Circle, the company behind the $61 billion stablecoin USDC, made a roaring debut on the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, becoming the first stablecoin issuer to go public and making CEO and cofounder Jeremy Allaire a billionaire.

Circle Internet on Wednesday priced its upsized U.S. initial public offering at $31 apiece, raising $1.05 billion, adding fresh momentum to a growing pipeline of late-stage cryptocurrency firms eyeing public markets.

Circle Internet Group, the crypto firm that tried to go public in 2021 but ended up pulling its deal, will finally enter the public equities market. Late Wednesday, Circle raised $1.05 billion in one of the most anticipated IPOs of the year.