Ted Hisokawa
Jan 23, 2026 17:49
Fireblocks reveals 300% YoY stablecoin growth, hitting $200B monthly volume as remittance giants MoneyGram and WorldRemit adopt blockchain rails.
Fireblocks processed $6 trillion in stablecoin transaction volume throughout 2025, representing a 300% year-over-year increase that signals institutional adoption has moved well beyond the experimental phase. The digital asset infrastructure provider now handles over $200 billion in stablecoin transactions monthly, according to a company retrospective published by co-founder Idan Ofrat.
The numbers tell a story of traditional finance warming to blockchain rails. MoneyGram, Zepz (parent company of WorldRemit and Sendwave), and Euronet’s Ria Money Transfer all went live on Fireblocks infrastructure during 2025. These aren’t crypto-native startups—they’re established remittance players collectively processing billions in cross-border payments annually.
Why Remittance Giants Are Making the Switch
The appeal for payment companies comes down to treasury efficiency. Rather than maintaining prefunded accounts across dozens of corridors, remittance providers can establish digital asset wallets and integrate with on/off ramp networks to manage liquidity in real-time. Stablecoins effectively become programmable working capital.
Crypto card issuers Kast and Rain are processing millions of transactions monthly using smart contracts for automated settlement. The use case has evolved from “faster payments” to complete treasury reimagination.
This shift creates new infrastructure demands. Cross-border stablecoin flows require policy enforcement in milliseconds, transaction monitoring across multiple chains and jurisdictions simultaneously, and 24/7 uptime that legacy banking rails don’t require.
Scaling Challenges Exposed
Fireblocks claims its platform now processes transactions 5x faster than previous benchmarks through architectural improvements including Solana throughput optimization, batching tools for operations like wallet sweeping, and faster signing algorithms. The company says it achieved 100 transactions per second capacity.
The Solana network stress-tested this infrastructure twice in 2025—first during a February transaction surge, then during October’s liquidation cascade. Both events served as public proof points for enterprise-grade blockchain operations under maximum load.
Embedded Wallets and the UX Problem
Fireblocks acquired embedded wallet provider Dynamic in October, betting that consumer-facing crypto applications need to feel like Venmo rather than MetaMask. The acquisition targets a specific friction point: blockchain complexity kills mainstream adoption.
Kraken’s Inky trading interface and Magic Eden’s cross-chain marketplace already use Dynamic-powered embedded accounts. Features like social login onboarding and gas sponsorship remove barriers that have historically limited crypto to technical users.
The company also launched an AI Suite that lets operations teams query infrastructure conversationally—investigating failed transactions or configuring workflows without specialized knowledge. With 50+ design partners testing the tool, the early pattern shows AI functioning as institutional knowledge distribution rather than replacement.
What Comes Next
Swift announced plans in January 2026 for a blockchain-based shared ledger following its digital asset trial, suggesting traditional finance infrastructure is preparing for hybrid on-chain/off-chain operations. The composable infrastructure market is projected to grow 24.9% annually through 2032.
For Fireblocks, the 23 product launches in 2025—including security posture management, a payments network, and a trust company—position the platform as full-stack infrastructure rather than a point solution. The question for 2026 is whether $6 trillion becomes the baseline or the peak.
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Source: https://blockchain.news/news/fireblocks-6-trillion-stablecoin-volume-2025-infrastructure
