Crypto Ledger Lab welcomes Allium to support on-ledger data research. Crypto Ledger Lab at Bentley University announced Allium as a new partner, giving its researchers access to high-quality onchain data. 09 Jul 2026 Crypto Ledger Lab at Bentley University announced Allium as a new partner supporting its on-ledger data analytics research. What it means. The partnership gives the Lab's faculty and students access to Allium's high-quality onchain data for rigorous research on blockchain ecosystems, including DePIN, decentralized finance, and digital network dynamics. Allium's generous support provides the Lab with access to high-quality data.

Stablecoin transaction volume hits record $1.79T in June. Stablecoins are maturing and are positioned for even greater reach as the market evolves, said crypto researcher Nick Ruck. Adjusted stablecoin transaction volume hit a record $1.79 trillion in June, up 63% from May's $1.1 trillion, according to payments giant Visa. June's record stablecoin transaction volume surpassed the previous record of $1.78 trillion in February, and is up 125% from the prior-year period, according to Visa's Allium-powered stablecoin analytics dashboard. "June 2026 was another record month for stablecoin transaction volume, just ahead of February 2026," said Zach Pandl, head of research at Grayscale, on Sunday. The sharp increase in stablecoin transaction volume suggests growing real-world use in payments, decentralized finance and cross-border transfers as crypto infrastructure matures. It comes despite a broader crypto bear market, suggesting that stablecoins have become a driving force in the industry. USDC has the lion's share of volume. Despite Tether's USDt being the largest stablecoin by market cap, the majority of the transaction volume, around 67%, was Circle's USDC, with $1.21 trillion for the month. USDT accounted for around 32%, or $576 billion, according to Visa. PayPal's PYUSD is the third-largest in terms of transaction volume, with $2.42 billion in June. There was just under $1.8 trillion in adjusted stablecoin transaction volume in June. Source: Visa The most widely used network for stablecoin transactions in June was Coinbase's Ethereum layer-2 network Base with $565 billion, or 31.5% of the total, closely followed by Ethereum with $562 billion. Tron was the third-highest with $320 billion, or about 18% of the total. Visa collaborated with Artemis, Allium Labs and Castle Island Ventures to develop an adjusted transaction methodology that filters out "distracting metrics" such as high-frequency trading bots, exchange treasury rebalancing and repeated smart contract transactions to help better approximate organic stablecoin activity, the company said. Base and Ethereum dominated stablecoin volumes in June. Source: Visa Meanwhile, another player has entered the crowded stablecoin market as Open Standard announced Open USD (OUSD) on Tuesday, with support from more than 140 payments, banking, technology and crypto companies, including Visa and Mastercard. Trend to continue as stablecoins mature. Nick Ruck, director of LVRG Research, told Cointelegraph that the record volume demonstrates the resilience of these assets amid the broader crypto bear market. "This surge underscores the growing role of stablecoins as essential infrastructure for value transfer, liquidity provision, and decentralized finance activity that persists independently of speculative price movements," he said. Ruck predicted that the trend would continue with stablecoins "maturing into a foundational layer of the Web3 economy," and are positioned for even greater reach as the market evolves. Cointelegraph is committed to independent, transparent journalism. This news article is produced in accordance with Cointelegraph's Editorial Policy and aims to provide accurate and timely information. Readers are encouraged to verify information independently. More on the subject

Why Allium's $40m raise could reshape onchain finance. June 24, 2026 Allium, a blockchain data platform serving enterprises and financial institutions, has closed a $40m Series B funding round as global finance accelerates its shift onto blockchain infrastructure. The round was led by Amplify Partners, with Kleiner Perkins and Theory Ventures returning as existing investors. Amplify's David Beyer will also join Allium's board as part of the deal. The raise arrives at a moment of significant momentum for blockchain-based finance. Stablecoin circulation has reached $302bn, onchain payments volume hit $394bn in 2025, and tokenised financial instruments now account for $27.6bn. Despite this growth, institutions have lacked a reliable and standardised way to operate within these systems. Since its Series A, Allium has grown revenue more than tenfold and now counts more than 150 enterprise clients spanning financial institutions, FinTech companies, and government agencies. Among its notable partnerships, Visa worked with Allium's data to build its Onchain Analytics Dashboard, giving partners live visibility into onchain payment flows and wider ecosystem activity. BCG also relies on the platform to underpin stablecoin payments research and digital asset advisory services for institutional clients. Allium addresses a longstanding challenge in the blockchain sector: the fragmentation of data across chains, which has made it difficult for institutions to make sense of what is happening at scale. The platform standardises and enriches information across more than 150 blockchain networks, and its data has been cited by authoritative bodies including the Federal Reserve and Stanford. Its product suite includes Terminal, which delivers analytics through dashboards, APIs, and data warehouse integrations, enabling trading, compliance, and product workflows. Rather than limiting data to visualisation, the platform allows users to track where growth is occurring, monitor how stablecoins and tokenised assets are being deployed, and feed insights directly into broader organisational workflows. Looking ahead, Allium sees a further opportunity emerging from the rise of AI-driven and agentic systems conducting commerce onchain. As autonomous agents begin using stablecoins to make purchases and move funds across blockchain networks, the demand for robust, finance-grade data infrastructure is expected to intensify. Allium co-founder and CEO Ethan Chan said, "Every major financial workflow runs on a system of record. Whether it's Bloomberg for market data, DTCC for securities settlement, or SWIFT for payment messaging, these systems underpin how global finance operates. As finance moves onchain, there's still no shared, institutional-grade system of record, leaving institutions operating at scale without a reliable source of truth. We're building the foundation that brings institutional-grade reliability and standardization to onchain finance." Enjoying the stories? Investors. The following investor(s) were tagged in this article.