USDS is a claim pegged to USD. It is a representation of a currency, not a cryptocurrency, so it is listed here rather than counted among assets.
| CoinSpectrum Grade | D · 40/100 · provisional |
|---|---|
| Type | Stablecoin |
| Class | Debt-based Stablecoin |
| Backing | CDP |
| Pegged to | USD |
| Custody | Non-custodial — backing held by contract |
| Market capitalisation | $9.9B |
| Price | $0.9998 |
| Circulating supply | 9,858,794,954 USDS |
| Issued on | 4 chains |
Market data rebuilt every six hours; this build 28 October 2026. Live prices on the ranking.
D — 40 out of 100, provisional (from 6 of 10 criteria, 28 October 2026 build). With what is not yet measured anywhere from nothing to full marks, the score would be 24 to 64 (F to B).
| Criterion | Score | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Leading Consensus Mechanisms | 5.8 | group average |
| Host chain | 7.9 | Issued on Ethereum (A, 79/100) |
| Asset class (below every coin family) | 3.6 | Stablecoins: below every native coin family on the consensus ladders, 3.6 of 10 by largest asset and 3.6 by combined market cap |
| Network security | 0 | No network of its own: secured by its host chain, scored above |
| Decentralisation | 0 | group average, 1 of 4 measured |
| Minting and supply (who can mint more) | 0 | The issuer or custodian mints it and can usually freeze it |
| Premine (pre-issued at launch) | — | Backed by reserves or a locked asset; no allocation to measure |
| Fundraising | — | Not applicable to a claim on reserves |
| Holder concentration | — | Not yet measured |
| Supply & Demand | 6.3 | group average |
| Supply & Demand | 6.2 | average of 5 measures |
| Exchanges (10 or more: 10) | – | exchanges not yet counted |
| Daily volume ($10K 0, $1B or more 10) | 5.6 | $5,078,304 traded in 24 hours, counting the pairs quoted in it; #221 by volume on the exchanges the site reads (scored on the median day of the last 2, $5,978,913) |
| Turnover (volume ÷ market cap, 5% a day: 10) | 0.2 | 0.07% of its market cap a day, median of the last 3 days |
| Order-book depth (bids and asks within 2% ÷ market cap, 1%: 10) | 5.2 | $3,544,518 within 2% of the price on 7 exchanges, 0.04% of its market cap, median of the last 2 days |
| Market cap ($1M 0, $10B or more 10) | 10 | $9.9B, at the top of the scale |
| Paper trading (futures, options and margin ÷ market cap, 0%: 10, 100%: 0) | 10 | no futures, options or margin on the exchanges read |
| Supply (smaller is better) | 6.4 | no fixed maximum; 9.86 billion in circulation |
| Record (origin, claims, halts) | — | Not yet reviewed |
Ten criteria, weighted equally — for a token, the host chain replaces the developer share, the asset class stands in for the consensus ladders, and who can mint more for the Cryptocurrency Standards. Provisional: criteria marked — are not yet measured and are left out of the average. A rating of structure and market depth, not a price forecast or investment advice. How the grade is built · Highest-graded cryptocurrencies.
It is issued on 4 chains, which means 4 separate issuances of the same claim. Linked names are chains that are themselves cryptocurrencies with a page here.
CoinSpectrum counts an asset once. Its value is another asset, and that asset is already in the ranking. Counting both counts the same thing twice, which is how other rankings arrive at totals in the thousands. The methodology states the rule, and the argument for it is set out in full.
Listed, not hidden. The point is that it is measured as what it is.