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Whale preference for USDC over USDT reflects genuine demand for USDC's superior liquidity and utility in DeFi rather than platform availability bias

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Too little corroboration in the last 3 days to call a trend (1 article). Watching for it to gain traction.

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RELATED THEMES

Themes moving alongside this one — where the same story is bleeding across assets, and where it's contested.

≈ RELATED Whale ETH Accumulation Near $1,700 BULLISH ETH ⇄ CROSS-ASSET Whale Distribution Fuels Institutional Liquidity BULLISH BTC ⇄ CROSS-ASSET Large whale transfers into exchanges are often interpreted as sell-side preparation, potentially adding pressure to BTC while spot ETF flows remain mixed. BEARISH BTC ⇄ CROSS-ASSET SOL Recovery Capped Below ATH BEARISH SOL ≈ RELATED Ethereum corporate treasury accumulation by companies is insufficient to overcome whale distribution and weak institutional flows, keeping prices suppressed BEARISH ETH ⇄ CROSS-ASSET Chainlink's real utility and oracle adoption across major DeFi protocols have not translated into price appreciation, indicating that infrastructure strength alone does not guarantee favorable entry valuations. NEUTRAL SOL
SOURCE EVIDENCE

"USDC is also commonly used as a dollar-denominated asset throughout DeFi, which is seeing significant growth, resulting in the higher volume relative to USDT."

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