{"id":32942,"date":"2020-12-07T14:34:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T12:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=32942"},"modified":"2025-08-28T11:20:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T08:20:01","slug":"stablecoin-capitalization-tops-25-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/stablecoin-capitalization-tops-25-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Stablecoin capitalization tops $25 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The total market capitalization of the five most popular stablecoins surpassed $25 billion. This accounts for 4.3% of the overall cryptocurrency market cap, according to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/all\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">CoinGecko<\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Tether is the undisputed leader among stablecoins. Its market capitalization exceeds $20 billion, and its share of the segment stands at 80%.<\/p>\n<div id=\\\"attachment_118917\\\" style=\\\"width: 800px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" aria-describedby=\\\"caption-attachment-118917\\\" class=\\\"size-full wp-image-118917\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_1-122.png\\\" alt=\\\"\u041a\u0430\u043f\u0438\u0442\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0437\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044f \u0441\u0442\u0435\u0439\u0431\u043b\u043a\u043e\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0432 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0432\u044b\u0441\u0438\u043b\u0430 $25 \u043c\u043b\u0440\u0434\\\" width=\\\"790\\\" height=\\\"483\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_1-122.png 790w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_1-122-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_1-122-768x470.png 768w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\\\"caption-attachment-118917\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\">Data: Messari, ForkLog as of December 7, 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>USDC is the second-most popular stablecoin, its market capitalization recently surpassed $3 billion. It is followed by DAI ($1.13 billion), Binance USD ($703 million) and TrueUSD ($322 million).<\/p>\n<p>The chart below shows the segment&#8217;s growth trend over the last several years.<\/p>\n<div id=\\\"attachment_118916\\\" style=\\\"width: 2316px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" aria-describedby=\\\"caption-attachment-118916\\\" class=\\\"size-full wp-image-118916\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Group-2685-1-1.png\\\" alt=\\\"\u041a\u0430\u043f\u0438\u0442\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0437\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044f \u0441\u0442\u0435\u0439\u0431\u043b\u043a\u043e\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0432 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0432\u044b\u0441\u0438\u043b\u0430 $25 \u043c\u043b\u0440\u0434\\\" width=\\\"2306\\\" height=\\\"1078\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Group-2685-1-1.png 2306w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Group-2685-1-1-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Group-2685-1-1-1024x479.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Group-2685-1-1-768x359.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Group-2685-1-1-1536x718.png 1536w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Group-2685-1-1-2048x957.png 2048w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 2306px) 100vw, 2306px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\\\"caption-attachment-118916\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\">Data: Messari, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/november-2020-in-figures-bitcoin-hits-a-historic-high-ethereum-2-0-launches\">ForkLog report<\/a> for November.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The number of USDT and USDC transactions at the beginning of December has declined somewhat.<\/p>\n<div id=\\\"attachment_118918\\\" style=\\\"width: 930px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" aria-describedby=\\\"caption-attachment-118918\\\" class=\\\"size-full wp-image-118918\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_2-67.png\\\" alt=\\\"\u041a\u0430\u043f\u0438\u0442\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0437\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044f \u0441\u0442\u0435\u0439\u0431\u043b\u043a\u043e\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0432 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0432\u044b\u0441\u0438\u043b\u0430 $25 \u043c\u043b\u0440\u0434\\\" width=\\\"920\\\" height=\\\"548\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_2-67.png 920w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_2-67-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_2-67-768x457.png 768w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 920px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\\\"caption-attachment-118918\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\">Data: Messari, Coin Metrics, ForkLog.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The number of blocked USDT addresses at the time of writing <a href=\\\"https:\/\/explore.duneanalytics.com\/public\/dashboards\/3zhIaRUCFgmZMKqHG0pguvSvw1aOGL8gxFtZ2ujf\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">stands at 237<\/a>, according to Dune Analytics.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/opinion-stablecoin-inflows-to-exchanges-save-bitcoins-current-rally\">expressed the view<\/a> that the recent Bitcoin rally was fueled by rising balances of exchange wallets with stablecoins.<\/p>\n<p>More information about stablecoins and other crypto assets in the <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/november-2020-in-figures-bitcoin-hits-a-historic-high-ethereum-2-0-launches\">November ForkLog report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForkLog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">Twitter<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The total market capitalization of the five most popular stablecoins surpassed $25 billion. This accounts for 4.3% of the overall cryptocurrency market cap, according to CoinGecko.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1099,807,1245,910],"class_list":["post-32942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-dai","tag-stablecoins","tag-tether-usdt","tag-usdc"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"12","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32942"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32944,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32942\/revisions\/32944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}