{"id":72611,"date":"2026-05-16T17:39:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T17:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/stablecoin-market-cap-tops-323-3-billion-as-weekly-inflows-log-1-5-billion-bitcoin-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T17:39:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T17:39:42","slug":"stablecoin-market-cap-tops-323-3-billion-as-weekly-inflows-log-1-5-billion-bitcoin-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/stablecoin-market-cap-tops-323-3-billion-as-weekly-inflows-log-1-5-billion-bitcoin-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Stablecoin Market Cap Tops $323.3 Billion as Weekly Inflows Log $1.5 Billion \u2013 Bitcoin News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Tether added $68.2M as USDT held 58.67% of the $323.3B stablecoin market.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Sky\u2019s USDS jumped 11.5% to $8.79B, closing in on the $10B milestone.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Western Union\u2019s USDPT spiked 597,568%, though its market cap remains just $1.5M.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Tether Commands 58.67% of <span>Stablecoin<\/span> Market; Western Union USDPT Rises 597,568%<\/h2>\n<p>Tether\u2019s <span>USDT<\/span> remains the dominant force in the <span>stablecoin<\/span> sector by a wide margin, holding a market capitalization of $189.7 billion this weekend after adding $68.2 million since May 9. <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/coinbase-wins-usdc-treasury-deployer-seat-on-hyperliquid-circle-handles-cross-chain-infrastructure\/\">Circle<\/a>\u2019s USDC moved in the opposite direction this past week, shedding 1.22% of its market capitalization, or slightly more than $950 million.<\/p>\n<p>USDC\u2019s <span>market cap<\/span> stands today at $77.068 billion, a 1.98% decline since April 16. Sky\u2019s USDS posted one of the week\u2019s strongest performances as the third-largest <span>stablecoin<\/span> expanded by 11.50%, drawing in roughly $906 million in fresh capital. USDS\u2019s total market valuation now stands at $8.791 billion as it edges closer to the $10 billion threshold.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_814569\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-814569\" style=\"width:2518px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-814569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"> <span>Stablecoin<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-a-market-cap\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">market cap<\/a> on Saturday, May 16, 2026, via defillama.com.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sky\u2019s older <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-are-stablecoins\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stablecoin<\/a>, DAI, ranks as the fourth-largest contender with a market capitalization of $4.613 billion. Since May 9, DAI has trimmed slightly more than $46 million from its valuation, recording a modest percentage-point decline. USD1 from World Liberty Financial moved higher over the last seven days, gaining 1.97%. Roughly $87 million in inflows lifted USD1\u2019s market capitalization to $4.52 billion this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/defillama.com\/stablecoins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">defillama.com stats<\/a> show.<\/p>\n<p>Additional standouts included USDe from Ethena, which climbed 6.77%, while PYUSD issued by Paypal advanced 1.32%. Meanwhile, BUIDL from Blackrock recorded a sizable 8.01% increase. USYC from Circle posted a modest 0.30% decline, while USDG from Global Dollar climbed 9.63% over the same period. According to Defillama <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-are-stablecoins\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stablecoin<\/a> statistics, USDPT from <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/remittance-giant-western-union-ditches-legacy-rails-for-its-own-stablecoin\/\">Western Union<\/a> recorded the week\u2019s sharpest increase, climbing an eye-popping 597,568%.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, the newly launched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-are-stablecoins\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stablecoin<\/a> still holds a relatively small footprint, with a market capitalization of just $1.5 million.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/stablecoin-market-cap-tops-323-3-billion-as-weekly-inflows-log-1-5-billion\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Tether added $68.2M as USDT held 58.67% of the $323.3B stablecoin market. Sky\u2019s USDS jumped 11.5% to $8.79B, closing in on the $10B milestone. Western Union\u2019s USDPT spiked 597,568%, though its market cap remains just $1.5M. Tether Commands 58.67% of Stablecoin Market; Western Union USDPT Rises [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":72612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72611"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}