Stablecoins: Coinbase Reveals a Staggering $400M in Hourly Transfers

Stablecoins mainly move when US banks are closed. A study by Coinbase and The Block Pro Research shows that 73% of the analyzed volume circulated outside US banking hours over the twelve months ending July 31. In Q3 2026, adjusted transfers reached $891 billion, or over $400 million per hour on average. The report has a pretty explicit name: The Always-On Dollar . The idea is simple. Blockchains neither close at night, on weekends, nor on holidays. This availability is already starting to appear in daily payments using stablecoins .