Stablecoin Volume Hits $28 Trillion in 2025, Yet Founders Remain Concentrated in U.S. and Europe

According to Verda Ventures General Partner Alex Witt, stablecoin transaction volume topped $28 trillion in 2025, surpassing Visa and Mastercard combined, yet the vast majority of founders and venture capital remain concentrated in the U.S. and Europe. The real demand, however, is in emerging markets: Nigeria has over 26 million crypto users with 59% holding USDT, Argentina's stablecoin purchases account for over half of all exchange trades, and Brazil registered $318.8 billion in crypto inflows through mid-2025, with over 90% flowing through stablecoins. Witt argues that venture funds backing founders in Lagos, São Paulo, and Manila now will generate the largest stablecoin returns of the next decade, as emerging markets view stablecoins as financial infrastructure for accessing dollar value outside failing banks and collapsing currencies, fundamentally different from the Western narrative focused on institutional settlement.
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