Stablecoins quietly leaving the room.
By Maxime Laurent · 2026-01-27 07:32
Stablecoins quietly leaving the room.
Ethereum stablecoin market cap just slipped from $162B to $155B in a single week — the first real contraction of this cycle. Analysts see it as liquidity quietly walking out.
When stablecoins shrink, it usually means people aren’t rotating into $BTC or $ETH — they’re cashing out to fiat and stepping aside. Less dry powder, less fuel. Pas top.
I’ve been around long enough to know this kind of move never happens in isolation. Stablecoins are the blood flow of crypto. When they leave the system, everything feels colder, slower, more fragile. You start noticing thinner order books, weaker bounces, rallies that die before sunset 🌅
CryptoQuant points to 2021 — same pattern, same vibe, right before the market rolled over into a proper bear phase. Of course, history doesn’t repeat perfectly, but it often rhymes… and right now, the rhyme sounds familiar.
This doesn’t mean panic. It means awareness. If liquidity keeps leaking, risk assets suffer. That’s when patience becomes a strategy, not a weakness. I’m watching flows, not headlines — and keeping my espresso close ☕️
#crypto #stablecoins #liquidity #Ethereum #marketcycles #CryptoFriture
Ethereum stablecoin market cap just slipped from $162B to $155B in a single week — the first real contraction of this cycle. Analysts see it as liquidity quietly walking out.
When stablecoins shrink, it usually means people aren’t rotating into $BTC or $ETH — they’re cashing out to fiat and stepping aside. Less dry powder, less fuel. Pas top.
I’ve been around long enough to know this kind of move never happens in isolation. Stablecoins are the blood flow of crypto. When they leave the system, everything feels colder, slower, more fragile. You start noticing thinner order books, weaker bounces, rallies that die before sunset 🌅
CryptoQuant points to 2021 — same pattern, same vibe, right before the market rolled over into a proper bear phase. Of course, history doesn’t repeat perfectly, but it often rhymes… and right now, the rhyme sounds familiar.
This doesn’t mean panic. It means awareness. If liquidity keeps leaking, risk assets suffer. That’s when patience becomes a strategy, not a weakness. I’m watching flows, not headlines — and keeping my espresso close ☕️
#crypto #stablecoins #liquidity #Ethereum #marketcycles #CryptoFriture
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