On September 4, Circle Internet Corp. fell 5.23% in regular trading, pulling back to $97.85/share with turnover of $353 million, retreating from the prior session's closing price of $103.23 after a sharp 16.46% rally.

The decline comes as the company disclosed 12 insider transactions on September 3, including a sale of 50,000 shares by Director Neville Patrick Sean, signaling notable insider distribution activity following the recent surge. Meanwhile, a $386,600 out-of-the-money put option sell order targeting the $85 strike expiring October 16 emerged in the options market, with large-block flow suggesting institutional participants are positioning for limited further downside but not ruling out near-term consolidation.

The broader Application Software sector traded lower across the board, with Adobe down 7.11%, BitMine Immersion Technologies down 5.69%, Strategy down 3.34%, Palantir Technologies down 2.79%, and Salesforce down 1.39%, reflecting a risk-off tone that compounded selling pressure on Circle Internet Corp. after its outsized prior-day gains driven by the crypto sector rally, the edgeX partnership announcement for Arc mainnet, and bullish congressional testimony on stablecoins.

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