Top-5 Payment Chains by Volume (2025)

1/ @trondao
Tron leads all blockchains in payment volume. In 2025, this figure reached $68.2B.
One of the standout examples of Tron chain’s use in payments is @RedotPay, which reached $185M per month in card payment volume and has a total card volume on @trondao of $2.7B. Payment projects such as @oobit, @COINPAYMENTSNET, @spritzfinance, and others also actively use this chain.
YoY - 493%
2/ @ethereumfndn
@ethereum came in second, reaching $41.1B in 2025. Ethereum remains a leader in nearly all payment sectors. @raincards is actively used for card payments, reaching a transfer volume of $200M on Ethereum in 2025. Ethereum is also actively used by companies such as @PayPal, @Mastercard, @stripe, @Visa, and others.
YoY - 625%
3/ @BNBCHAIN
The BNB Chain strives to keep pace with its competitors by helping projects build payment solutions specifically on the BNB Chain. In 2025, the chain processed $18.6B in payment volume, ranking third. It is actively used by the aforementioned @RedotPay. According to my analytics, BNB Chain is the leader in terms of the number of payment transactions on this chain.
YoY - 648%
4/ @0xPolygon
Polygon ranked fourth with a total volume of $9B in 2025. Although this chain is in fourth place, it leads all other chains in terms of the number of projects built on it. Notable projects include @blindpay with a volume of $500M, @rio_latam with $737M, @monerium with €192M, and many others.
The full list of projects and their metrics can be viewed on the analytics dashboard -
YoY - 375%
5/ @solana
Solana has the highest year-over-year growth rate among all blockchains - 755% - and a projected total volume of $6.5B for 2025. Solana has made a global push into payments by launching projects such as @solanapayments and @solanapay.
The chain is actively used by a large number of payment projects, such as @moonpay, @MoonPayCommerce, @AviciMoney, @ModernTreasury, @FireblocksHQ, and others.
YoY - 755%
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