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# Stablecoin Statistics 2026: 50 Key Figures (Oct Update)
- URL: https://stablecoininsider.org/stablecoin-statistics-in-2026/
- Published: 2026-01-18T12:19:57.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-05T10:06:52.000Z
- Description: 50 essential stablecoin statistics for 2026: $312B+ market cap, $33T transactions, Visa adoption, remittances, lending & more. The definitive guide to the rise of the internet's dollar.
- Author: Alexandra
- Tags: statistics, Analysis, stablecoin statistics 2026

*Last updated: October 5, 2026*

Below are 50 stablecoin statistics, starting with an October 2026 market snapshot built from DefiLlama data, followed by payments, lending, payroll, remittance and adoption figures from reports by Visa, Artemis Analytics, TRM Labs, Circle, BVNK and others. Every figure links to its source, and dated figures keep the period they describe.

In this update we replaced figures that relied on weak or secondary sources, removed duplicate gambling estimates, and swapped stale market-size numbers for current supply data. If a statistic describes 2025, it says so; the snapshot section reflects the market on October 5, 2026.

### Key Takeaways

- Dollar stablecoin supply is above $312 billion, with USDT and USDC holding about 83% of it ([DefiLlama](https://defillama.com/stablecoins)).
- Non-dollar stablecoins remain tiny at about $1.7 billion, led by euro tokens ([DefiLlama](https://defillama.com/stablecoins)).
- Stablecoin transactions reached a record $33 trillion in 2025, up 72% year over year ([Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-08/stablecoin-transactions-rose-to-record-33-trillion-led-by-usdc)).
- Visa’s stablecoin settlement pilot hit a $7 billion annualized run rate in April 2026 ([Visa](https://usa.visa.com/about-visa/newsroom/press-releases.releaseId.22336.html)).
- Payments, lending and payroll use cases are growing, but trading and exchange flows still make up most stablecoin volume.

## 50 Stablecoin Statistics in 2026

## Stablecoin Market Snapshot: October 2026

1. Total supply of US dollar stablecoins was more than [**$312 billion**](https://defillama.com/stablecoins) on October 5, 2026.
2. Tether’s USDT had about [**$184.0 billion**](https://defillama.com/stablecoin/tether) in circulation, roughly 59% of dollar stablecoin supply.
3. Circle’s USDC had about [**$74.0 billion**](https://defillama.com/stablecoin/usd-coin) in circulation, roughly 24% of dollar stablecoin supply.
4. USDT and USDC together account for about [**83%**](https://defillama.com/stablecoins) of dollar stablecoin supply.
5. DefiLlama tracks [**429 stablecoins**](https://defillama.com/stablecoins), of which 16 dollar-pegged tokens have more than $1 billion in circulation.
6. Sky’s USDS is the third-largest dollar stablecoin at about [**$6.9 billion**](https://defillama.com/stablecoin/sky-dollar).
7. Ethena’s USDe, a synthetic dollar, had about [**$4.9 billion**](https://defillama.com/stablecoin/ethena-usde) in circulation.
8. World Liberty Financial’s USD1 reached about [**$4.4 billion**](https://defillama.com/stablecoin/world-liberty-financial-usd).
9. PayPal USD (PYUSD) had about [**$2.9 billion**](https://defillama.com/stablecoin/paypal-usd) in circulation.
10. Ripple’s RLUSD had about [**$2.4 billion**](https://defillama.com/stablecoin/ripple-usd) in circulation.
11. All non-dollar stablecoins combined total about [**$1.7 billion**](https://defillama.com/stablecoins), roughly 0.5% of the market.
12. Euro stablecoins total about [**$806 million**](https://defillama.com/stablecoins), led by Circle’s EURC at about $526 million.
13. Paxos-issued Global Dollar (USDG) had about [**$3.1 billion**](https://defillama.com/stablecoin/global-dollar) in circulation.
14. Ethereum hosts the most stablecoin supply (about $145.9 billion), followed by Tron (about $94.2 billion), Solana and BNB Chain ([DefiLlama](https://defillama.com/stablecoins/chains)).
15. Supplying USDC on Aave v3 earned about [**3.70% APY**](https://defillama.com/yields/pool/aa70268e-4b52-42bf-a116-608b370f9501) on October 5, 2026, while Sky’s sUSDS paid about 3.60%.

## Visa On-Chain & Payments Insights

1. Visa's stablecoin-linked card spend reached a [**$3.5 billion**](https://research.artemisanalytics.com/p/stablecoin-payments-at-scale-how) annualized run rate in Q4 FY2025, marking 460% year-over-year growth.
2. Visa’s stablecoin settlement pilot reached a [**$7 billion**](https://usa.visa.com/about-visa/newsroom/press-releases.releaseId.22336.html) annualized run rate in April 2026, up 50% from the prior quarter, across nine blockchains.
3. Crypto card spending, often backed by stablecoins, exceeded [**$18 billion**](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/01/16/crypto-card-spending-hits-usd18-billion-annualized-as-stablecoin-use-shifts-to-everyday-payments) on an annualized basis in early 2026.
4. Stablecoin-based B2B payments surged from under [**$100 million**](https://reap.global/newsroom/b2b-stablecoin-payments-surge-30x-to-3-billion-monthly-volume-in-2025) monthly in early 2023 to over [**$6 billion**](https://thedefiant.io/news/defi/stablecoins-became-crypto-s-first-mainstream-use-case-in-2025) by mid-2025.

## Stablecoin Lending Statistics

1. Total stablecoin loans originated in the last five years reached [**$670 billion**](https://corporate.visa.com/content/dam/VCOM/corporate/solutions/documents/stablecoins-beyond-payments-onchain-lending-opportunity.pdf).
2. Monthly onchain stablecoin lending volume hit [**$51.7 billion**](https://corporate.visa.com/content/dam/VCOM/corporate/solutions/documents/stablecoins-beyond-payments-onchain-lending-opportunity.pdf) in August 2025.
3. Total stablecoin loan balances outstanding were [**$14.8 billion**](https://corporate.visa.com/content/dam/VCOM/corporate/solutions/documents/stablecoins-beyond-payments-onchain-lending-opportunity.pdf) in August 2025.
4. Stablecoin liquidity in lending protocols stood at [**$17.5 billion**](https://corporate.visa.com/content/dam/VCOM/corporate/solutions/documents/stablecoins-beyond-payments-onchain-lending-opportunity.pdf) in August 2025.
5. There were [**81,000**](https://corporate.visa.com/content/dam/VCOM/corporate/solutions/documents/stablecoins-beyond-payments-onchain-lending-opportunity.pdf) unique stablecoin borrowers in August 2025.
6. Aave and Compound accounted for [**89%**](https://corporate.visa.com/content/dam/VCOM/corporate/solutions/documents/stablecoins-beyond-payments-onchain-lending-opportunity.pdf) of stablecoin lending volume in August 2025.
7. Tokenized real-world assets backed by stablecoins reached a market size of [**$12.7 billion**](https://www.marketvector.com/insights/mvis-insights/quarterly-digital-assets-review-q1-2025) in 2025.

## Stablecoin Payroll & B2C Adoption

1. Stablecoin-based B2C payments, including payroll, grew to over [**$300 million**](https://reports.artemisanalytics.com/stablecoins/artemis-stablecoin-payments-from-the-ground-up-2025.pdf) monthly by early 2025.
2. BVNK processed [**$30 billion**](https://bvnk.com/blog/stablecoins-core-financial-infrastructure-2025) in annualized stablecoin payment volume in 2025, up 2.3x from the prior year.
3. One-third of BVNK's [**$30 billion**](https://bvnk.com/blog/stablecoins-core-financial-infrastructure-2025) stablecoin volume ( [**$10 billion**](https://bvnk.com/blog/stablecoins-core-financial-infrastructure-2025) ) came from the US market in 2025.
4. [**226**](https://bvnk.com/blog/stablecoins-core-financial-infrastructure-2025) new businesses integrated stablecoins for payroll and other uses in 2025.
5. Stablecoins are increasingly used for global payroll, with companies like Deel and Flywire adopting them for cross-border payouts. [**(Source)**](https://bvnk.com/blog/blockchain-cross-border-payments)

## Stablecoin Remittances & P2P

1. Stablecoin remittances and P2P payments hit a [**$19 billion**](https://research.artemisanalytics.com/p/stablecoin-payments-at-scale-how) annualized run rate as of August 2025.
2. Average stablecoin P2P transfer size was [**$47**](https://reports.artemisanalytics.com/stablecoins/artemis-stablecoin-payments-from-the-ground-up-2025.pdf) on platforms like Sling, compared to $250 for traditional remittances.
3. Stablecoins enable remittances [**500x**](https://www.fxcintel.com/research/reports/ct-state-of-stablecoins-cross-border-payments-2025) faster than traditional systems in cases like Euro settlements in Brazil.
4. Stablecoins are projected to handle 5-10% of cross-border payments by 2030, equating to [**$2.1-4.2 trillion**](https://www.ey.com/content/dam/ey-unified-site/ey-com/en-us/insights/financial-services/documents/cs-eyp-stablecoin-survey.pdf).
5. South Asia saw stablecoin-driven crypto volumes rise 80% to [**$300 billion**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/south-asia-leads-global-crypto-083524012.html) between January and July 2025.

## Stablecoin General Market & Adoption

1. Stablecoin transactions soared to [**$33 trillion**](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-08/stablecoin-transactions-rose-to-record-33-trillion-led-by-usdc) in 2025, up 72% from the previous year.
2. Stablecoins comprised [**30%**](https://www.trmlabs.com/reports-and-whitepapers/2025-crypto-adoption-and-stablecoin-usage-report) of all on-chain crypto transaction volume in 2025.
3. Annual stablecoin transaction volume exceeded [**$4 trillion**](https://www.trmlabs.com/reports-and-whitepapers/2025-crypto-adoption-and-stablecoin-usage-report) as of August 2025, an 83% increase.
4. Leading stablecoins increased their crypto market share by [**52%**](https://www.trmlabs.com/reports-and-whitepapers/2025-crypto-adoption-and-stablecoin-usage-report) in the first half of 2025.
5. USDC circulation grew [**78%**](https://www.circle.com/reports/state-of-the-usdc-economy) year-over-year in 2025.
6. USDC monthly transaction volume reached [**$1 trillion**](https://www.circle.com/reports/state-of-the-usdc-economy) in November 2024.
7. All-time USDC on-chain volume surpassed [**$18 trillion**](https://www.circle.com/reports/state-of-the-usdc-economy) by late 2024.
8. USDT monthly processing averaged [**$703 billion**](https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/2025-global-crypto-adoption-index), peaking at [**$1.01 trillion**](https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/2025-global-crypto-adoption-index) in June 2025.
9. Stablecoin issuers held about [**$155 billion**](https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-rise-of-stablecoins-and-implications-for-treasury-markets) in U.S. T-bills by October 2025.
10. US crypto transaction volume rose 50% to over [**$1 trillion**](https://www.trmlabs.com/reports-and-whitepapers/2025-crypto-adoption-and-stablecoin-usage-report) in the first half of 2025.
11. Retail stablecoin transactions rose over [**125%**](https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2025/12/04/how-stablecoins-can-improve-payments-and-global-finance) between January-September 2024 and 2025.
12. Stablecoin volumes surged [**66%**](https://www.theblock.co/post/381902/the-year-in-data-5-charts-that-show-how-crypto-changed-in-2025) in Q1 2025 alone.
13. Stablecoins unlocked a [**$10 billion**](https://www.forbes.com/sites/boazsobrado/2025/04/30/how-stablecoins-unleashed-the-global-crypto-casino-boom) global crypto casino boom by enabling seamless, low-volatility betting.
14. Hong Kong’s HKMA granted its [**first two stablecoin issuer licences**](https://www.hkma.gov.hk/eng/news-and-media/press-releases/2026/04/20260410-4/), to Anchorpoint and HSBC, on April 10, 2026.

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## FAQ

### How big is the stablecoin market in October 2026?

Total supply of US dollar stablecoins was more than $312 billion on October 5, 2026, according to [DefiLlama](https://defillama.com/stablecoins).

### What share of stablecoin supply do USDT and USDC hold?

Tether’s USDT had about $184.0 billion (roughly 59%) and Circle’s USDC about $74.0 billion (roughly 24%), so together they account for about 83% of dollar stablecoin supply ([DefiLlama](https://defillama.com/stablecoins)).

### Which blockchain holds the most stablecoins?

Ethereum hosts the most stablecoin supply at about $145.9 billion, followed by Tron at about $94.2 billion, then Solana and BNB Chain ([DefiLlama](https://defillama.com/stablecoins/chains)).

### How much stablecoin volume moved in 2025?

Stablecoin transactions rose to a record $33 trillion in 2025, up 72% from the previous year ([Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-08/stablecoin-transactions-rose-to-record-33-trillion-led-by-usdc)). We will update this figure when a full-year 2026 primary source is published.

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## Conclusion

Stablecoins have grown into core financial plumbing: supply is above $312 billion, dollar coins dominate, and real payment use cases such as card spend, B2B settlement and payroll are growing from a small base. At the same time, regulation is catching up, with the US GENIUS Act rules and licensing regimes in Hong Kong and Europe shaping who can issue.

We refresh the snapshot section regularly. For deeper context, see our reports below.

### Read Next:

- [**2025 Stablecoin Year-End Report**](https://stablecoininsider.org/2025-stablecoin-year-end-report/) (Insights, Data, and Adoption Trends)
- [**The Neobank Transition Report**](https://stablecoininsider.org/the-neobank-disruption-report/): Stablecoin Effects on Banking