Fed cuts interest rates for the first time since 2020, greatly affecting the revenue of the top 5 stablecoins, holding nearly $125 billion in US bonds.

- According to CCData, 80.2% of stablecoin reserves are bonds. Each 50 bps cut, stablecoins lose about $625 million in interest income.

- Forecasted 75 bps cut by the end of 2024, including 50 bps in November and 25 bps in December, total loss of $1.5625 billion.

Tether (USDT) leads with $93.2 billion in bonds, $5.2 billion in profit in the first half of 2024. Circle (USDC) follows with $28.7 billion. FDUSD, PYUSD, TUSD hold smaller positions.

- Stablecoin market capitalization increased by 1.50% to $172 billion in September, but is still below pre-Terra Luna event levels.

- Trading volume fell 39.4% to $683 billion on September 23. September is typically the month that ends the seasonal effect and begins to increase trading activity.

USDT accounted for 77.2% of trading volume, FDUSD 11.6%, USDC 10.9%.

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