August 2025 Crypto Payment Statistics: Monero Leads Nano and Bitcoin

August payment statistics time! 🥳

Lots of movement this month across the board — and a few clear trends are emerging.

Let's dive in! 👇

Monero Still Leads

Once again, Monero is the most used coin on Bitcoin.com AI, coming in at 36.17% of all payments.

Privacy remains a top priority for many of our users.

Nano Surges Back

Nano rebounded strongly to 31.69%, gaining back ground on XMR and now being used almost as much as Monero.

Bitcoin Holds Third; Lightning Surges

Bitcoin stayed consistent in third place with 11.29% of payments. Meanwhile, Lightning usage more than doubled month-over-month to 2.16% (from 0.95%), a great sign for small, fast transactions.

Digital Silver Update

Litecoin registered 5.45%, with Litecoin MWEB adding another 0.07%. Solid and steady usage overall.

Ethereum Ecosystem

The Ethereum family contributed 5.31% of volume across ETH mainnet and L2s (Base, Arbitrum, Optimism), including coins on those chains.

DASH Overtakes Bitcoin Cash

DASH grew to 1.01%, overtaking Bitcoin Cash at 0.82% this month.

Zcash Momentum Cools

After a very strong first month, Zcash settled at 1.84% as initial launch excitement eased.

The Full Data

Here's the complete breakdown for all coins in August:

• XMR: 36.17%
• XNO: 31.69%
• BTC: 11.29%
• LTC: 5.45%
• ETH: 5.31%
• BTC-LN: 2.16%
• SOL: 1.87%
• ZEC: 1.84%
• VERSE: 1.09%
• DASH: 1.01%
• BCH: 0.82%
• DOGE: 0.63%
• BAN: 0.14%
• LTC-MWEB: 0.07%
• KAS: 0.04%
• POL: 0.00%
• EGLD: 0.00%

Room for Growth

Among our recent additions, Lightning and ZEC are doing well overall, though ZEC cooled off from its launch spike. EGLD saw virtually no usage again this month, and Kaspa remained near-zero.

Wrapping Up

That’s it for August! If you're deciding which cryptocurrencies to prioritize, this should give a helpful snapshot of where user demand is right now.

As always, we're happy to chat if you want to learn more about how Bitcoin.com AI accepts all these coins!