The position in Circle (CRCL) is equivalent to approximately $20 million.
CRCL is less than 0.1% of Duang Yongping’s investment portfolio.
Duan Yongping, a Chinese-American businessman and investor known as the “Chinese Warren Buffett,” bought 200,000 shares of Circle Internet Group (CRCL), the issuing company of the USDC stablecoin, through his investment firm H&H International Investment.
The information was known this May 19, 2026 from the publication of the 13F forms filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), corresponding to the close of the first quarter of the year.
The position in CRCL is equivalent approximately 19 million dollars according to the price reported in the regulatory filing.
This purchase attracted special attention because Duan had shown little enthusiasm towards stablecoins and the cryptocurrency sector.
Duan Yongping is one of the most recognized investors of Chinese origin. He founded the technology conglomerate BBK Electronics, from which brands such as Oppo, Vivo and OnePlus emerged. Additionally, he became known for his long-term investments in companies such as Apple, Berkshire Hathaway, Tencent and Alibaba.
The nickname “Chinese Warren Buffett” arises precisely because its long-term oriented investment style based on companies with lasting competitive advantagessimilar to the approach used by Buffett through Berkshire Hathaway.
In fact, the purchase of Circle was not made as a direct personal investment, but through H&H International Investment, the financial vehicle that Duan uses to manage his portfolio, comparable to Berkshire Hathaway’s investment structure.
According to the latest data, H&H International Investment manages a portfolio valued at more than $20 billion.
Apple currently represents the main position in the portfolio with 36.7% of assets, followed by Berkshire Hathaway (21.9%), Nvidia (12%) and Pinduoduo (10%).
The stake in Circle is equivalent to just 0.10% of the fund’s total portfolio, which shows that exposure to the stablecoin business is still limited within Duan’s global strategy.
Circle debuted on the stock exchange in June 2025 and is the issuing company of USDC, a US dollar-backed stablecoin widely used within the cryptocurrency ecosystem for payments, trading, and liquidity provision.
Circle stock has seen strong volatility since its stock market debut, as can be seen in the chart below. H&H’s position was reported with a target price of $95.41 per share. Currently, the CRCL quote is $111.03:
Duan’s move occurs in a context where stablecoins are beginning to attract more and more attention within Wall Street and the traditional financial system, also driven by a clearer regulatory environment in the United States.
As CriptoNoticias has reported, the US Senate approved the CLARITY Law, an initiative that seeks to establish more defined rules for the digital asset market and that is seen by part of the industry. as a favorable development for companies linked to financial infrastructure based on tokenized dollars.
For now, the relatively small size of the position suggests that H&H International Investment maintains a cautious approach to the sector, even as institutional interest in stablecoins continues to grow.