ARK Invest: Stablecoin competition has entered a "winner-takes-all" phase, with a potential duopoly emerging in the hundred-billion-dollar market.
PANews, September 11 – According to a post by Lorenzo Valente, crypto analyst at ARK Invest, stablecoins exhibit significant network effects. Although thousands of stablecoins exist in the market, the number across various tiers rapidly plateaus as market capitalization thresholds rise. Currently, the primary focus is on stablecoins with market capitalizations exceeding $10 billion, which are gradually advancing toward the $100 billion and $500 billion levels. Data shows that the number of stablecoins with market capitalizations exceeding $1 billion has increased only from single digits since 2021 to the current 12.
Stablecoins cannot bypass banks: the true bottleneck to scaling is regulated banking infrastructure.
The true bottleneck to scaling the industry is not on-chain technology, but rather regulated bank connectivity, local clearing channels, and foreign exchange infrastructure.
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Twenty-one industry giants, including Goldman Sachs and Bank of America, enter the stablecoin market: Will their joint token issuance challenge the entrenched dominance of Tether and Circle?
The previous bank-issued stablecoin had a circulating supply of only 12.6 million.
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Twenty-one major international banks, including Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, and UBS Group, have announced a joint initiative to issue stablecoins next year.
① Twenty-one financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citi, and Deutsche Bank, plan to establish a new company and launch a USD-denominated stablecoin in the first half of 2027; ② However, USDT and USDC currently maintain absolute dominance, while market reception for bank-issued stablecoins has been notably lukewarm.
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Circle CEO: Stablecoins are at the 2002 internet stage, with future market size expected to reach trillions of dollars
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Cumulative top-ups for stablecoin cards reached $13.8 billion, with USDC leading in transaction volume.
According to ChainCatcher, cumulative top-ups to stablecoin cards linked to USDC and USDT reached $13.8 billion as of August, an increase of nearly $10 billion over the past 12 months. Stablecoin cards are shifting the use of USDC and USDT from trading balances to everyday consumer spending scenarios. USDC currently leads in tracked card spending, while USDT is rapidly catching up. The two follow different adoption paths: USDC benefits more from fintech integration and payment infrastructure, whereas USDT sees greater activity on exchanges, in remittances, and in emerging markets.
Tether CEO: USDT market capitalization surpasses $180 billion, now used in emerging market trade
According to ChainCatcher, Paolo Ardoino, CEO of stablecoin issuer Tether, stated that USDT has expanded globally as a dollar alternative, helping developing countries access foreign currency for domestic and cross-border commercial activities. He emphasized that Tether’s mission to promote financial inclusion is more important than ever. In 2025, economist Asdrubal Oliveros pointed out that nearly 80% of Venezuela’s crude oil revenue was settled via stablecoins. This year, P2P stablecoin market trading
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In fact, the primary use case for stablecoin payments is not cross-border transactions.
While attention is focused on how stablecoins cross borders, the truly massive capital flows still occur domestically. Understanding this dynamic may be more important than debating the next cross-border payment corridor. Author: Heechang Kang, CSO of Four Pillars; Compiled by Jia Huan, ChainCatcher. This analysis is based on Allium’s geolocation payment data, covering $15.2 billion in on-chain transfers with identified sending and receiving countries. As most on-chain transactions currently cannot be attributed to specific countries, the data presented here reflects only the identified sample. In this 1
Report: Total stablecoin market capitalization fell to approximately $308.3 billion in July, marking three consecutive months of net outflows.
According to BlockBeats, on August 17, CryptoRank Research released a report stating that the total market capitalization of stablecoins in July was approximately $308.3 billion, a decrease of about 1% from June. This figure has remained within the $300 billion to $320 billion range for ten consecutive months. From May to July, cumulative net outflows totaled approximately $13.3 billion, marking the longest period of sustained net outflows since 2022–2023. The usage patterns of USDT and USDC have further diverged. In July
Behind the Trillion-Dollar Stablecoin Transfer Volume: Where Does the Real Demand Come From?
Author: Tanay Ved; Compiled by: Baihua Blockchain. The annualized turnover rate for every $1 of USD Coin ($USD Coin(USDC.CC)$) supply reaches as high as 741 times, tenfold that of Tether ($泰达币(USDT.CC)$) (74 times), despite USDT’s market capitalization exceeding that of USDC by over $100 billion. The high turnover of USDC is driven by DeFi infrastructure across various public blockchains, such as liquidity pool rebalancing on Base and flash loan arbitrage on Ethereum ($以太坊(ETH.CC)$).
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IMF Deputy Managing Director: What Stablecoins Mean for Emerging Markets
Author: Dan Katz, First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF); Compiled by: Qin Jin The following is the full text of the speech delivered by Dan Katz, First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), at the University of Cape Town in South Africa on August 7. Good morning. Thank you, Vice-Chancellor, for your kind introduction. I am delighted to be here at the University of Cape Town. While this may be the oldest institution of higher learning in the region, it is also one of the most forward-looking and future-oriented universities, thanks to your Financial Innovation Hub. As new technologies reshape