Stablecoins took over crypto in 2025: Here’s what the data says about 2026 (feat. Chainalysis)

About this episode

The episode discusses the dominance of stablecoins in the crypto industry in 2025 and their implications for 2026.

2025 marked a turning point for crypto not in price cycles or hype, but in how the industry is actually used, regulated and understood. In this episode of Byte-Sized Insight, we’re joined by Matthias Bauer-Langgartner, Head of Policy for Europe at Chainalysis, to break down what really happened in crypto in 2025, using data, not headlines. We dig into how 2025 became the year of the stablecoin, how stablecoins now dominate on-chain activity and crypto crime, why illicit crypto flows surged ...

People in this episode

Host: Сointelegraph

Guest: Matthias Bauer-Langgartner

Topics covered

• stablecoins
• crypto regulation
• on-chain activity
• crypto crime
• illicit flows
• data analysis

Keywords

• stablecoins
• crypto
• Chainalysis
• 2025
• 2026
• data
• crypto crime

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chainalysis

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