USDT0 transfers surge 438% as Polygon and Arbitrum dominate stablecoin flows
Arbitrum (ARB)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
cryptobriefing.com reports that Ethereum Layer-2 networks now handle nearly 80% of all USDT0 transfers as activity migrates from expensive mainnet transactions. Tether’s omnichain protocol saw monthly transfer counts climb 438.2% over three years, with Polygon and Arbitrum One accounting for a combined 78.8% of all volume. Polygon processed 452 million stablecoin transactions and 1.4 billion transfers in 2025, representing year-over-year growth of 140% and 227% respectively.
Its stablecoin supply reached $2.83B, establishing it as a highly liquid environment for dollar-denominated tokens. Arbitrum’s daily stablecoin transfers rose from roughly 80,000 in early 2023 to over 2 million by late 2025, a 25x increase in under three years. Daily transaction volumes on Arbitrum now exceed $5B, driven by low costs compared to Ethereum mainnet’s congested periods.
USDT0 crossed $100B in cumulative cross-chain transfer volume within 525 days of its early 2025 launch, attracting approximately 6.5 million active wallets. The protocol leverages LayerZero’s infrastructure to enable seamless native transfers across supported chains without manual bridging. Traditional finance integrations from Revolut and Stripe on Polygon further funnel real-world payment demand onto the network. Newer networks like Base, Optimism, and zero-knowledge rollups are competing for these stablecoin flows.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for ARB, measured when this story was written up on 3 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
ARB trades at $0.1241 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 54.5% and a 4-hour buy ratio of 54.5%, indicating sustained short-term buying pressure. This contrasts with the 24-hour buy ratio of 49.8%, suggesting that recent buying intensity has outpaced the daily average. Volume delta shows positive inflows of +$180,463 over 1 hour and +$1,128,700 over 4 hours, while the 24-hour delta is -$130,985. The CVD at 24-hour close stands at +$2,073,648, with net buying occurring in 16 of the last 24 hours. Spot volume over 24 hours reached $38,728,868 across 259,534 trades. The higher short-term buy ratios and positive volume deltas suggest building buying pressure relative to the broader daily trend.
The latest daily buy ratio of 46.5% sits at the 8th percentile of the last 281 days, against a median of 49.6% - among the weakest buying days it has had.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for ARB, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the 7-day average buy ratio was 49.7%, with the latest day showing a marginal increase of +0.1 points. Volume was 2.82x the average, indicating an unusual spike in trading activity compared to normal daily levels. The price increased by 33.7% over 8 days, though the 8-day volume delta was -$180,549. Net buying occurred on 3 of the 7 days, highlighting intermittent rather than consistent accumulation. This day’s volume significantly exceeds the weekly average, marking it as an unusually active trading day for ARB.