BIG: Ethereum stablecoin transfer volume surpasses $8T in Q4, hitting a new all-time high.

Why 2026 Is About Adoption, Not Speculation Based on real usage, not forecasts PayFi: wallets + neobanks converge Value capture shifts to apps that own users RWAs and on-chain treasuries go institutional Prediction markets price information, not opinions

9️⃣ What Actually Drove This Growth Not narratives. Architecture. One-BNB stack: execution + throughput + data PancakeSwap became a liquidity hub at scale On-chain perps and HFT went mainstream Greenfield usage up 565% as data + AI demand rose This is

8️⃣ BNB Chain Quietly Won the Barbell Trade Retail scale on one end. Institutions on the other. 15–18M daily transactions 2.7–4.5M daily active users DEX volumes up ~164% YoY, peaking above $7B/day BlackRock, VanEck, Franklin Templeton RWAs live

7️⃣ It’s No Longer a Stablecoin Duopoly 2025 changed the issuer landscape “New Big Six” stablecoins emerged BUIDL, PYUSD, USD1 all crossed $1B market cap Growth driven by yield, RWAs, and payments Stablecoins became the default access layer to crypto

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Bitcoin miner IREN tops X’s most searched cashtags surpassing Tesla

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