Ethereum adds $116M in stablecoin market cap in 24 hours

Ethereum’s stablecoin market cap grew by $116.1 million in a single day, a relatively quiet number that nonetheless reinforces a louder point: when it comes to stablecoins, Ethereum isn’t just winning. It’s the venue everyone else is trying to catch. The network’s total stablecoin supply now sits in the neighborhood of $162 billion, representing roughly 54.5% of the entire global stablecoin market across 46 tracked blockchains. That global figure stands at approximately $297.8 billion, according to data aggregated by DefiLlama and Token Terminal. Ethereum’s stablecoin moat keeps widening To understand how dominant Ethereum is in this vertical, look at the competition. Tron, the second-largest chain for stablecoins, holds about $93.2 billion, which translates to a 31.3% market share. Solana, the third-place contender, manages $14.6 billion. Put differently, Ethereum hosts nearly twice as many stablecoin dollars as Tron and more than eleven times Solana’s total. DefiLlama data shows a daily change of +0.12% on Ethereum’s stablecoin cap, with USDT dominance at 49.71%. That near-even split between Tether’s USDT and other stablecoins, primarily Circle’s USDC, suggests that Ethereum’s st...