Depeg event
Detected under v4.6
YUSD moved above peg at 19:46 UTC on March 18, 2026, with a peak deviation of 16.3% at $1.16. The observation closed 2.5 hr later at 22:16 UTC with a recorded recovery price of $0.9992.
The checked-in price path starts at $1.16 against a recorded peg reference of $0.9999. Pharos captured the incident through live monitoring and evaluates it under v4.6. The record reports the observed price path and resolution state without inferring a cause from those measurements.
Event summary
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Aegis YUSD (YUSD) →Aegis YUSD is a synthetic dollar backed by BTC in institutional custody and hedged with equal short COIN-M perpetuals; funding-rate yield goes to holders.
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