Data: PayPal stablecoin PYUSD market capitalization fell to $618 million, down 40% from the peak in August

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, PayPal's stablecoin PYUSD has been losing market share since it reached a market cap of over $1 billion at the end of August (when it was the fourth largest stablecoin). The current market cap of the token is $618 million, a decline of 40% over the past month and a half. The Solana-based PYUSD now has a market cap of approximately $267 million, down from the over $600 million peak it reached in August. Meanwhile, over $350 million worth of PYUSD tokens are circulating on Ethereum.

The growth of this stablecoin has largely been attributed to PayPal's partnership with the Solana lending market Kamino Finance, which agreed to pay high yields subsidized by the payments giant to PYUSD holders. In recent weeks, the yield on PYUSD deposits on the lending protocol Kamino has dropped from around 17% to below 7%. The Solana-based protocols Drift and Marginfi, which also offered double-digit annualized rewards to PYUSD holders, have also been impacted. However, this trend may reverse. On Tuesday, Kamino added PYUSD to its "meme coin market," allowing users to borrow against positions in meme coins like WIF, POPCAT, and BONK. This arrangement will provide an additional $10,000 in PYUSD rewards to depositors each week. In contrast, lenders of PYUSD on the Ethereum-based decentralized exchange Aave are currently earning about 4.3%.

During a similar six-week period, the market caps of the two major stablecoins USDT and USDC have remained relatively stable. Since August 31, Tether's stablecoin market cap has increased by $1 billion, while Circle's token market cap first increased by $2 billion and then decreased by $2 billion.