The Safest Dollar on the Internet | Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire

The global financial system is undergoing a fundamental shift toward internet-native, programmable money, where corporations increasingly operate "on-chain" to execute contracts, governance, and financial arrangements via smart contracts. As the operator of USDC, Circle provides a full-reserve, transparent digital dollar that mitigates the systemic risks inherent in traditional fractional reserve banking. The recent codification of stablecoin frameworks into federal law represents a turning point, legitimizing these digital assets within the global monetary system. Building such infrastructure requires navigating extreme regulatory complexity and persistent public skepticism, demanding high levels of operational grit and leadership resilience. By prioritizing safety, compliance, and open-protocol utility, Circle aims to reconstruct the application layer of global finance, enabling a more efficient and accessible economic future that operates natively on software machines.