Stablecoin payments climb 45% to $482B as Visa, Mastercard and Stripe bridge crypto and cash

Allium data shows stablecoin supply barely moved in 2026 while payment activity surged, with card networks building the rails Stablecoins spent 2026 getting busier, not bigger. Payment volume hit $482 billion from January through September, up 45% year over year, according to Allium’s latest report. Total supply barely moved. It rose just 0.4% to $305 billion as of September 30, 2026. Allium’s report, titled “State of Stablecoins and Payments, Q3 2026,” maps where that activity went. September set a monthly record at $72 billion in stablecoin payments. The third quarter as a whole grew 51% from the same period a year earlier. Transaction counts outpaced dollar growth. Payments jumped 71% to 1.04 billion transactions over the first nine months of the year. Allium’s data points in that direction.

BeCrypto News shows a short excerpt and links to the publisher. The full report belongs to Crypto Briefing.