State of Stablecoins and Payments

State of Stablecoins and Payments

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Published Oct 15, 2026

Allium's Q3 2026 report measures stablecoin supply, adjusted volume, payments, agentic payments and card spend through September 30, 2026, with commentary from 17 industry contributors. Supply grew 0.4% this year to $305B, while payments grew 45% to $482B as payment count rose 71% and the average payment fell. By Elton Shehdula, Head of Research @Allium Maksym Sherman, Research @Allium Olivia Denk, Research @Allium

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Data source: Allium (https://allium.so). For detailed dataset definitions and methodology, see the Allium docs (https://docs.allium.so/).

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