Stablecoin issuer Circle (NASDAQ: CRCL) is having a better year than the overall digital asset sector, but will AI agents offer additional growth opportunities or unleash economic mayhem?

Circle’s USDC stablecoin has seen its market cap grow by more than $2.3 billion over the past seven days and by nearly $5.9 billion in the past 30 days. That’s far more impressive growth than that experienced by USDT, the market-leading stablecoin issued by Tether, which has risen by $300…