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Stablecoin Stats: Are Onchain Stocks the Next Stablecoin Adoption Driver? - June 2025

Episode Summary

On Ep. 2 of Stablecoin Stats, Anthony Yim, Co-Founder @ Artemis and Andrew Van Aken, Data Scientist @ Artemis discuss OTC desk experience with Tether on Tron in Hong Kong, regional differences in stablecoin usage and more!

Episode Notes

On Ep. 2 of Stablecoin Stats, Anthony Yim, Co-Founder @ Artemis and Andrew Van Aken, Data Scientist @ Artemis discuss OTC desk experience with Tether on Tron in Hong Kong, regional differences in stablecoin usage and more!

Timestamps:

• 02:09 Circle's IPO and its rapid trading price surge
• 06:16 USDC supply growth and its all-time high record
• 07:53 Binance partnership driving USDC adoption
• 10:34 Centralized exchanges dominate USDC holdings over DeFi
• 14:13 Tether's dominance in payments vs USDC in DeFi
• 19:16 Tron and Ethereum leading stablecoin supply
• 25:32 B2B stablecoin payments volume up 400% year-over-year

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Music by Henry McLean