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Allium says blockchain data delivery has returned across Snowflake, Databricks and BigQuery after a security incident, but historical backfills and validation remain incomplete for some networks. Users must check their warehouse, chain and affected time window, while replacing credentials and observing access restrictions.
Tether’s USDT balances fell by $4.6 billion across 19 selected crypto exchanges and lenders in the third quarter, while USDC and RLUSD gained through rewards and revenue-sharing deals. Tether nevertheless retained 84% of stablecoin payment volume, according to reports cited by CryptoSlate.
Stablecoin payments climbed 45% to $482 billion through September 2026, despite almost flat supply. Mastercard, Stripe and Visa are integrating stablecoins into accounts, cards and cross-border payment services, while Allium says usage remains a small share of traditional payments.
Bloomberg has launched an Allium-powered stablecoin dashboard for Terminal users, offering hourly data on supply, issuance, transfers and blockchain activity. The tool covers stablecoins representing more than 98% of the market as total capitalization rises above $306 billion.
Crypto projects spent about $638 million on token buybacks through late August 2026, surpassing the $545 million recorded during the same period in 2025. Hyperliquid and Pump.fun together accounted for nearly 90% of the total.
