Over 70% of stablecoin transactions in Q3 linked to bots, report finds

Despite bot dominance, transfers under $250 hit record highs in Q3, putting 2025 on track to become the most active year ever for retail usage of stablecoins.

Stablecoin transfers surged to a record $15.6 trillion in the third quarter of 2025, with much of the activity linked to automated trading bots, according to new research from crypto exchange CEX.io.

On Wednesday, CEX.io’s market research analyst Illya Otychenko dubbed the third quarter of 2025 the “most active period” for stablecoins. During the quarter, the value of stablecoin transfers reached $15.6 trillion, its strongest quarter yet. 

Otychenko told Cointelegraph that their calculations, using data from Visa/Allium and Artemis, showed that bot-driven transfers made up roughly 71% of the total Q3 stablecoin transfer volume.

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