The total stablecoin issuance has fallen by about $13.9 billion in the past month, but USDT on the Tron chain has bucked the trend and hit a new high of $90.3 billion.

Behind these figures is the structural reallocation of funds: USDT and USDC in the Ethereum DeFi ecosystem are declining, while demand on Tron for real-world scenarios such as cross-border payments continues to grow. In the first half of the year, stablecoin real-economy transaction volume (ATV) reached $8.82 trillion, nearing last year’s full-year peak of $10.8 trillion, with USDT contributing more than half.
A contraction in issuance does not necessarily mean a decline in demand. The $13.9 billion reduction mainly came from on-chain activity on the Ethereum chain, while USDT on the Tron chain actually increased by about $2 billion month over month. This suggests that capital inside the crypto market is shifting from DeFi speculation to more practical payment and settlement scenarios.
But risks also remain: USDT on the Tron chain is becoming increasingly concentrated, and if trust issues arise with either the Tron network or USDT itself, the entire stablecoin system will be put to the test. The IMF paper also points out that dollar-pegged stablecoins may exacerbate a currency run when exchange rates come under pressure.
The stablecoin market’s structural changes reflect the true logic of where funds flow more than price rises and falls.
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