Circle Alternatives: 8 Companies Compared company
Why these alternatives
Circle is a company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 100 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.1134. The 8 companies below are the same-type entities that share the most graph neighbors with Circle — the chains, companies, auditors, investors and events that connect them — ranked by shared neighbors, then by their own graph centrality (PageRank).
Comparison table
| # | Alternative | Type | Category | Graph connections | Shared with Circle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tether | company | — | 92 | 12 |
| 2 | Ripple | company | — | 83 | 12 |
| 3 | Fireblocks | company | — | 72 | 10 |
| 4 | Coinbase | company | exchange | 88 | 9 |
| 5 | Visa | company | — | 51 | 9 |
| 6 | Paxos | company | — | 35 | 9 |
| 7 | BlackRock | company | — | 101 | 8 |
| 8 | Mastercard | company | — | 53 | 8 |
The 8 alternatives in detail
1. Tether
Tether is a company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 92 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0910. It shares 12 graph neighbors with Circle, including Fireblocks, Fidelity and Solana. The graph also records a direct “competes with” relation between Tether and Circle. Also known as Tether Holdings, Tether Limited.
2. Ripple
Ripple is a company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 83 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0843. It shares 12 graph neighbors with Circle, including HSBC, Mastercard and MAS. Also known as Ripple Labs.
3. Fireblocks
Fireblocks is a company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 72 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0731. It shares 10 graph neighbors with Circle, including Tether, HSBC and Mastercard. The graph also records a direct “partnered with” relation between Fireblocks and Circle.
4. Coinbase
Coinbase is an exchange company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 88 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0880. It shares 9 graph neighbors with Circle, including USD Coin, BlackRock and Visa. The graph also records a direct “partnered with” relation between Coinbase and Circle. Also known as Coinbase Global, COIN.
5. Visa
Visa is a company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 51 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0544. It shares 9 graph neighbors with Circle, including USD Coin, Coinbase and Mastercard. The graph also records a direct “partnered with” relation between Visa and Circle. Also known as Visa Inc.
6. Paxos
Paxos is a company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 35 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0373. It shares 9 graph neighbors with Circle, including Securitize, Mastercard and MAS. Also known as Paxos Trust.
7. BlackRock
BlackRock is a company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 101 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0977. It shares 8 graph neighbors with Circle, including Coinbase, Securitize and Fidelity. The graph also records a direct “manages reserves of” relation between BlackRock and Circle. Also known as BlackRock Inc.
8. Mastercard
Mastercard is a company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 53 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0522. It shares 8 graph neighbors with Circle, including USD Coin, Fireblocks and Visa. The graph also records a direct “partnered with” relation between Mastercard and Circle. Also known as Mastercard Inc.
How this list is built
DeFi Intel maps 11,787 entities and 25,338 relationships extracted from source-cited crypto news and research. An alternative to Circle is defined here as another tracked company ranked by how many knowledge-graph neighbors it shares with Circle, with ties broken by PageRank (graph centrality). Only entities with their own DeFi Intel profile page are listed. This page is generated from the graph data alone and contains no editorial ranking or opinion.
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