In Q4 2026, the stablecoin market shows high concentration: USDT (Tether, $183B) is non-compliant with MiCA, USDC (Circle, $72.7B) is compliant, USDS/DAI (Sky, $14.3B) is non-compliant, Ethena USDe ($4.1B) is non-compliant, USDG (Paxos, $3.4B) is compliant, PYUSD (Paxos for PayPal, $2.8B) is in progress, and EURC (Circle, <$1B) is compliant.
Total market cap peaked at…
Total market capitalization: $314.68B as of 21/06/2026 (382 issuers, DefiLlama), ~$323B at the May 2026 peak, with remarkable resilience during a -48% crypto bear market. Concentration: USDT $186.35B (59.22%) and USDC ~$77B = 83.02% of the market. USDC: +28% supply growth in Q1 2026, on-chain volume +263% to $21,500B.
The market processed >$33,000B in…