Up to now week, Circle has injected practically $1 billion in contemporary liquidity into the Solana ecosystem.
Stablecoin issuer Circle minted $250 million of its USDC token by way of its treasury pockets on Solana (SOL). As of this writing, USDC is the biggest stablecoin providing on the SOL ecosystem. Circle’s dollar-pegged crypto contains $2.35 billion out of $3.34 billion of stablecoins on Solana. Solely Tether’s USDT, with its $774.65 million provide on SOL’s community, comes shut.
USDC has established itself as the unrivaled stablecoin chief on Solana, with integrations on main SOL-based platforms just like the Phantom pockets.
Circle’s Wednesday mint on Solana introduced the variety of newly created USDC cash on SOL to round $750 million in seven days. The transactions successfully elevated the USDC provide on the main L1 blockchain by over 10%.
Minting new stablecoins on a blockchain normally alerts extra demand for the token and a necessity for extra liquidity inside the ecosystem. In different phrases, it’s potential that the issuer minted these cash to match requests from protocols and customers.
Following the information, Solana’s whole worth locked (TVL) rose by 0.4%. Whereas the rise is small, the added liquidity to SOL’s ecosystem may translate to increased costs for memecoins and Solana’s native token.