Stablecoins

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Stablecoins are digital currencies backed by things like regular money or commodities, which means they have a steady value. More

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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Tether USD USDT $ 1.000
$ 183.70B
$ 183.70 billion
-0.02%
2 USDC USDC $ 1.00
$ 73.68B
$ 73.68 billion
+0.05%
3 USDS USDS $ 0.987
$ 9.58B
$ 9.58 billion
-1.88%
4 Binance-Peg BSC-USD BSC-USD $ 0.999
$ 8.99B
$ 8.99 billion
+0.08%
5 Ethena USDe USDE $ 0.999
$ 6.47B
$ 6.47 billion
+0.02%
6 World Liberty Financial USD USD1 $ 0.997
$ 5.31B
$ 5.31 billion
-0.07%
7 Dai DAI $ 1.00
$ 5.15B
$ 5.15 billion
+0.03%
8 PayPal USD PYUSD $ 0.999
$ 3.96B
$ 3.96 billion
-0.03%
9 PAX Gold PAXG $ 5,032.93
$ 2.31B
$ 2.31 billion
+0.22%
10 Global Dollar USDG $ 1.00
$ 1.57B
$ 1.57 billion
+0.01%
11 Ripple USD RLUSD $ 1.000
$ 1.42B
$ 1.42 billion
+0.03%
12 USDD USDD $ 1.000
$ 1.01B
$ 1.01 billion
+0.02%
13 United Stables U $ 1.000
$ 734.68M
$ 734.68 million
+0.02%
14 TrueUSD TUSD $ 0.997
$ 493.23M
$ 493.23 million
-0.03%
15 EURC EURC $ 1.19
$ 452.31M
$ 452.31 million
+0.15%
16 First Digital USD FDUSD $ 1.000
$ 395.31M
$ 395.31 million
+0.03%
17 Legacy Frax Dollar FRAX $ 0.993
$ 274.10M
$ 274.10 million
+0.18%
18 Agora AUSD $ 1.00
$ 197.23M
$ 197.23 million
+0.37%
19 Curve.Fi USD Stablecoin CRVUSD $ 0.966
$ 143.07M
$ 143.07 million
-2.31%
20 DOLA DOLA $ 0.995
$ 116.88M
$ 116.88 million
+0.13%
21 Binance USD BUSD $ 1.00
$ 55.89M
$ 55.89 million
+0.04%
22 EURITE EURI $ 1.19
$ 49.21M
$ 49.21 million
+0.08%
23 Gemini dollar GUSD $ 1.00
$ 47.09M
$ 47.09 million
-0.10%
24 Pax Dollar USDP $ 0.999
$ 45.53M
$ 45.53 million
-0.11%
25 sUSD Synthetix SUSD $ 0.817
$ 42.86M
$ 42.86 million
+3.96%
26 TerraClassicUSD USTC $ 0.00505
$ 28.19M
$ 28.19 million
-0.60%
27 XUSD XUSD $ 1.00
$ 25.29M
$ 25.29 million
-0.00%
28 Resolv RESOLV $ 0.0614
$ 21.98M
$ 21.98 million
-2.22%
29 Tether America USD USAT $ 1.00
$ 20.02M
$ 20.02 million
-0.02%
30 XSGD XSGD $ 0.792
$ 13.94M
$ 13.94 million
+0.03%
31 StablR Euro EURR $ 1.17
$ 13.13M
$ 13.13 million
-0.48%
32 Worldwide USD WUSD $ 1.000
$ 11.35M
$ 11.35 million
-0.02%
33 StablR USD USDR $ 0.999
$ 6.83M
$ 6.83 million
-0.01%
34 Quantoz USDQ USDQ $ 1.00
$ 6.16M
$ 6.16 million
+0.01%
35 Reservoir DAM $ 0.0167
$ 5.69M
$ 5.69 million
-6.38%

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36 Usual USD USD0 $ 2.00
$ 1.17B
$ 1.17 billion
+0.32%
37 Resupply USD reUSD $ 3.96
$ 199.31M
$ 199.31 million
+0.10%
38 Curve.fi DAI/USDC/USDT 3CRV $ 1.07
$ 171.62M
$ 171.62 million
+2.99%
39 OpenEden Compounding OpenDollar CUSDO $ 1.04
$ 63.30M
$ 63.30 million
+0.01%
40 Anchored Coins EUR AEUR $ 1.18
$ 56.04M
$ 56.04 million
-0.56%
41 Decentralized Social DESO $ 5.87
$ 52.12M
$ 52.12 million
+0.79%
42 TerraUSD UST $ 0.00510
$ 49.97M
$ 49.97 million
-0.26%
43 BOLD Stablecoin BOLD $ 1.00
$ 39.09M
$ 39.09 million
+0.02%
44 Liquity USD LUSD $ 1.00
$ 35.64M
$ 35.64 million
+0.13%
45 Bucket Protocol BUCK Stablecoin BUCK $ 0.999
$ 26.01M
$ 26.01 million
-0.12%
46 Celo Dollar CUSD $ 1.00
$ 14.97M
$ 14.97 million
-0.22%
47 Origin Dollar OUSD $ 0.998
$ 8.45M
$ 8.45 million
-0.03%
48 USD Base Coin USDBC $ 1.00
$ 7.51M
$ 7.51 million
-3.85%
49 BiLira TRYB $ 0.0230
$ 3.88M
$ 3.88 million
+0.15%
50 Fei Protocol FEI $ 1.10
$ 3.76M
$ 3.76 million
+2.42%
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Trending Stablecoins

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
sUSD Synthetix SUSD $ 0.817
$ 42.86M
$ 42.86 million
+3.96%
Agora AUSD $ 1.00
$ 197.23M
$ 197.23 million
+0.37%
PAX Gold PAXG $ 5,032.93
$ 2.31B
$ 2.31 billion
+0.22%
Legacy Frax Dollar FRAX $ 0.993
$ 274.10M
$ 274.10 million
+0.18%
EURC EURC $ 1.19
$ 452.31M
$ 452.31 million
+0.15%
All Gainers

What is a stablecoin?

A stablecoin is a blockchain token engineered to hold a steady price by anchoring its value to an off-chain asset—typically the US dollar, euro, gold, or a basket of commodities.
Instead of 50 % daily swings like BTC, stablecoins aim for ±1 % variance, making them the settlement layer of crypto trading, remittances, and on-chain lending.
Combined market-cap exceeds $160 B; on some days USDT + USDC settle more dollar value than Visa.

Quick Facts

  • Purpose: Dollar (or gold) proxy inside smart-contract ecosystems; escape volatility without off-ramping to banks.
  • Peg mechanisms: Fiat reserves, over-collateralised crypto, algorithms, or hybrid.
  • Blockchains: 80 % issued on Ethereum; also Tron, BSC, Solana, Avalanche, Stellar.
  • Velocity: USDT averages >$40 B daily transfer value—double Bitcoin’s on-chain volume.
  • Regulatory lens: Payment stablecoins face MiCA in EU and draft US bills requiring 1:1 cash or Treasury backing.

Top Stablecoins (Live Examples)

Token Ticker Backing Type 2024 Circulating Auditors / Attestations
Tether USDT Fiat (USD) 110 B BDO (quarterly)
USD Coin USDC Fiat (USD) 32 B Grant Thornton (monthly)
Binance USD BUSD Fiat (USD)* 0.1 B Paxos (halted new mints)
True USD TUSD Fiat (USD) 0.5 B Moore HK (real-time dashboard)
DAI DAI Crypto (150 % ETH/BTC) 5.3 B Maker surplus buffer >$100 M
Frax FRAX Partial algo (95 % USD + 5 % FXS) 1.1 B DefiSafety score 93 %
Origin Dollar OUSD Basket (USDT, USDC, DAI) 60 M OpenZeppelin audits

How It Works

  1. User wires $1 M to issuer’s bank → issuer mints 1 M stablecoins on-chain.
  2. Token trades 1:1 on exchanges; arbitrage bots keep parity.
  3. Redemption portal – send 1 M tokens back → receive $1 M wire (Tether, Circle) or collateral auction (Maker).
  4. Reserve proof – monthly attestations or real-time dashboards show 1:1 backing.
  5. Smart-contract layer – DAI/FRAX mint only when users lock >$1.50 of crypto for each $1 stable.

Benefits

  • Volatility shelter – park profits during crypto drawdowns without off-ramping to banks.
  • 24/7 settlement – remit USD across borders in minutes for < $1 fee.
  • DeFi collateral – 80 % of on-chain loans use stablecoins as margin.
  • High yield – lend on Aave/Compound for 2-8 % APR vs 0.5 % bank savings.
  • FX access – Argentinians, Turks, Nigerians hold USD-stablecoins to escape local inflation.

Risks & Trade-offs

  • Custodial risk – bank freeze or issuer bankruptcy can break 1:1 peg (see BUSD shutdown).
  • Transparency gaps – Tether paid $41 M fine for reserve misstatements; off-shore banks add counter-party risk.
  • Regulatory crackdowns – EU MiCA bans interest-bearing stablecoins unless licensed as e-money.
  • Algorithmic death-spiral – UST lost $40 B in 3 days when LUNA backing collapsed.
  • Smart-contract bugs – DAI survived Black Thursday liquidations only via emergency MKR mint.
  • Sanctions exposure – Circle froze 75 K USDC addresses linked to Tornado Cash.

Final Thoughts

Stablecoins are the bridge between volatile crypto and the stable dollar economy—letting traders hedge, workers remit, and DeFi users collateralise without touching a bank.
The trade-off is trust: fiat-backed coins rely on auditors and banks, while crypto-backed ones rely on over-collateralisation and smart-contract correctness.
Treat them like digital dollars, but keep an eye on reserve attestations, regulatory headlines, and black-list policies before parking life-savings.

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