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USDT market cap falls nearly $4 billion amid accelerating redemptions
Stablecoin redemptions have reached historic velocity, with USDT market cap contracting by approximately $4 billion over two months as Bitcoin struggles to maintain recent price levels.
USDT supply has entered one of its sharpest contraction phases on record, according to analysis by crypto researcher MorenoDV_. The 60-day change has dropped roughly $4 billion, placing the metric near its most negative historical readings. The pace of decline has accelerated in recent sessions, with nearly $870 million in USDT leaving circulation over an 11-day period, indicating the contraction reflects current redemption demand rather than legacy effects from earlier withdrawals.
Stablecoin supply serves as a proxy for available market liquidity in crypto. When USDT contracts at this scale, the pool of capital available for spot purchases narrows considerably. While USDT flows and Bitcoin price movements tend to correlate during risk-off conditions, the relationship does not establish causation. Redemptions frequently accelerate alongside spot selling rather than preceding price declines.
Historically, periods of sustained USDT expansion have aligned with stronger Bitcoin price trends, while prolonged contractions have accompanied weaker demand and deeper corrections across market cycles. Past instances of steep USDT contraction have often marked points closer to selling exhaustion than to further declines, though whether this cycle follows that pattern remains uncertain.
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