Crypto as a payment method continues to thrive in 2025 – Bitcoin back on top, USDC explodes, merchants holding more crypto

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Crypto as a payment method continues to thrive in 2025 – Bitcoin back on top, USDC explodes, merchants holding more crypto

Crypto as a payment method continues to thrive in 2025 - Bitcoin back on top, USDC explodes, merchants holding more crypto

As a leading crypto payment processor, we wanted to share fresh insights from our H1 2025 data on how people and businesses use crypto for real-world payments:

  1. Bitcoin reclaimed the top spot as the most-used payment crypto, overtaking USDT in Q2. For the full half-year, USDT still led with 24.8% of all transactions, while BTC was close behind at 23.3%. Litecoin continued its climb to 13.6% (up from 13.1% in 2024) and even became the #2 crypto for payments in June!
  2. Bitcoin’s blockchain regained the lead, accounting for 23.3% of payment volume. TRON dropped to 21.6% after new MiCA regulations impacted USDT usage. Litecoin and Ethereum both held steady around 13.5%, with Binance Smart Chain at 12%, still favored for cost-effective moves.
  3. USDC usage exploded, growing by 337% versus 2024. MiCA regulatory clarity plus multi-chain support fueled this, with USDC payments spreading across Ethereum, BSC, Solana, Polygon, Base, and Arbitrum.
  4. Merchants are holding more crypto. In 2024, only 27% of merchants settled in crypto rather than fiat. In H1 2025, this jumped to 40.9%, indicating growing comfort treating crypto as a treasury asset.

Read the full report: https://coingate.com/blog/post/h1-2025-crypto-payments-report

What do you think about these trends?

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