026 on distributions and transactions, and about 7 cents on net proceeds from continuing operations.

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What happened

Circle said it spent about 59 cents of its $1 in revenue and reserves in the first half of 2026 on distributions and transactions, and about 7 cents on net proceeds from continuing operations. The net profit margin calculated from sec filings is approximately 7.4%. Kash Razzaghi, Circle’s chief commercial officer, explained on the company’s blog on October 16 that sales and reserve income in the first half of the year was approximately $1.4 billion, of which approximately $819 million went to distribution partner payments and transaction costs. It said that approximately $473 million was spent on business foundations such as licensing, banking relationships, liquidity, compliance, product development, and blockchain integration.

Reported details

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Why this matters

Circle net profit of cents is a factual update rather than a structural change to tokenized assets. Its value to a desk is the sourced detail and the timing, so read it next to the linked reporting and treat any figure the sources do not state as unknown.

Evidence boundary

On Circle net profit of cents, the scope is limited to what the linked 2 reports state, and where they diverge both positions are recorded without either being picked in advance; the headline figure is what to check first.

What to verify

Corroborate Circle net profit of cents with one independent dated source, and treat any figure the linked reports do not state as unknown rather than inferred.

Sources and editorial check time

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