USDC Advances as the Dominant Choice in DeFi Activities USDCs value transfer volume outpaced USDTs in the DeFi realm, marking a significant trend in the stablecoin landscape.

The total value transferred through the USDC stablecoin from Circle over the past year surpassed that of Tether’s USDT.

The corresponding figure for the first stablecoin stands at $17.3 trillion, while the second reaches $12.9 trillion, according to data from the analytics platform Artemis.

However, in terms of market capitalization, USDT still leads with a valuation of $186 billion, while USDC currently has a value of $74.9 billion.

USDC continues to be the preferred asset on DeFi platforms, «where lending and trading occur automatically,» noted Anthony Yim, co-founder of Artemis. He mentioned that the competing USDT is predominantly used «for everyday transactions, business operations, or as a means of preserving value.»

The overall transaction volume for stablecoins in 2025 surged by 72% to $33 trillion.

In the fourth quarter of the previous year, the sector recorded a turnover of $11 trillion, compared to $8.8 trillion in the prior period.

Analysts from Bloomberg Intelligence predict that the total volume of the stablecoin segment could reach $56 trillion by 2030.

In December, the CFTC launched a pilot program allowing the use of digital assets as collateral in derivatives markets under the GENIUS Act. In the initial phase, the list of approved collateral assets included Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDC.

Additionally, in December, Visa initiated USDC transactions for banks in the United States.