As Bitcoin Drops Below $30k, Stablecoins Surpass $100 Billion In Total Supply
21 July 2021 - 5:00AM
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Bitcoin has dropped below the $30k mark, while stablecoins go
strong as they surpass over $100 billion in total supply. Total
Stablecoin Supply Is Now More Than $100 Billion According to a
report by Arcane Research, the total stablecoin supply has now
surpassed the $100 billion mark, while Tether’s dominance is
declining. Here is a chart that shows the trend in the total supply
and dominance of some popular coins: The stablecoins total supply
as reached a new height There are a few interesting features in the
graph. The total supply of these coins used to be only $11 billion
in July of 2020, and now it seems to have risen $96 billion in the
past 1 year, reaching about $107 billion today. Tether (USDT)
dominated the stablecoins market back then, accounting for 83% of
the total market. But today it has declined to just 58% of the
supply. Related Reading | TA: Bitcoin Grinds Lower, Why BTC Bears
Aim Larger Decline On the other hand, the second-placed coin, USDC,
has seen sharp growth, and it now accounts for 25% of the market.
Nonetheless, Tether is still the most dominant crypto in this
sector. The company behind USDC, Circle, is currently in the
process of going public with the help of a SPAC. In an investor
presentation, the company revealed that they project USDC to rise
to $83 billion by the end of 2022, and $194 billion by the end of
2023. Binance USD (BUSD) places third after having overtaken DAI a
few months back. BUSD has also seen some great growth over the past
year. While BTC continues its downtrend and dips below the $30k
mark, 2 stablecoins have made their way into the top performers for
the past week. Related Reading | Billionaire Tim Draper Is Unfazed
By Market Downtrend, Doubles Down On $250,000 Bitcoin Price Target
These two coins are Fei Protocol (up 0.82% in the last 7 days) and
TerraUSD (up 0.08% in the past week). Here is a chart that shows
how the the popular cryptocurrencies by market cap have performed
in the same period: All the big coins seem to be down As you can
see in the above chart, Bitcoin and Ethereum seem to be deep in the
red. Bitcoin Price At the time of writing, BTC’s price floats
around $29.7k, down 9% in the past 7 days. Over the last month, the
coin has dropped 14% in value. Below is a chart showing the trend
in Bitcoin’s price over the past 6 months: BTC continues its
downtrend | Source: BTCUSD on TradingView Bitcoin has finally
dropped out of the $30k to $35k range that the coin has been stuck
in for the past few weeks. It could mean more price action could be
coming following a very stale market with minimal volatility.
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