Oct 1, 2025
September payment statistics time! 🥳
A decisive month with a clear leader, a strong Bitcoin rebound, and a tightening second place.
Let's dive in! 👇

Monero is back on top by a wide margin at 42.76% of all payments this month.
Nano came in at 22.91% — still a strong second place, but down from August.
On-chain Bitcoin jumped to 16.71%, while Lightning usage landed at 1.47%. Combined, the Bitcoin ecosystem represents 18.18% of September payments (vs. 13.45% last month).
Litecoin held steady at 6.06%, with Litecoin MWEB contributing 0.07%.
The Ethereum family (ETH mainnet and L2s) totaled 4.19%, a modest step down from August.
Zcash registered 1.00% and Solana 1.31% — both lower than last month’s levels.
Dash ticked up to 1.02%. DOGE (0.37%), BCH (0.34%), VERSE (0.32%), BAN (0.15%), POL (0.02%), EGLD (0.04%), and KAS (0.00%) made up the long tail. "Other" accounted for 1.27% of volume.
Here's the complete breakdown for all coins in September:
That's it for September! If you're weighing which cryptocurrencies to prioritize, this snapshot should help guide your roadmap. As always, happy to chat about how NanoGPT accepts all these coins.