{"id":427440,"date":"2020-06-15T20:00:09","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T20:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=427440"},"modified":"2020-06-15T18:29:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T18:29:36","slug":"stablecoins-10b-crypto-market-cap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/stablecoins-10b-crypto-market-cap\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Driving The Demand Behind Stablecoin\u2019s $10B Crypto Market Cap Milestone?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The growth of stablecoins in 2020<\/a> has been unlike anything seen before. Each week, more and more of the fiat-backed crypto assets are printed, nearly as fast and as often as the Federal Reserve is printing new cash.<\/p>\n

After the latest boost, the total stablecoin market cap has achieved a milestone of $10 billion. But what’s driving the continued dramatic surge in demand?<\/p>\n

Stablecoin Market Cap Reaches Over $10 Billion<\/h2>\n

All throughout 2020, stablecoins have achieved major milestone after milestone.<\/p>\n

Following a strong crash in May, the stablecoin known as Tether “flippened” XRP for the third-ranked slot<\/a> in the total cryptocurrencies by market cap.<\/p>\n

Just the amount of Tether circulating on the Ethereum blockchain alone<\/a> recently beat out Bitcoin in daily transactions processed. Tether also exists on Omni-layer Bitcoin and Tron’s blockchain<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Related Reading | It\u2019s Official: Tether Flippens XRP After Recent Market Crash<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

But it’s not just Tether that is growing. Joining Tether in seeing a major boom in new tokens being minted, are other rival stablecoins USD Coin, Paxos Standard, and others.<\/p>\n

In total, stablecoins have reached a combined total market cap of $10 billion<\/a>. This represents over 3.5% of the total cryptocurrency market cap.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin currently commands a massive lead at over 65% dominance, but Ethereum itself isn’t too far ahead of the total stablecoin market cap at just $25 billion, and only over 9% of the total market dominance.<\/p>\n

But what exactly is fueling this incredible demand for more and more stablecoins?<\/p>\n

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Stable coins blast through $10 billion market cap. Should we be concerned at all? pic.twitter.com\/9Yg4usJgt6<\/a><\/p>\n

— Mati (@MatiGreenspan) June 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n