Binance Maintains Stablecoin Dominance Despite Market-Wide Liquidity Drop

• Binance holds nearly 59% of all stablecoin reserves among top 20 crypto exchanges.
• Monthly stablecoin inflows dropped sharply across major platforms in early 2025.
• Bitcoin exchange inflows surged during price dips and fell as BTC rebounded above $110K.

Binance continues to dominate the stablecoin market in 2025, accounting for nearly 59% of all reserves across major cryptocurrency exchanges. With over $31 billion in holdings, primarily in USDT and USDC, the exchange strongly outpaces its closest competitors in both reserve size and inflow activity. However, recent data shows a decline in stablecoin deposits across the market, indicating a shift in investor behavior and a possible slowdown in capital inflows.

According to the latest data from CryptoQuant, Binance leads with $31.45 billion in stablecoin reserves, representing 58.95% of the total pool held by the top 20 exchanges. The next largest reserve holder, OKX, trails at $8.21 billion, or 15.39%. Coinbase Advanced holds 9.99%, translating to $5.33 billion.

Other exchanges such as Bybit ($2.73 billion), MEXC ($2.14 billion), Kraken ($1.69 billion), and KuCoin ($1.07 billion) make up smaller portions of the overall reserves. These figures emphasize the concentration of stablecoin liquidity among a few centralized platforms, with Binance alone holding a majority share.

Declining Monthly Stablecoin Inflows

Binance continues to maintain a big reserve, but monthly inflows have dropped. Inflows to crypto reached a record high of more than $48 billion in Q4 2024, but by April 2025, had fallen back to less than $12 billion. During this time, coinbase also experienced a similar decrease in stablecoin transfers.

This data suggests investors may be more cautious about using stablecoins . From late 2022 up to early 2023, the amount of Coinbase deposits was almost the same, getting very close to Binance on several occasions. Binance took a bigger lead during 2024 as illegal trading activity increased.

Bitcoin Exchange Activity Mirrors Price Volatility

Data on Bitcoin inflows from January to May 2025 shows a pattern closely tied to price movements. As Bitcoin dropped from $100,000 in January to $75,000 in early April, exchange inflows spiked, indicating heightened selling activity. These surges were most evident during February and March.

Following the price bottom in early April, Bitcoin quickly rebounded above $110,000 by May. During this recovery, exchange inflows decreased quickly, with heatmaps showing reduced activity across platforms such as Binance, Coinbase, and Kraken. There is now less trading happening on exchanges which means Bitcoin owners are not selling as much.

Binance holds most of the reserves for stablecoins and Bitcoin in the market, showing a clear centralized structure. Problems at well-known platforms can spread to the whole market.