The market capitalization of stablecoins on the Solana layer-1 blockchain surged by $900 million over a 24-hour interval on Tuesday. (*24*)
Stablecoins, blockchain tokens backed by fiat foreign money or debt belongings, surged to a market cap of $15.3 billion on the Solana community, in line with DeFiLlama. (*24*)
The dramatic surge got here as decentralized finance platform Jupiter launched its JupUSD stablecoin, developed in partnership with artificial stablecoin issuer Ethena.
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Solana’s stablecoin ecosystem is dominated by Circle’s USDC (USDC), a dollar-pegged token, which accounts for over 67% of the community’s whole stablecoin market cap.(*24*)
The surge in stablecoins on Solana displays heightened funding exercise and investor curiosity, because the Solana ecosystem shifts towards changing into a hub of Web capital markets, the place worth and danger are transferred completely by way of onchain rails. (*24*)
Associated: Coinbase bets on stablecoins, Base and ‘every part change’ for 2026(*24*)
Stablecoins develop into important plumbing as belongings transfer onchain (*24*)
Stablecoin settlement quantity elevated by 87% in 2025, in line with monetary ranking company Moody’s Traders Service. (*24*)
Stablecoins are important infrastructure for tokenized real-world belongings (RWAs), that are bodily or conventional belongings represented onchain, Moody’s stated. Tokenized RWAs require stablecoins for onchain liquidity and settlement.(*24*)
Tokenizing belongings opens new use circumstances, like with the ability to use historically illiquid asset lessons reminiscent of artwork, actual property and collectibles as backing collateral for loans in DeFI purposes. (*24*)
The RWA market is projected to surge to $30 trillion by 2030, in line with a number of conventional monetary establishments.(*24*)
Stablecoins are among the many leaders of that development. The full market cap of overcollateralized stablecoins, tokens backed 1:1 by fiat money deposits and authorities debt securities, is nearing $300 billion, in line with RWA.xyz. (*24*)
Underneath the GENIUS Act, which was signed into legislation by US President Donald Trump in July 2025, regulated cost stablecoins should be backed on a one-to-one foundation with high-quality liquid belongings, successfully excluding algorithmic or under-collateralized fashions.(*24*)
Algorithmic stablecoins, which use software program or complicated market trades to take care of their fiat foreign money pegs, usually are not acknowledged below the GENIUS Act. (*24*)
The GENIUS Act additionally prohibits stablecoin issuers from sharing yield straight with clients, a provision that has created debate in regards to the future position of banks. (*24*)
Journal: Pakistan will deploy Bitcoin reserve in DeFi for yield, says Bilal Bin Saqib(*24*)
