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Unique monthly senders of non-USD stablecoins on the Solana network nearly tripled on a year-over-year basis as of April 1, 2026, according to Dune Analytics data, signaling growing international adoption for the blockchain beyond dollar-denominated activity.
"It's pretty delusional to think I'm going to build a new bank in emerging markets but I'm not going to quote everything into the local currency," Gianluca Minoprio, head of growth at payments infrastructure firm Daimo, said in a recent interview regarding the need for local-currency on-ramps.
The growth on Solana is led by Circle’s euro-pegged EURC and Transfero’s Brazilian real-pegged BRZ. It mirrors a global trend where the total supply of non-dollar stablecoins has reached $1.2 billion, with monthly transfer volumes hitting $10 billion, according to a March 2026 Dune report commissioned by Visa. The number of unique non-USD stablecoin holders across all tracked chains expanded from 40,000 to 1.2 million in three years.
This expansion suggests a growing use case for blockchains as settlement infrastructure for regional economies, a shift from the dollar-centric speculative trading that has defined much of the industry. For Solana, attracting this payment-related activity could lead to higher network transaction fees and greater demand for its native SOL token for gas.
A stablecoin is a type of cryptocurrency whose value is pegged to another asset, typically a fiat currency like the U.S. dollar, to maintain a stable price. The growth in non-dollar versions is being driven by two distinct forces: regulation and local payment demand.
In Europe, the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, which took effect in June 2024, inadvertently fueled euro-pegged stablecoin growth. After Tether pulled its EURT stablecoin and major exchanges delisted USDT for EU customers, alternatives saw rapid adoption. Circle's EURC, a primary driver of the recent activity on Solana, saw its volume grow 1,139 percent in the year following MiCA, according to a December 2025 report. It now accounts for more than 90 percent of all non-USD transfer volume.
In regions like Latin America and Asia, the demand is for payment rails that match local economies. Brazil’s real-pegged BRLA stablecoin, which is a separate token from the BRZ seeing growth on Solana, saw its transfer volume increase eightfold in a single year by bridging the country's PIX instant payment system with blockchain settlement. This highlights a broader demand for using local currencies in the on-chain world, a niche that Solana's high-speed, low-cost architecture is well-positioned to fill, attracting projects that focus on non-US markets.
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice.
