- Venture capital funding in stablecoin projects is rising, driven by expanding use cases beyond crypto trading, such as remittances and B2B payments.
- Stablecoins are projected to handle $1 trillion in transactions by 2026, representing over 1% of global cross-border payments.
The spike in venture capital funding for stablecoin ventures indicates a fundamental shift in their purpose and use cases. Not limited to trading, stablecoins are becoming increasingly important instruments in financial systems all around.
Applications like remittances and B2B payments, where their use is still fast expanding, clearly show this trend. Already reaching between $200 billion and $250 billion, annual transaction volumes are likely to quadruple every year.
Stablecoins could enable transactions worth $1 trillion by 2026, according to analysts, catching over 1% of worldwide cross-border payments—a major turning point in their acceptance path.
STABLECOINS: THE FUTURE OF MONEY IS IN THE MAKING
VCs are pouring cash into stablecoin projects, and it’s not just about trading anymore.
Use cases like remittances and B2B payments are scaling big-time, with volumes hitting $200–$250B a year and doubling annually.
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Stablecoin: Driving Efficiency and Accessibility in Global Payments
Many advancements highlight this momentum. To improve the speed of global transactions, a well-known Thai commercial bank has established a stablecoin-based cross-border payment system. Major financial institutions are also seeing how stablecoins could solve worldwide transfers and currency exchange inefficiencies.
Further proving their increasing relevance, predictions by major players in the sector indicate that stablecoins would eventually account for 10% of M2 money supply and currency transactions in the United States.
Companies like Paxos have also developed systems that provide improved speed and economy by allowing quick conversions between fiat money and stablecoins. These developments are becoming popular among businesses; Stripe is using them for their crypto payment system.
Additionally making notable advances in developing areas is the stablecoin industry. Stablecoins are being included into startups’ payment systems to increase accessibility and affordability for consumers in areas including Southeast Asia.
For example, a payment system running on messaging apps is using stablecoins to reduce the cost and complexity of remittance services, therefore meeting a vital demand in underprivileged areas.
Particularly in sectors where traditional banking infrastructures are constrained, surveys reveal that stablecoins are growingly popular for use cases including payroll, cross-border payments, and user transactions.
Unlike other cryptocurrencies, this increasing acceptance fits stablecoins’ capacity to offer stability and efficiency. Stablecoins will become increasingly important as their uses grow in helping to transform world payment systems and close the distance between traditional banking and decentralized technology.
On the other hand, CNF previously reported that Binance Labs helps Perena improve stablecoin infrastructure. With creative CDP tools on Solana, this collaboration seeks to link traditional banking with decentralized systems.
