Concentration is visible. The chain reaction is not.

See where large amounts of crypto sit, how recorded losses happened and which missing links stop us from claiming that one failure would spread.

83.9% of tracked stablecoin stock sits on three networks. Restaking is the most leader-heavy of the four infrastructure groups, but shared operators, keys, custodians and price sources are not yet joined to those numbers.

Stablecoin stock on networks$305.2bn
Most leader-heavy groupRestaking

Where the stablecoins sit

This is stock sitting on a network. It is not payment volume, trading activity or money at a reserve bank.

48.0%

of tracked stablecoin stock sits on Ethereum. Remove it and the other networks still hold 52.0%.

Ethereum
48.0%
Tron
30.8%
Solana
5.1%
BSC
4.5%
Hyperliquid L1
2.4%
Base
1.6%
Arbitrum
1.2%
Polygon
1.0%

The useful warning: trouble on Ethereum could touch a large share of stablecoins. The figure does not tell us how likely trouble is or whether one company connects every affected service.

Where one system is large inside its own group

Each line starts again at 100%. The totals must not be added because categories can overlap and answer different questions.

General bridges

WBTC is 17.4%. Remove it and 82.6% remains.

The group does not depend on one leader for a majority. 146 of 170 records had a usable reported value.
$53.9bnreported value in this grouptop three 46.4%

Canonical bridges

Arbitrum Bridge is 32.3%. Remove it and 67.7% remains.

The group does not depend on one leader for a majority. 77 of 88 records had a usable reported value.
$10.4bnreported value in this grouptop three 67.4%

Liquid staking

Lido is 45.7%. Remove it and 54.3% remains.

The group does not depend on one leader for a majority. 256 of 294 records had a usable reported value.
$55.0bnreported value in this grouptop three 72.1%

Restaking

EigenCloud is 65.2%. Remove it and 34.8% remains.

The leader holds more than half. 13 of 14 records had a usable reported value.
$10.4bnreported value in this grouptop three 99.6%
largest system next two rest of the group

EigenCloud accounts for 65.2% of reported value in Restaking. That is the strongest concentration warning here. It is not a loss forecast.

A few failure types caused most known loss

The last year contains 311 incident records. A loss amount is known for 303 of them.

$2.10bn

known recorded loss in the one-year sample. The three largest failure types account for 70.2% of it.

8 records have no loss amount. They remain unknown, not zero. Returned-funds data appears on only 5 records, so this page does not show a recovery rate.

Bridge or cross-chain failure

30 records, 9.6% of the sample
$697.3mn33.2% of known loss

Balance or share maths failed

53 records, 17.0% of the sample
$389.3mn18.5% of known loss

Permission taken or misused

60 records, 19.3% of the sample
$387.9mn18.5% of known loss

Private key stolen

32 records, 10.3% of the sample
$343.2mn16.3% of known loss

Bad or manipulated price

45 records, 14.5% of the sample
$78.1mn3.7% of known loss

Website or infrastructure attack

14 records, 4.5% of the sample
$63.8mn3.0% of known loss

Those three failure types were 143 of 311 records, or 46.0% of incidents, but 70.2% of known loss. The money was more concentrated than the event count.

If one part fails, what might stop?

Choose the failed part. The page separates what is visible, what may be affected, the first move and the dependency link we still lack.

Stablecoin network

What we can see

83.9% of tracked stock sits on the top three networks.

What may stop

Transfers and apps on the affected network may slow or stop.

First move

Queue instructions. Check which transfers are final before using another network.

The open end matters. No line on this page proves that one failure will spread through another company or system. That claim needs sourced ownership, operator, key, custodian and price-source links.

What should an operator do first?

Concentration tells you where to look. These checks turn the warning into an operating answer.

Find the person who can stop and restore each critical system.

Names beat org charts during an incident. One owner should be able to pause the system, explain what is final and prove the restart is safe.

Set a limit for one-system dependence.

Decide how much value may sit with one network, bridge, key holder or price source before a crisis chooses the limit for you.

Test the stop and match the balances.

A pause should protect money without trapping every withdrawal. The main route and the backup must be reconciled before instructions move twice.

Does reported value equal the amount that could be lost?

No. It is a screening measure. Some value may be recoverable, counted elsewhere or exposed through more than one route.

Can bridge, liquid-staking and restaking totals be added?

No. They cover different jobs and may overlap. This page compares concentration inside each group and keeps the totals separate.

Does stablecoin stock show issuer or custodian risk?

No. It shows which network holds the tokens. Reserve banks, custodians and redemption arrangements need a separate sourced map.

Is the largest system automatically unsafe?

No. A larger share means disruption could matter more. It says nothing by itself about the chance of disruption.

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