Bitcoin Took Top Spot In 2025 Crypto Payments, Litecoin Third-Most Used: CoinGate
In its 2025 report, payment processor CoinGate announced Bitcoin reclaimed its position as the most used cryptocurrency for payments on its platform, accounting for 22.10% of all transactions. This dethroned the previous leader, Tether (USDT), which held a 16.60% share. Litecoin secured the third spot with 14.40% of payments, attributed to its fast and cheap transactions. Ethereum and Tron both saw growth in their payment shares.
The Bitcoin blockchain, including Lightning Network, was the most used network. The United States was the leading country for transactions. Notably, more merchants chose to settle payments in crypto, with stablecoins being the preferred method. Despite its payment dominance, Bitcoin's price was down over 9% at the time of writing, trading around $88,300.
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