Stablecoin Flows Slow As Binance Consolidates CEX Liquidity

Stablecoin outflows from centralized exchanges have slowed sharply whilst CryptoQuant’s indicators proceed to flag weak market situations, an indication that investor capital is consolidating fairly than leaving the sector, the market knowledge supplier stated.

Flows on centralized exchanges (CEXs) have stabilized considerably, with outflows totaling simply $2 billion over the previous month, CryptoQuant stated in an announcement to Cointelegraph on Tuesday.

In contrast, late 2025 noticed $8.4 billion in outflows on the start of the bear market, highlighting the moderation in redemptions, CryptoQuant’s advertising and marketing head Nick Pitto informed Cointelegraph.

“Capital isn’t dashing out of crypto proper now; it’s consolidating, significantly on Binance,” Pitto stated, including that the development would flip bullish solely when reserves start rising or are deployed into danger belongings.

Binance holds 65% of CEX stablecoin reserves in USDT and USDC

In accordance with CryptoQuant’s knowledge, Binance stays the first hub for stablecoin liquidity, holding $47.5 billion in Tether’s USDt (USDT) and Circle’s USDC (USDC), the 2 largest stablecoins by market capitalization.

The determine accounts for 65% of whole USDT and USDC held throughout CEXs, and is up 31% from $35.9 billion a yr in the past.

Main exchanges together with OKX, Coinbase and Bybit lag Binance in stablecoin reserves, with OKX rating better of the remainder at 13% and $9.5 billion.

Coinbase and Bybit account for 8% and 6%, respectively, with reserves of $5.9 billion and $4 billion.

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With Binance dominating stablecoin liquidity whilst bear market outflows sluggish, CryptoQuant concluded: “Capital isn’t leaving crypto, it’s concentrating.”

Binance’s stablecoin liquidity is especially pushed by USDT 

Binance’s stablecoin reserves are overwhelmingly pushed by USDT, with the trade holding $42.3 billion within the stablecoin, in contrast with $5.2 billion in USDC.

The trade has elevated its USDT liquidity by 36% year-on-year, whereas USDC reserves have primarily remained unchanged.

Regardless of the slowdown in stablecoin outflows, which suggests potential market consolidation, CryptoQuant warned that Bitcoin (BTC) should decline additional earlier than reaching its backside.

CryptoQuant’s analysts final week reiterated that Bitcoin’s realized price support remains near $55,000 and has not but been examined.

“Bitcoin’s final bear market backside is round $55,000 right now,” CryptoQuant stated.

At publishing time, Bitcoin was buying and selling at $68,206, down about 1.3% over the previous 24 hours, according to CoinGecko knowledge.

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