Crypto Card Spending Hits Record $759M as Stablecoins Drive Everyday Payments

USDT Still Leads StablecoinVolume as USDC Gains Momentum, NOWPayments Data Shows

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USDT Still Leads Stablecoin Volume as USDC Gains Momentum, NOWPayments Data Shows

[PRESS RELEASE – Amsterdam, Netherlands, August 14th, 2026] USDT remains the dominant stablecoin by business transaction volume on NOWPayments, but new platform data shows USDC gaining momentum fast. In H1 2026, USDC transaction count increased by 209.02% year-over-year, and transaction volume rose by 101.63%, while USDT transaction activity declined over the same period. The result is an increasingly differentiated stablecoin landscape: USDT co…

USDT Hits Transaction Records While USDC Dominates On-Chain Value And Card Settlements

The stablecoin market has entered a phase of maturation characterized by flat supply and surging utility. According to a new report from CryptoRank, total stablecoin market capitalization ended July at approximately $308.3 billion, marking the tenth consecutive month within the $300–320 billion range and the third straight month of net outflows. Approximately $13.3 billion left the market between May and July—the longest sustained withdrawal per…

Stablecoins Move into Card Payments and Remittances

Stablecoins enter card payments and remittances. (yonhap) Global card companies are incorporating stablecoins into their payment and remittance infrastructure in earnest. With instances emerging of companies moving beyond partnerships and demonstrations to directly acquiring related infrastructure firms, the application area of stablecoins is also seen rapidly expanding from virtual asset trading to the broader financial sector. The market growt…

Crypto card spending hits $759 million a month as USDC takes 58% of volume

Crypto payment card spending shot up to $759 million in July, about 2.5 times the level a year earlier. USDC, backed by dollars, now accounts for 58% of that volume, according to figures cited by a16z crypto. Dollar stablecoins displace euros in under two years Cardholders made ~9 million purchases in July, compared with about 5.2 million in the same month last year. That works out to an average purchase of ~$86. These cards allow holders to spe…

Latest EURe’s share of crypto card spending drops to 2% as USDC leads in Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency In early 2024, euro-backed stablecoins accounted for roughly 88% of all crypto card spending. By July 2026, that number had cratered to about 2%. The dollar didn’t just win this race. It lapped everyone else. Monthly crypto card spending hit $759 million in July 2026, up from $306 million a year earlier, according to data from Paymentscan highlighted in an a16z crypto analysis. That’s roughly a 2.5x surge in twelve months, with ne…