Stablecoin Retail Transfers hit record level as BSC, Ethereum Gains Ground, Tron Slips
Stablecoin adoption of retail users has set new records this year, with transaction volumes until August that exceeds the rest of the year, said a fresh CEX.io report.
Retail size shifts, counting transactions under $ 250, crossed $ 5.84 billion only in August, the highest recorded, according to Visa and Allium data mentioned in the report. For nearly four months left in the year, 2025 became the most haunted period for Stablecoin’s transfer volume to the consumer level.
The numbers emphasize stablecoins, a group of cryptos tied to fiat currencies such as the US dollars, which are increasingly embedded in daily financial activities, from cross-border remittances to microtransactions, the report points out.
Survey data from emerging markets, requesting more than 2,600 consumers in Nigeria, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Indonesia, strengthened this image, CEX.IO Analyst. Most respondents said they turned to Stablecoins to prevent high banking fees and slow shifts, the report said. Nearly 70% of them have been reported to use stablecoins more often than last year, and more than three-quarter expected use of use, the report said.
Ethereum’s captures, Tron collapsed
The distribution of activity to the blockchains has moved, the report mentioned. The tron Blockchain, traditionally popular for retail transfers due to low fee and extensive support for Tether’s USDT (USDT)has provided shares in the market. The monthly transaction number fell 1.3 million, or 6%, and its growth in the volume caught behind its nearest competitors.
In its place, the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) Appeared as the leading option for retail users, which gets about 40% of the stablecoin retail activity, the report said. The number of network transactions jumps by 75% this year with an increase in moving volume of 67%. Most of the momentum arrived after Binance was removed by the USDT in March for European users and a resurrection of Memecoin Trading in Pancakeswap at the BSC.
The Ethereum complex, along with the base chain and layer-2 networks combined, consisting of more than 20% of the transfer volume and 31% of transactions counts, the report mentioned. While small transfers mainly occurred in the L2S, Mainnet is satisfied with a significant increase in the retail segment. Sub- $ 250 transfers to Mainnet increased by 81% in volume and 184%.
Ethereum is often used for large amounts of transactions due to its high fees, but transaction costs dropped more than 70% in the last year, making Mainnet transactions more competitive even on the sub-$ 250 range, the authors said.
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