Stablecoin reserves on crypto exchanges hit new historic high of $10B
Cryptocurrency exchanges continue accumulating massive amounts of stablecoins like Tether and USDC Coin. Stablecoins like Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC) have hit another milestone in terms of accumulation by exchanges.According to market data provider CryptoQuant, stablecoin holdings on global crypto exchanges soared to a new all-time high on March 28, exceeding $10 billion.Cryptocurrency exchanges are now holding nearly 16% of the total market value of all stablecoins, as stablecoin market capitalization amounts to $63 billion at the time of writing, according to data from CoinGecko.....
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More stablecoins find their way to exchanges than ever before — where will they be deployed next? Cryptocurrency exchanges now have more stablecoins on their books than ever before in a fresh sign investors are waiting to buy Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins.Data from on-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant shows that this week, exchanges’ total stablecoin reserves passed 27 billion for the first time.Exchange users herd stablecoins to accountsAfter reaching a previous peak in late December, stablecoin reserves tumbled at the start of 2022 as BTC/USD and altcoin markets fell in tandem to....
Cryptocurrency exchanges experienced a dramatic rise in stablecoin deposits in the previous 24 hours, instilling hopes that traders will use the dollar-pegged tokens to purchase Bitcoin. Data fetched by blockchain analytics platform, CryptoQuant, showed exchanges’ stablecoins reserves hitting a record high of 5.47 billion after adding $600 million in a day. The spike apprehensively coincided […]
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The fallout from Terra’s collapse continues as outflows from Tether (USDT) hit an average of $1.1 billion a day over the past week. Cryptocurrency investors and traders have cashed out $7.7 billion from the stablecoin Tether (USDT) resulting in its market capitalization falling by 7.8% over the past seven days to $76 billion.The amount withdrawn from the top stablecoin is nearly double the $4.1 billion it held in cash reserves at the end of 2021 according to Tether’s latest reserves report from December 2021.To maintain Tether’s peg with the US dollar the company behind the token backs....