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Stablecoin supply hits a fresh high as payment use grows
Dollar-pegged tokens keep expanding, and a rising share of the volume looks less like trading and more like plumbing.
Mara Okonkwo
Jul 6, 2026 · 4 min read
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Dollar-pegged tokens keep expanding, and a rising share of the volume looks less like trading and more like plumbing.
Jul 6, 2026 · 4 min read
The real payments traction for stablecoins is in back-end settlement and cross-border payouts, where they cut cost and time, rather than at the consumer point of sale.
Jul 4, 2026 · 4 min read
Cheaper settlement and regulated issuance are pulling stablecoin float onto high-throughput alternative L1s, changing where on-chain payment and DeFi activity actually settles.
Jul 4, 2026 · 4 min read