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One major reason USDC pulled ahead is its dominance in decentralized finance. On lending platforms and decentralized exchanges, the same dollar often cycles through multiple trades in a single day. USDC is the preferred stablecoin in these environments, which naturally boosts transaction volume as capital is reused across protocols.

By contrast, USDT functions more like digital cash held in reserve — especially on centralized exchanges and payment rails. Users tend to park it rather than rotate it constantly. This difference in behavior, not adoption alone, explains why USDC now moves more value annually despite having a much smaller supply.

]]>https://undeads.com/forum/topic/13763/defi-activity-is-the-engine-behind-usdc-s-riseRSS for NodeSun, 05 Apr 2026 22:46:15 GMTSun, 11 Jan 2026 09:45:19 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to DeFi Activity Is the Engine Behind USDC’s Rise on Sun, 11 Jan 2026 11:32:18 GMT]]>USDT is storage-heavy, USDC is flow-heavy

]]>https://undeads.com/forum/post/36413https://undeads.com/forum/post/36413Sun, 11 Jan 2026 11:32:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to DeFi Activity Is the Engine Behind USDC’s Rise on Sun, 11 Jan 2026 11:29:26 GMT]]>Reuse across lending, DEXs, arbitrage = inflated real volume

]]>https://undeads.com/forum/post/36404https://undeads.com/forum/post/36404Sun, 11 Jan 2026 11:29:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to DeFi Activity Is the Engine Behind USDC’s Rise on Sun, 11 Jan 2026 11:28:08 GMT]]>DeFi prefers assets that move, not just sit

]]>https://undeads.com/forum/post/36403https://undeads.com/forum/post/36403Sun, 11 Jan 2026 11:28:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to DeFi Activity Is the Engine Behind USDC’s Rise on Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:40:17 GMT]]>makes sense tbh, usdc is actually used instead of just sitting there doing nothing

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