Solana’s stablecoin mix is shifting quickly, with on-chain data showing non-USDC and non-USDT tokens up by more than 10x since January 2025. The strategic takeaway is diversification, as Solana’s payments layer is no longer a single-issuer dependency story. At publication, Solana stablecoin market cap was $14.227 billion, up 3.47% over the past seven days. USDC still dominates the overall stablecoin market at 57.43%, followed by USDT at about 17.74%, while the rest is increasingly supplied by alternative tokens that are expanding Solana’s rails. It also reduces concentration risk and signals rising issuer confidence in the ecosystem.
BREAKING: Non-USDC/USDT stablecoin supply on @solana is up by ~10x since Jan 2025. pic.twitter.com/yKJrdzUQqQ
— Token Terminal 📊 (@tokenterminal) February 9, 2026
Stablecoin diversification reshapes Solana’s settlement layer
Token share data illustrates how fast alternatives moved from the margins into the core of Solana liquidity. Non-USDC and non-USDT stablecoins have risen from roughly 3% a year ago to about 25% of Solana’s total stablecoin supply. Within that set, USD1 represents around 6.77%, with USDG and PYUSD at 5.92% and 5.84%. The base is also growing, with Solana stablecoin supply up more than 75% since January 2025, a move attributed to DeFi demand and faster, cheaper transactions. Earlier data cited a December peak of $16.2 billion, underscoring how quickly supply can reprice materially.
Diversification is not only about more issuers, it is also about more currencies and more app-native money. Solana is increasingly behaving like a multi-currency settlement layer as non-dollar stablecoins and in-app units proliferate. The network hosts deployments such as the Swiss franc VCHF and the euro EURC, alongside dollar tokens. On the application side, Phantom launched CASH and Jupiter launched jupUSD, a signal that major products see stablecoins as a built-in capability, not just an external plug-in. A year ago, a Circle issue could have threatened the network, but a broader issuer set improves resilience.
Macro institutions are watching stablecoin momentum through both innovation and risk-management lenses. The IMF warned that stablecoin growth is fueled by links to mainstream finance and could disrupt capital flows and accelerate currency substitution. It said stablecoins are primarily used to trade native crypto assets that are later settled in traditional currencies, while also enabling faster and cheaper cross-border payments and remittances. The fund noted stablecoins are about 7% of the overall crypto market, and that USDC and USDT tripled since 2023, reaching a combined $260 billion in 2024 with $23 trillion in trading volume.
