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In Yearly Volume, the USDT Drops More than $500 Billion.

The true trading volume of Tether (USDT) increased somewhat in March, but has fallen by more than $500 billion since 2021.

Conclusion

  • There was more real trading volume for Tether (USDT) in March than there was in February.
  • As of March, USDT's real trading volume reached $499 billion.
  • The stablecoin's fall can be blamed on a drop in transaction accounts since 2021.

Stablecoins are now more susceptible than they've ever been in March, which was a terrible month for the crypto world. Be[In]Crypto reports that stablecoins are still trading below their highs from last year.

Market capitalization has increased by at least 1 percent since February of this year as USDT continues to be the top stablecoin. As of the beginning of March, the stablecoin had a market cap of approximately $443 billion.

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Source: Messari
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USDT Volume

The real volume of USDT fell to a year-old low.

Some people might not use the token as much in the future because it competes with other currencies like BUSD, USDC, and TUSD.

According to research from Be[In]Crypto, the real value of the USDT dropped by 50% last month, to around $1 trillion.

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Source: Messari

Investors became more interested in digital assets in the first two weeks of May 2021, which led to new price records for some coins. The last two weeks of the month also saw a bearish engulfing, which led to a drop in the price of tokens. This left the real value of the USDT at $1.84 trillion, or $1.84 trillion in real money.

In bad markets, the demand for stablecoins rises because many traders use these coins to avoid huge percentage losses. Last month, the real volume of the USDT was down 72% from May of last year, when it was at its peak.

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Source: Messari

There's been a drop in sales.

One of the main reasons why Tether's real trading volume has dropped is that there have been less transactions.

It looked like there were about 20 million and 28 million transactions in March and May 2021. In contrast, 4,266 and 4,806 transactions took place in February and March of 2022, respectively.

It was the end of March, and the total number of transactions was 99.976% less than the total number of transactions for March 2021.

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Source: Messari

Volume in the USDT/BTC exchange rate was down in March, which is why

Last month, the yearly real volume drop was shown in the USDT/BTC trading volume, which was around $45 million, compared to $50 million in March 2021.

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Source: Yahoo Finance

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USDT is still the most popular and used stablecoin for traders and investors, even though it hasn't been as popular as it was in 2021.

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