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USD1 launched in 2025 with a $2 billion debut and political backing, but has no operating history. Here's how it stacks up against USDC and USDT.
BFUSD, USD0, and USDF all pay yield but get it from very different places. Here is the structural breakdown of perp funding, RWA collateral, and synthetic dollars.
USDe pays double-digit yield by going long spot crypto and shorting the same coin's perpetual futures. It works — until funding flips negative.
Ethena's USDe pays yield through ETH perp funding rates, not bank deposits. The mechanism is clever but the trade has real failure modes that can collapse headline APY.
USDC, DAI, and USDe all claim to be worth a dollar. The mechanism behind that promise, and the way it can break, is what separates them.
USDC and USDT face payment-stablecoin rules. BUIDL and OUSG look more like funds. The line between them is the fight.
As Washington locks down stablecoins and bans a retail CBDC, MiCA forces smaller players out. The map of who clears dollars is being redrawn in real time.
Open USD lands with BlackRock, Visa and Stripe behind it. Circle takes a 16% hit. Behind the launch, USDC mints and burns keep telling the real story.
USDC issuance, a $53B PayPal bid, and cross-border rules all arrived on the same day. The through-line isn’t CPI. It’s the rails.
Tokenized T-bills carry yield but settle slower and carry KYC baggage. USDT and USDC are faster and more flexible. Here is how to pick.
Ethena's USDe dollar posts double-digit yield by going long spot ETH and short ETH perps, but the trade depends on funding rates staying positive and counterparty solvency holding.
In the US, swapping USDC for USDT is a taxable event, even though the price barely moved. Most DeFi users are not tracking these swaps correctly.
USDY, OUSG, and USDC may all represent dollar value on-chain, but their yield, redemption, access, tax, and liquidity mechanics differ sharply.
Sending USDC, swapping to USDT, or paying with a crypto debit card can each trigger a taxable event. Here is how the rules actually work.
Geopolitics punctured a fragile bounce, but the regulatory tape tells a deeper story about how Washington now frames digital assets.
USDT and USDC are the two giants of crypto's dollar layer, but they are run by very different companies, with very different transparency, and very different risks. Here is the side-by-side that matters.
A $740B equity rout, a fresh hawkish dot plot, and a parade of hacks and taxes — yet the loudest names in the brief are still BTC and ETH. Today's split-screen tells you where attention and action diverge.
A 9-3 hawkish split, a stalled Clarity Act, and a near-record low July for Bitcoin ETFs reveal which jurisdictions are quietly eating US lunch.
Ondo Finance tokenizes US Treasuries into USDY and OUSG, gated to verified investors. Here's how each product differs and what ONDO the token actually does.
USDT runs from the British Virgin Islands with quarterly attestations. USDC is a US-listed company with monthly attestations and a Big Four audit. Here is what each setup actually means.
Lina Haddad
Marco De Santis
Ethan Brooks
Sofia Almeida