Investors Make For Stablecoin Hills As USDT Volume Touches All-Time High
With the market in turmoil, crypto investors are beginning to turn to stablecoins such as USDT and USDC to provide cover from losses. These stablecoins which are pegged to the U.S. dollar have been the obvious winners from the recent crash but it seems that investors are taking it one step further this time around. USDT volume across the Ethereum blockchain shows that investors are ramping up their activities in these stablecoins. USDT Provides Much-Needed Cover Through the crypto market downtrend, only a handful of cryptocurrencies have managed to retain their values. They were all....
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While USDT has observed a decline in its marketshare during the year 2022 so far, the stablecoin still retains its place at the top. USDT Is Still Number One In Stablecoin Market, USDC Remains 2nd According to the latest weekly report from Arcane Research, USDT’s share of the stablecoin market has now gone down to […]
At least on the Ethereum network, USDC real volume has nearly doubled that of USDT in the past 24 hours which could be another sign that the top stablecoin's dominance is coming to an end. USD Coin is taking a run at the title of the top stablecoin in crypto after its daily ‘real volume’ on the Ethereum network doubled that of Tether’s USDT on Tuesday. According to crypto market data tool Messari, Circle’s USDC posted $1.1 billion in daily real volume on the Ethereum network on June 21, which was double USDT’s real volume of $579 million.Messari’s real volume metric is calculated by....
The stablecoin's top-rival Tether has witnessed growth in its market cap, on the other hand. The market capitalization of USD Coin (USDC), a stablecoin issued by U.S.-based payment tech firm Circle, has dropped below $50 billion for the first time since January 2022.On the weekly chart, USDC's market cap, which reflects the number of U.S. dollar-backed tokens in circulation, fell to $49.39 billion on Sept. 26, down almost 12% from its record high of $55.88 billion, established merely three months ago. USDC versus USDT weekly market cap chart. Source: TradingViewIn contrast, the market cap....
The USDT-to-USDC market cap ratio fell to its lowest ever in July 2022. The growth of Circle's native stablecoin USD Coin (USDC) in the last two months compared to its $66-billion rival giant Tether (USDT) is nothing short of spectacular.USDT, USDC market cap ratio hits the lowest on recordNotably, USDC's market capitalization has grown by 8.27% since May, reaching its highest level of $55.9 billion on July 2. In contrast, USDT has suffered an over 19% drop in its market valuation, currently treading around $66.14 billion.USDT circulating market cap. Source: MessariThis is the closest USDC....