Stablecoins by Market Capitalization
A stablecoin is a type of cryptocurrency that is designed to maintain a stable value by being pegged to an external reference, such as a fiat currency.
What is a stablecoin? Stablecoin is a cryptocurrency that is designed to minimize volatility by pegging to a more stable asset. Fiat currency digital asset is the most popular use case for stablecoins. It typically tracks popular national currencies such as the US Dollar, Euro, and the British Pound. Benefit of this includes being able to take advantage of blockchain technology and peer-to-peer value transfer while not being exposed to high volatility such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, or other cryptocurrencies. Stablecoins are relatively new kind of technology and each of them comes with different implementations, liquidity, risks, and acceptance.
# | Coin | Price | 1h | 24h | 7d | 30d | 24h Volume | Market Cap | FDV | Market Cap / FDV | Last 7 Days | ||
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Tether
USDT
|
Buy
|
$1.00000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | $87,394,914,289 | $150,338,804,986 | $150,338,804,986 | 1.0 |
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7 |
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USDC
USDC
|
Buy
|
$1.00 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | $13,053,657,358 | $60,852,066,000 | $60,854,976,657 | 1.0 |
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28 |
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USDS
USDS
|
$0.9999 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | $10,245,807 | $7,081,611,589 | $7,081,611,589 | 1.0 |
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34 |
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Ethena USDe
USDE
|
$1.00 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.3% | $98,476,507 | $4,761,610,878 | $4,763,608,554 | 1.0 |
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41 |
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Dai
DAI
|
Buy
|
$0.9998 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | $129,071,419 | $3,631,229,303 | $3,631,229,303 | 1.0 |
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58 |
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sUSDS
SUSDS
|
$1.05 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.4% | $19,862,548 | $2,359,988,703 | $2,359,988,703 | 1.0 |
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63 |
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USD1
USD1
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$1.00 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | $21,827,695 | $2,130,529,274 | $2,130,529,274 | 1.0 |
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76 |
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First Digital USD
FDUSD
|
$0.9986 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | $3,683,740,110 | $1,514,467,089 | $1,514,467,089 | 1.0 |
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114 |
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PayPal USD
PYUSD
|
$0.9998 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | $29,817,592 | $856,578,162 | $856,578,162 | 1.0 |
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119 |
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Tether Gold
XAUT
|
$3,236.02 | 0.3% | 0.1% | 4.2% | 0.7% | $31,919,528 | $797,732,130 | $797,732,130 | 1.0 |
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127 |
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PAX Gold
PAXG
|
$3,243.66 | 0.3% | 0.0% | 4.1% | 0.7% | $51,505,114 | $768,610,655 | $768,610,655 | 1.0 |
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142 |
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Usual USD
USD0
|
$0.9979 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | $18,674,179 | $641,189,776 | $641,189,776 | 1.0 |
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143 |
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Stables Labs USDX
USDX
|
$0.9982 | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | $109,669 | $626,796,831 | $626,796,831 | 1.0 |
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149 |
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Ondo US Dollar Yield
USDY
|
$1.12 | 0.7% | 0.6% | 2.8% | 1.2% | $4,115,975 | $597,127,509 | $648,629,906 | 0.92 |
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174 |
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TrueUSD
TUSD
|
$0.9989 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.3% | $32,248,959 | $494,907,746 | $494,907,746 | 1.0 |
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196 |
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USDB
USDB
|
$1.01 | 0.6% | 2.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% | $4,628,009 | $408,658,195 | $408,658,195 | 1.0 |
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214 |
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Aave USDC (Sonic)
ASONUSDC
|
$0.9999 | 0.0% | 0.0% | - | - | $986.03 | $374,994,768 | $374,994,768 | 1.0 |
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223 |
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USDD
USDD
|
$1.00 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | $24,257,070 | $354,963,477 | $354,963,477 | 1.0 |
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238 |
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Binance-Peg BUSD
BUSD
|
Buy
|
$0.9987 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | $3,674,104 | $323,073,605 | $323,073,605 | 1.0 |
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243 |
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Ripple USD
RLUSD
|
$1.00 | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | $72,519,210 | $317,443,695 | $317,443,695 | 1.0 |
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244 |
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Legacy Frax Dollar
FRAX
|
Buy
|
$0.9999 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | $20,392,121 | $315,061,406 | $315,061,406 | 1.0 |
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246 |
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SyrupUSDC
SYRUPUSDC
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$1.10 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.6% | $388,784 | $307,213,633 | $307,182,370 | 1.0 |
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259 |
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Global Dollar
USDG
|
$1.00 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | $8,567,906 | $285,630,691 | $285,630,691 | 1.0 |
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265 |
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Quorium
QGOLD
|
$3,235.81 | 0.4% | 0.2% | 4.3% | 0.1% | $89,863.23 | $271,808,086 | $271,808,086 | 1.0 |
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268 |
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Resolv USR
USR
|
$0.9999 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | $6,568,240 | $268,002,521 | $268,002,521 | 1.0 |
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271 |
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GHO
GHO
|
$0.9985 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | $5,018,699 | $263,985,105 | $263,985,105 | 1.0 |
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285 |
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Falcon USD
USDF
|
$0.9993 | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% | $1,470,319 | $249,071,925 | $249,071,925 | 1.0 |
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301 |
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EURC
EURC
|
$1.12 | 0.2% | 0.7% | 1.4% | 1.7% | $44,682,850 | $230,766,647 | $230,766,647 | 1.0 |
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308 |
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USDa
USDA
|
$0.9983 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | $332,128 | $215,281,579 | $215,281,579 | 1.0 |
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313 |
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OpenEden OpenDollar
USDO
|
$1.00 | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | $3,188.97 | $209,756,689 | $209,756,689 | 1.0 |
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345 |
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Elixir deUSD
DEUSD
|
$1.00 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | $341,867 | $181,089,527 | $181,089,527 | 1.0 |
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352 |
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Level USD
LVLUSD
|
$0.9999 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | $4,603,863 | $176,226,456 | $176,226,456 | 1.0 |
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359 |
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crvUSD
CRVUSD
|
$1.00000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | $8,747,737 | $168,738,126 | $168,738,126 | 1.0 |
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391 |
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Kinesis Gold
KAU
|
$104.00 | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% | 0.1% | $67,379,674 | $149,238,552 | $149,238,552 | 1.0 |
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413 |
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STASIS EURO
EURS
|
$1.12 | 0.0% | 0.4% | 1.3% | 1.9% | $50,117.87 | $138,926,607 | $138,926,607 | 1.0 |
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429 |
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Lift Dollar
USDL
|
$1.00 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | $340,315 | $130,621,167 | $130,621,167 | 1.0 |
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435 |
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Kinesis Silver
KAG
|
$33.22 | 0.2% | 3.0% | 0.6% | 2.6% | $121,662 | $126,904,139 | $126,904,139 | 1.0 |
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440 |
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Anzen USDz
USDZ
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$0.9932 | 0.2% | 0.8% | 3.4% | 1.4% | $129,453 | $123,815,394 | $123,815,394 | 1.0 |
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441 |
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Aster USDF
USDF
|
$0.9985 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | $302,099 | $122,911,973 | $122,911,973 | 1.0 |
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448 |
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Resupply USD
REUSD
|
$0.9906 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | $1,869,016 | $121,206,024 | $121,206,024 | 1.0 |
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482 |
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Honey
HONEY
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$0.9995 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | $17,930,648 | $110,149,330 | $110,149,452 | 1.0 |
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534 |
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sUSDa
SUSDA
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$1.06 | - | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6.4% | $0.00 | $96,341,874 | $96,341,874 | 1.0 |
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587 |
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TerraClassicUSD
USTC
|
$0.01461 | 0.6% | 7.4% | 23.2% | 25.5% | $7,351,557 | $81,718,586 | $89,033,198 | 0.92 |
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590 |
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USDX
USDX
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$0.7205 | 0.5% | 3.1% | 6.5% | 11.7% | $5,215.01 | $80,384,910 | $80,384,910 | 1.0 |
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599 |
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Frax USD
FRXUSD
|
$0.9998 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | $2,452,047 | $77,823,882 | $77,823,882 | 1.0 |
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621 |
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DOLA
DOLA
|
$1.00000 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | $1,410,841 | $72,715,708 | $212,921,728 | 0.34 |
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624 |
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Bucket Protocol BUCK Stablecoin
BUCK
|
$0.9991 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | $11,452,420 | $71,821,248 | $71,821,248 | 1.0 |
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628 |
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Pax Dollar
USDP
|
$0.9999 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | $6,467,639 | $71,369,319 | $71,369,319 | 1.0 |
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647 |
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Reservoir rUSD
RUSD
|
$0.9988 | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.3% | $198,175 | $67,453,483 | $67,453,483 | 1.0 |
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699 |
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BUSD
BUSD
|
Buy
|
$0.9981 | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.5% | $33,001.13 | $57,679,217 | $57,679,217 | 1.0 |
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711 |
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Magic Internet Money (Ethereum)
MIM
|
$1.00 | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | $725,294 | $55,417,808 | $182,104,409 | 0.3 |
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713 |
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Avant USD
AVUSD
|
$0.9992 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | $1,241,561 | $55,263,927 | $55,263,927 | 1.0 |
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764 |
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Gemini Dollar
GUSD
|
$1.00000 | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | $116,587,596 | $49,551,615 | $49,551,615 | 1.0 |
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775 |
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Overnight.fi USD+
USD+
|
$1.00000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | $657,129 | $48,083,658 | $48,083,658 | 1.0 |
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776 |
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Mountain Protocol USD
USDM
|
$1.00 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.2% | $262,729 | $47,997,239 | $47,997,239 | 1.0 |
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788 |
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EUR CoinVertible
EURCV
|
$1.13 | - | - | - | - | $226.30 | $46,963,705 | $46,737,408 | 1.0 |
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805 |
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Felix feUSD
FEUSD
|
$0.9899 | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.5% | $3,826,464 | $45,335,289 | $45,326,928 | 1.0 |
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813 |
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Web 3 Dollar
USD3
|
$1.05 | - | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.3% | $2,373.28 | $44,687,144 | $44,687,144 | 1.0 |
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839 |
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Liquity USD
LUSD
|
$1.00 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | $381,381 | $42,111,356 | $42,111,356 | 1.0 |
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894 |
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Savings crvUSD
SCRVUSD
|
$1.05 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | $2,274,102 | $37,684,104 | $37,677,377 | 1.0 |
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897 |
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Lista USD
LISUSD
|
$0.9973 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | $708,069 | $37,505,303 | $38,528,278 | 0.97 |
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919 |
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Celo Dollar
CUSD
|
$0.9983 | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | $3,365,497 | $35,475,345 | $35,475,845 | 1.0 |
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936 |
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sUSD
SUSD
|
$0.9342 | 0.3% | 0.4% | 3.4% | 4.2% | $217,218 | $34,311,733 | $34,311,733 | 1.0 |
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961 |
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XT Stablecoin XTUSD
XTUSD
|
$1.00 | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.5% | $11,873,355 | $32,931,140 | $32,931,140 | 1.0 |
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967 |
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f(x) Protocol fxUSD
FXUSD
|
$0.9992 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | $2,229,206 | $32,525,123 | $32,532,331 | 1.0 |
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1029 |
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Liquity BOLD
BOLD
|
$0.9992 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | $31,758.99 | $28,939,757 | $28,939,757 | 1.0 |
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1038 |
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Euro Tether
EURT
|
$1.12 | 0.1% | 0.8% | 1.3% | 2.4% | $674,275 | $28,452,080 | $55,822,552 | 0.51 |
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1043 |
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Monerium EUR emoney
EURE
|
$1.12 | 0.0% | 0.3% | 1.6% | 2.5% | $206,081 | $28,013,968 | $28,016,147 | 1.0 |
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1054 |
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MAI
MIMATIC
|
$0.9968 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | $12,652.54 | $27,474,842 | $301,403,077 | 0.09 |
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1107 |
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MNEE USD Stablecoin
MNEE
|
$1.00 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.6% | $64,776.24 | $24,540,701 | $24,540,701 | 1.0 |
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1113 |
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Gyroscope GYD
GYD
|
$0.9999 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | $260,986 | $24,205,787 | $24,205,787 | 1.0 |
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1148 |
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Electronic USD
EUSD
|
$0.9997 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | $992,658 | $23,159,598 | $23,159,598 | 1.0 |
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1168 |
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EURA
EURA
|
$1.12 | 0.0% | 0.6% | 2.0% | 1.9% | $420,513 | $22,185,332 | $22,185,332 | 1.0 |
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1170 |
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Noon USN
USN
|
$1.00 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3% | $184,151 | $22,141,301 | $22,141,301 | 1.0 |
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1181 |
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StraitsX XUSD
XUSD
|
$1.00 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | $6,527,667 | $21,759,965 | $21,759,965 | 1.0 |
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1224 |
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Aegis YUSD
YUSD
|
$1.00 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.3% | $151,660 | $20,374,335 | $20,374,335 | 1.0 |
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1230 |
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BiLira
TRYB
|
$0.02578 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.3% | $73,526.68 | $20,268,653 | $20,268,653 | 1.0 |
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1280 |
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ZUSD
ZUSD
|
$0.9939 | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.2% | $964.33 | $18,390,232 | $18,390,232 | 1.0 |
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1377 |
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dForce USD
USX
|
$0.9958 | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.0% | $88,286.93 | $15,405,112 | $134,151,860 | 0.11 |
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1393 |
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Relend Network USDC - Starknet
RUSDC-STARK
|
$0.9996 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | $33.99 | $15,012,989 | $15,012,989 | 1.0 |
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1409 |
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Alchemix USD
ALUSD
|
$0.9907 | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.8% | 2.0% | $238,914 | $14,670,874 | $14,670,874 | 1.0 |
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1418 |
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Rupiah Token
IDRT
|
$0.00006083 | 0.4% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 2.2% | $3,311.57 | $14,546,373 | $14,546,373 | 1.0 |
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1486 |
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Frankencoin
ZCHF
|
$1.19 | 0.1% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 3.0% | $40,118.89 | $13,094,710 | $13,094,710 | 1.0 |
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1495 |
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sUSD (Optimism)
SUSD
|
$0.9256 | 0.2% | 0.3% | 2.0% | 7.8% | $216,743 | $12,786,918 | $12,786,918 | 1.0 |
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1511 |
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flexUSD
FLEXUSD
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$0.07490 | - | - | - | - | $1.66 | $12,459,472 | $12,459,472 | 1.0 |
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1520 |
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Orby Network USC Stablecoin
USC
|
$1.01 | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.1% | 0.7% | $179,743 | $12,378,410 | $12,378,410 | 1.0 |
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1550 |
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YUSD Stablecoin
YUSD
|
$0.9957 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | $41.12 | $11,807,714 | $11,822,322 | 1.0 |
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1557 |
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StablR Euro
EURR
|
$1.12 | 0.1% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 1.2% | $615,487 | $11,700,167 | $11,700,167 | 1.0 |
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1598 |
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AUSD
AUSD
|
$0.9999 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | $10,334,154 | $10,752,667 | $10,752,667 | 1.0 |
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1602 |
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WEMIX Dollar
WEMIX$
|
$0.7348 | 0.5% | 2.7% | 1.9% | 19.3% | $147,765 | $10,729,605 | $10,729,605 | 1.0 |
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1607 |
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XSGD
XSGD
|
$0.7677 | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.7% | 1.2% | $22,281,312 | $10,666,514 | $10,666,514 | 1.0 |
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1641 |
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Defi.money
MONEY
|
$1.00 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | $22,058.03 | $10,081,007 | $10,081,007 | 1.0 |
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1654 |
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Solayer USD
SUSD
|
$1.10 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.1% | - | $51,546.06 | $9,907,165 | $9,907,165 | 1.0 |
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1685 |
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Pinto
PINTO
|
$0.8634 | 0.9% | 5.1% | 23.8% | 27.5% | $855,222 | $9,316,965 | $9,316,965 | 1.0 |
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1731 |
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Bitcoin USD (BTCFi)
BTCUSD
|
$1.00 | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.3% | 1.6% | $931,361 | $8,507,690 | $8,507,690 | 1.0 |
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1772 |
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Quantoz USDQ
USDQ
|
$1.00 | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | $2,373,161 | $7,984,128 | $51,026,060 | 0.16 |
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1798 |
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Origin Dollar
OUSD
|
$0.9999 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.4% | $115,776 | $7,556,847 | $7,556,847 | 1.0 |
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1815 |
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GYEN
GYEN
|
$0.005131 | 5.0% | 18.9% | 25.9% | 17.9% | $333.77 | $7,471,907 | $7,471,907 | 1.0 |
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1874 |
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Celo Euro
CEUR
|
$1.12 | 0.3% | 0.5% | 1.8% | 1.9% | $2,208,926 | $6,738,372 | $12,276,752 | 0.55 |
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Relend Network USDC (Swell)
RUSDC
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$0.9976 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 1.6% | - | $1,083.77 | $6,007,236 | $6,007,236 | 1.0 |
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Stablecoins Categories
Name | 24h | Market Cap |
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All Stablecoins
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0.1%
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$245,410,308,548
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USD Stablecoin
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0.1%
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Fiat-backed Stablecoin
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0.2%
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Yield-Bearing Stablecoin
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1.0%
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Crypto-backed Stablecoin
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1.3%
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Synthetic Dollar
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0.4%
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US Treasury-backed Stablecoin
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0.0%
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EUR Stablecoin
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1.5%
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Algorithmic Stablecoin
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4.7%
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Commodity-backed Stablecoin
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0.0%
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TRY Stablecoin
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83.9%
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All Stablecoins
Algorithmic Stablecoin
An algorithmic stablecoin is a type of stablecoin that maintains its peg to a specific value, such as a fiat currency or other assets through algorithmic mechanisms. These mechanisms adjust the supply of the stablecoin based on market demand often by issuing more coins when the price is above the peg and buying back or burning coins when the price is below the peg.
Top Stablecoins Sectors Market Cap Chart
Major Stablecoins Sectors Performance Chart
What are Stablecoins
Stablecoins are a type of cryptocurrency pegged to a reference asset like fiat money, or other commodities like gold. Stablecoins minimize the volatility of the crypto space by maintaining their pegs. There are four major types of stablecoins: fiat-backed stablecoins, crypto-collateralized stablecoins, commodity-backed stablecoins, and algorithmic stablecoins.
Centralized Stablecoins
Fiat-backed stablecoins, like USDT and USDC, are issued by a central entity and backed by reserves that are equal or greater than their tokens in circulation. However, the reserve breakdown between USDT and USDC is quite different. In the case of USDT, this includes secured loans, corporate bonds, funds and precious metals in addition to cash and cash equivalents. On the other hand, USDC is only backed by U.S. Treasury Securities and cash deposits. Commodity-collateralized stablecoins are similar to fiat-backed stablecoins, except that they are backed by other physical assets like precious metals, oils, or real estate.
Decentralized Stablecoins
Unlike centralized stablecoins, which are issued by a central entity, decentralized stablecoins run on smart contracts, with governance input from a designated community (the DAO). DAI by MakerDao is an example of a decentralized stablecoin, and it is collateralized by other cryptocurrencies such as ETH. In order for DAI to maintain a stable price, users borrow against their locked collateral. Due to the volatility of cryptocurrencies, users must deposit collateral worth more than the value they intend to borrow, and this collateral can be liquidated by the protocol if the value decreases below a certain threshold.
Finally, there are algorithmic stablecoins. These rely on two tokens – a stablecoin and another cryptocurrency that serves as the backing of the stablecoin – and an algorithm (or smart contract) regulates the supply and demand so that the stablecoin can maintain its peg. This worked in the case of Terra’s UST and LUNA, until UST’s depeg in May 2022 resulted in arbitrageurs exchanging it for LUNA, which was then dumped on the open market, creating a freefall on both fronts.