Stablecoin outflows from centralized exchanges have slowed sharply at the same time as CryptoQuant’s indicators proceed to flag weak market circumstances, an indication that investor capital is consolidating moderately than leaving the sector, the market information supplier mentioned.
Flows on centralized exchanges (CEXs) have stabilized, with outflows totaling simply $2 billion over the previous month, CryptoQuant mentioned in an announcement to Cointelegraph on Tuesday.
In contrast, late 2025 noticed $8.4 billion in outflows at first of the bear market, highlighting the moderation in redemptions, CryptoQuant’s advertising head Nick Pitto instructed Cointelegraph.
“Capital isn’t speeding out of crypto proper now; it’s consolidating, significantly on Binance,” Pitto mentioned, including that the development would flip bullish solely when reserves start rising or are deployed into danger property.
Binance holds 65% of CEX stablecoin reserves in $USDT and $USDC
In accordance with CryptoQuant’s information, Binance stays the first hub for stablecoin liquidity, holding $47.5 billion in Tether’s USDt ($USDT) and Circle’s $USDC ($USDC), the 2 largest stablecoins by market capitalization.
The determine accounts for 65% of complete $USDT and $USDC held throughout CEXs, and is up 31% from $35.9 billion a 12 months in the past.
Supply: CryptoQuant
Main exchanges akin to OKX, Coinbase and Bybit lag Binance in stablecoin reserves, with OKX rating better of the remainder at 13% and $9.5 billion.
Coinbase and Bybit account for 8% and 6%, respectively, with reserves of $5.9 billion and $4 billion.
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With Binance dominating stablecoin liquidity at the same time as bear market outflows gradual, CryptoQuant concluded: “Capital isn’t leaving crypto, it’s concentrating.”
Binance’s stablecoin liquidity is principally pushed by $USDT
Binance’s stablecoin reserves are overwhelmingly pushed by $USDT, with the alternate holding $42.3 billion within the stablecoin, in comparison with $5.2 billion in $USDC.
The alternate has elevated its $USDT liquidity by 36% year-on-year, whereas $USDC reserves have primarily remained unchanged.
Binance $USDT and $USDC reserves since January 2020. Supply: CryptoQuant
Regardless of the slowdown in stablecoin outflows, which suggests potential market consolidation, CryptoQuant warned that Bitcoin (BTC) should still decline additional earlier than reaching its backside.
CryptoQuant’s analysts final week reiterated that Bitcoin’s realized value assist stays close to $55,000 and has not but been examined.
“Bitcoin’s final bear market backside is round $55,000 in the present day,” CryptoQuant mentioned.
At publishing time, Bitcoin was buying and selling at $68,206, down about 1.3% over the previous 24 hours, in accordance with CoinGecko information.
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