Agora Dollar (AUSD) stablecoin analytics
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What is Agora Dollar (AUSD)?
AUSD is Agora's centralized dollar stablecoin, redeemable 1:1 and backed by cash, short-dated U.S. Treasury bills, and overnight repos managed by VanEck. The static profile records its US Dollar peg mechanism as: USD-denominated fiat-backed token; direct mint and redemption require a verified Agora customer.
Is AUSD safe?
AUSD holds a B Safety Score grade (73/100) in Pharos's latest published rating — a safe-tier grade, so Pharos assesses it as overall safe, though no stablecoin is entirely risk-free. Static metadata says Agora Dollar uses a Centralized (CeFi) governance model and Real-World Asset Backed backing, with Independent Attestation from Grant Thornton LLP; the main caveat is that issuer or admin freeze controls are recorded. Treat the live peg, liquidity, reserve, dependency, and Safety Score sections below as the current risk read.
Static Profile
Static stablecoin profile
Agora Dollar (AUSD) static profile: governance model Centralized (CeFi); backing model Real-World Asset Backed; peg US Dollar.
AI summary / Updated Sep 7, 2026
AUSD is Agora's centralized dollar stablecoin, redeemable 1:1 and backed by cash, short-dated U.S. Treasury bills, and overnight repos managed by VanEck. The institutional stack is unusually explicit: VanEck manages the reserves, State Street provides custody through a bankruptcy-remote Delaware Statutory Trust, and Grant Thornton publishes monthly reserve attestations rather than a token-specific real-time proof feed.
AI summary · drafted by claude-fable-5-1 · facts as of Sep 7, 2026
Sources: Grant Thornton Agora Dollar Reserve Report - May 31, 2026
- Collateral
- Cash, short-term U.S. Treasury securities, overnight Treasury repos and a disclosed stablecoin basket; reserve assets include Agora Bermuda Limited's interest in the Delaware limited partnership Agora Reserve Fund LP and directly held cash and stablecoins, held through its Bermuda segregated account
- Peg Mechanism
- USD-denominated fiat-backed token; direct mint and redemption require a verified Agora customer. Reserve assets are held through Agora Bermuda Limited's segregated account under Bermuda's Segregated Accounts Companies Act; redemption timing, delays and possible in-kind settlement are governed by the issuer's terms
- Jurisdiction
- Bermuda / BMA / DABA License
- Proof Of Reserves
- Independent Attestation by Grant Thornton LLP Reserve source
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Source: checked-in StablecoinMeta profile fields. Live price, supply, reserve, liquidity, event, and safety data load in the interactive dossier below; the summary above was last updated Sep 7, 2026.
AUSD quick answers
What is Agora Dollar (AUSD)?
AUSD is Agora's centralized dollar stablecoin, redeemable 1:1 and backed by cash, short-dated U.S. Treasury bills, and overnight repos managed by VanEck. The static profile records its US Dollar peg mechanism as: USD-denominated fiat-backed token; direct mint and redemption require a verified Agora customer.
Is AUSD safe?
AUSD holds a B Safety Score grade (73/100) in Pharos's latest published rating — a safe-tier grade, so Pharos assesses it as overall safe, though no stablecoin is entirely risk-free. Static metadata says Agora Dollar uses a Centralized (CeFi) governance model and Real-World Asset Backed backing, with Independent Attestation from Grant Thornton LLP; the main caveat is that issuer or admin freeze controls are recorded. Treat the live peg, liquidity, reserve, dependency, and Safety Score sections below as the current risk read.
What backs AUSD?
Pharos classifies AUSD backing as Real-World Asset Backed. Collateral, per the static profile: Cash, short-term U.S. Reserve evidence: Independent Attestation from Grant Thornton LLP.
Can AUSD be frozen or blacklisted?
Based on tracked contract metadata and blacklist coverage, issuer or admin freeze controls are recorded. Live freeze and blacklist events for AUSD, when applicable, appear in the dossier below.
