Exchange stablecoin reserve hits $27B as Bitcoin rises toward $50K ‘fair value’
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....
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