Stablecoins shed $38B since May as yields plunge, projects collapse
Cointelegraph
Published Oct 06, 2022 01:30PM ET
Updated Oct 07, 2022 03:20PM ET
According to the latest data from DefiLlama, the overall circulation of stablecoins has decreased by approximately $38 billion since early May. There are still $148.7 billion left in circulation, with the majority consisting of Tether (USDT) ($68.2 billion), USD Coin (USDC) ($46.7 billion), Binance USD ($21.4 billion), Dai (DAI) ($6.33 billion) and the Frax stablecoin (FRAX) ($1.33 billion).
Meanwhile, the yields on stablecoin borrowing and lending on decentralized protocols (DeFi) such as Aave have fallen sharply. Back in May, the annual variable percentage rates (APR) on Binance USD, USD Coin, and DAI loans stood around 3.5%. Their APRs have since fallen to about 1.5%. Meanwhile, their utilization rates, or the percentage of stablecoins taken out as loans versus total supplied, have also fallen to around 30% to 40%, whereas the optimal levels for the protocols are about 80%.
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