Binance invests $100 million in Circle and signs USDC expansion deal
USDC (USDC)
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Eugene Serbin
tradersunion.com reports that Binance has invested $100 million in Circle stock and entered a five-year agreement to expand USDC services. Under the deal, Binance will increase the promotion, integration, and availability of USDC to users worldwide, while Circle pays Binance monthly incentives. Jordan Kerridge previously reported that Bitcoin dropped below $77,000, resulting in $150 million in long positions being liquidated. He also covered how the SSE Composite Index declined 2%, with Chinese stocks losing $1.295 trillion in value.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for USDC, measured when this story was written up on 27 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
USDC is trading at $1.00 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 47.2%, indicating short-term selling pressure, while the 4-hour buy ratio is higher at 58.0%, suggesting buying interest is building over a slightly longer timeframe. The 24-hour buy ratio sits at 50.7%, showing a balanced market over the full day. In the last hour, the volume delta is -$952,532, meaning sellers have dominated recent trades, but the 4-hour delta is positive at +$13,706,653, indicating net buying over that period. Over 24 hours, the volume delta is +$12,521,422, showing that buyers have been in control for the majority of the day despite the recent hourly dip. The cumulative volume delta (CVD) for the 24-hour close is -$26,188,353, reflecting that selling pressure has outweighed buying pressure by that total amount. Spot volume for the day is $875,062,769 across 368,420 trades, with net buying occurring in only 8 of the 24 hours.
The latest daily buy ratio of 50.2% sits at the 73rd percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 48.4% - stronger buying than most days.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for USDC, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the average buy ratio was 50.3%, and today's ratio is +0.4 points higher than that average, showing a slight increase in buying interest compared to the weekly norm. Volume today is 0.30x the weekly average, indicating significantly lower trading activity than usual. Net buying occurred on 5 of the 7 days in the preceding week, with a total volume delta of +$204,857,412. The price change over the 8-day period is 0.0%, showing stability. Compared to the weekly average volume, today's activity is notably subdued, making this an unusually quiet day for USDC trading.