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USDC amplia liderança e responde por 79% do volume de stablecoins

A Circle concentrou 79% do volume transacionado de stablecoins no terceiro trimestre de 2026, enquanto o uso de USDC em redes(blockchain) avançou para US$ 13,9 trilhões.

A Circle concentrou 79% do volume transacionado de stablecoins no terceiro trimestre de 2026, enquanto o uso de USDC em redes(blockchain) avançou para US$ 13,9 trilhões. USDC (USDC) is trading at R$5,47 ($0.9998). This is an original Criptano brief synthesising 2 outlets (Crypto Economy, U.Today), with their figures cross-checked, plus live market data, as of Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:15:01 UTC.

Why it matters

A participação de 79% evidencia a concentração da atividade on-chain de stablecoins em USDC, com possíveis efeitos sobre a liquidação, a eficiência dos pagamentos e a integração do ativo em diferentes redes.

Covered by 2 outlets over about 4.2 h — Criptano synthesises them all into one brief
  1. U.Today
    Circle's USDC Dominates Stablecoin Market With 79% Share of Transaction Volume ↗
  2. Crypto Economy
    Circle’s USDC Leads Stablecoin Market with 79% of Transaction Volume ↗
Key takeaways
  • USDC representou 79% do volume de stablecoins no terceiro trimestre de 2026.
  • O volume on-chain atribuído ao USDC alcançou US$ 13,9 trilhões.
  • A emissão e o resgate médios ficaram em US$ 2,3 bilhões diários.
  • A oferta circulante verificada foi de US$ 71,13 bilhões.
What the reporting agrees on

Crypto Economy e U.Today concordam que USDC respondeu por 79% do volume de stablecoins no terceiro trimestre de 2026 e que a atividade on-chain do ativo alcançou US$ 13,9 trilhões. As duas publicações tambémurahIERam aapescentar o momentum de adoção em redes, sem apresentar valores divergentes para esses indicadores. Crypto Economy acrescenta que a emissão e o resgate médios diários foram de US$ 2,3 bilhões, totalizando US$ 208 bilhões no trimestre, e destaca o lançamento do Arc Mainnet; U.Today não esses detalhes.

Circle’s USDC widened its lead in the stablecoin market during the third quarter of 2026, according to Crypto Economy and U.Today. Both outlets report that USDC accounted for 79% of total stablecoin transaction volume, while on-chain activity involving the asset reached US$ 13.9 trillion. The figure marks a substantial concentration of measured stablecoin activity around Circle’s dollar token.

Crypto Economy further said that average daily issuance and redemption activity reached US$ 2.3 billion, producing quarterly minting and redemption volume of US$ 208 billion. The same outlet also pointed to Circle’s newly launched Arc Mainnet as part of the company’s ecosystem expansion. U.Today’s coverage emphasized USDC’s strengthened market position and the growth of on-chain usage, without detailing the issuance, redemption or Arc figures.

The two reports do not identify conflicting numbers: Crypto Economy and U.Today explicitly cite both the 79% share and the US$ 13.9 trillion activity level. Their difference is one of emphasis and depth, with Crypto Economy adding operational metrics and the Arc Mainnet launch, while U.Today focuses on USDC’s dominance and increased network activity. The cross-check likewise found US$ 13.9 trillion and 79% in both outlets.

Live data provide a separate snapshot of USDC’s current market position. DeFiLlama’s verified circulating supply stood at US$ 71.13 billion, while the quoted live market capitalization was US$ 70.85 billion. USDC traded at US$ 0.99974, up 0.02% over 24 hours and 0.03% over seven days, remaining close to its dollar peg in the supplied data.

The broader crypto market was broadly higher, with total capitalization at US$ 2.76 trillion and Bitcoin up 4.12% over 24 hours. The Fear & Greed index stood at 50, classified as Neutral. For USDC, the figures to monitor are whether the reported transaction share and on-chain volume persist alongside continued issuance and redemption activity; the supplied data do not establish a forecast for those indicators.

Market reaction since this brief Live

Since this brief published about 13 hours ago, USDC (USDC) has moved from R$5,47$0.9997 to R$5,47$0.9998 — +0.01%.

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The chart plots USDC's price: grey is the move before this brief published, the vertical dashed line marks the moment it published, the horizontal dashed line is the price then, and the coloured area is the move since — from Criptano's market data (daily resolution). It shows what happened after the news, not that the news caused it; many factors move prices. Não é recomendação.

What this means in real

At today's peer-to-peer rate, 1 USDC ≈ R$5.48 (about $0.9998), up 0.0% over 24 hours. The real itself trades about 0.2% above the official rate on the P2P market, so a Brazilian buyer's effective cost differs from the headline dollar price.

Live market data

Current prices for the asset in this story — live, source-stamped, updated every 15 minutes.

USDC
#6
R$5,47$0.9998 ▲ 0.04%
7d +0.04%MCap R$387.05BFull USDC data →
The market when this published · 4 de novembro de 2026
Total market capR$15.07T
Bitcoin 24h+4.12%
Ethereum 24h+6.38%
Dominância BTC58.7%
Medo & Ganância50 · Neutral
Cross-source data check

2 key figures independently matched across 2 outlets reporting this story.

$13.9T2× corroboratedCrypto Economy, U.Today
79%2× corroboratedCrypto Economy, U.Today

Criptano extracts the figures each outlet reports and flags the ones that agree. Numbers cited by only one outlet are attributed in the brief, not shown as corroborated.

On-chain & primary-source check

Figures and sectors in this story, checked live against on-chain aggregators · 5 de novembro de 2026.

USDC circulating supply$71.04BDeFiLlama ↗
Bitcoin DeFi TVL$4.28BDeFiLlama ↗

Criptano reads these figures directly from on-chain aggregators (DeFiLlama, mempool.space) at build time — independent of what any outlet reported. Sector totals aggregate every protocol DeFiLlama tracks in that category. Values are live and will change.

USDC amplia liderança e responde por 79% do volume de stable — questions & answers

Qual foi a participação do USDC no volume de stablecoins?

USDC representou 79% do volume total de stablecoins no terceiro trimestre de 2026, segundo Crypto Economy e U.Today.

Quanto volume on-chain de USDC foi registrado?

A atividade on-chain de USDC alcançou US$ 13,9 trilhões no trimestre, número citado pelas duas fontes e confirmado no cruzamento de dados.

Qual era a oferta circulante verificada do USDC?

A oferta circulante verificada pelo DeFiLlama era de US$ 71,13 bilhões, enquanto a capitalização de mercado indicada nos dados ao vivo era de US$ 70,85 bilhões.

How much is 1 USDC worth in real today?

About R$5.48 at the live peer-to-peer (P2P) USDT rate, which is what Brazilians typically trade at — equivalent to roughly $0.9998. The real price moves with both USDC's US-dollar price and the USDT/BRL rate; use our USDC in real page for any amount.

Which outlets reported this story?

This is an original Criptano brief that synthesises reporting from Crypto Economy, U.Today, with the key figures cross-checked for agreement across them. It is not a copy of any one article — follow the source links above for the original reporting.

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Market data verified against CoinGecko & Binance · 5 de novembro de 2026 ⛓ Timestamped at Bitcoin block #974,627 sha256:1797cd3566c254b3
Corroborated across 2 outlets, reported over about 4.2 h — this is an original Criptano summary with live market data, not the original article.U.Today · 4 de nov. 15:57 ↗Crypto Economy · 4 de nov. 20:08 ↗

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