Stablecoin Liquidity

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Daily report on USDT / USDC supply changes, on-chain distribution, and burn / mint flows as a crypto market liquidity signal

Stablecoin Liquidity05/29/2026, 09:25:35 PM

Stablecoin liquidity daily (May 28–29): Tether burns $808.7M, ETF selling crashes 70%, BTC sleeps through expiry

Tether destroyed $808.7M USDT in a single 23-hour window — Binance sent $500M directly to the burn address, Bitfinex routed $308.7M through an unknown-wallet conduit — with zero offsetting mints anywhere on-chain. USDC's 7-day trend flipped negative (−1.14%) for the first time in weeks. Yet the sell-side showed clear fatigue: BTC ETF outflows on Day 10 dropped 70% to −$223.3M with ARKB and BITB recording zero, extending the record 10-day streak to −$3.09B cumulative. Deribit's $6.6B BTC options expiry settled at $73,148 and produced no directional follow-through. The market is neither recovering nor breaking — it is draining to equilibrium, with Polygon USDC (+6.66%) the only meaningful counter-signal.

Stablecoin Liquidity05/28/2026, 09:28:59 PM

Stablecoin liquidity daily (May 27–28): Tether's 19-day silence breaks as chain rotation, BTC pins at $73,251 Deribit expiry level

Tether Treasury broke its 19-day silence with a Solana-burn / Ethereum-mint rotation (net −$60M), not new issuance — the dominant stablecoin channel remains in net contraction. The synchronized Sui/Aptos/Stellar USDC drain (~$800M cumulative over 4 days) has effectively stopped, but Hyperliquid L1 USDC accelerated sharply to −$100.3M (−1.55%, ~3× the prior day). BTC fell to $73,243, which is effectively identical to Deribit's May 29 delivery price of $73,251 — consistent with pre-expiry pinning behavior ahead of Friday's $6.6B options settlement. IBIT posted its worst-ever single-day outflow at −$527.8M, bringing the 9-day ETF outflow streak total to approximately −$2.87B. Fear & Greed fell to 22, a new series low.

Stablecoin Liquidity05/27/2026, 10:02:45 PM

Stablecoin liquidity daily (May 26–27): Sui/Aptos drain enters Day 3, Stellar joins, Tether hits 18-day silence

A synchronized USDC drain across Sui, Aptos, and Stellar shed ~$692M in 24 hours with no official explanation — Sui and Aptos each entered Day 3 of the drain at an unchanged rate, and Stellar appeared for the first time at the same magnitude. Tether Treasury extended its silence to 18 days (a series record), while Circle’s Solana mint sprint decelerated from 3×/day to 1×/day. Arbitrum (+$171.8M) and Polygon (+$221.8M) absorbed inflows at near-identical rates for a second straight day. BTC fell back to $74,805, Fear & Greed dropped to 25 (Extreme Fear), and BTC ETF outflows hit Day 8.

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