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By Krisztian Sandor|Edited by Stephen Alpher
Jul 11, 2025, 3:34 p.m.
- Bitcoin has reached new all-time highs, with stablecoins like Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC also seeing record supply increases.
- USDC’s market cap has grown by $1.3 billion since July, while USDT added $1.4 billion, indicating a significant influx of capital into the crypto market.
- Analysts view the growth of stablecoins as a sign of fresh capital entering the crypto economy, often correlating with bitcoin rallies.
As bitcoin
pushed past all-time highs and other cryptocurrencies surged, the rise in stablecoin supply is offering a signal that this rally may have deeper roots.
Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC, the two largest dollar-pegged stablecoins, each reached new record supplies this week, according to TradingView data. Since the start of July, USDC’s market cap has grown by $1.3 billion, reaching $62.8 billion, while USDT added $1.4 billion to hit nearly $160 billion.
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Looking further back to April, when the market hit a short-term low, the growth is even more pronounced. USDT expanded by $15.2 billion—roughly 10.5%—and USDC added $2.7 billion, or 4.6%.
Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies with prices tied to an external asset, predominantly to the U.S. dollar. While they have been increasingly popular for payments, the asset class serves as a key source of liquidity and trading pairs on crypto exchanges.
Hence, analysts often treat their growth as a proxy for fresh capital entering the broader crypto economy.
Previously, periods of accelerating stablecoin growth coincided with sharp rallies in bitcoin, Caleb Franzen, founder of Cubic Analytics, pointed out in a chart shared on X.
Krisztian Sandor is a U.S. markets reporter focusing on stablecoins, tokenization, real-world assets. He graduated from New York University’s business and economic reporting program before joining CoinDesk. He holds BTC, SOL and ETH.
