Coinbase report: stablecoins move $400M per hour, 73% outside US bank hours
- —Stablecoin transfer volume hit $891B in Q3 2026, excluding bots
- —73% of transfers occur outside US bank opening hours
- —Cross-border USDC payments on Base save up to 86% in fees
- —Seven of the ten largest US banks are testing stablecoins or tokenized deposits
Why it matters: Rising volumes and bank integration cement stablecoins as payment infrastructure that operates outside traditional banking hours.
Source: BTC-ECHO
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