Stablecoins & Real-World Assets Defy Crypto Market Slump: Surge to Record Highs, Outpacing Bitcoin & Ethereum in 2025

• The stablecoin market cap reaches $224B, up 10% in 2025. 
• Real-World Assets (RWAs) surpass $17B, marking a 17% rise.  
• Tokenized private credit dominates the RWA sector with $11.9B in value.

While the crypto market is down 13%, stablecoins and real-world assets have reached record highs. 

The market value of stablecoins and RWAs is now $227 billion and $17 billion. This marks a surge of 10% and 17%, going through 2025.

Stablecoins were built to tame crypto volatility- now they are beating legacy financial networks. In 2024, stablecoin transactions hit a staggering $27.6 trillion, surpassing both Visa and Mastercard. This shows how important they are becoming in global payments, onchain liquidity, and decentralized finance (DeFi). 

Stablecoins & RWAs Defy Broader Crypto Downturn

Also, the stablecoin supply has jumped over 59%, passing $200 billion. It now makes up 1% of the U.S. dollar supply. But even though they are becoming more important, most stablecoins don’t offer any yield for holders. 

Related: Crypto Liquidity Surges as Stablecoin Supply Hits Record $217.8 Billion

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