Stablecoins & Markets
Kim Min-jun
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View articlesTUSD (TrueUSD)
TrueUSD (TUSD) is a US dollar-backed stablecoin issued by Techteryx, the company named in TrueUSD’s reserve attestation disclosures, launched in March 2018. It is not on ESMA’s list of e-money tokens authorized under MiCA.
- Ticker
- TUSD
- Issuer
- Techteryx, the company named in TrueUSD's reserve attestation disclosures
- Pegged to
- US dollar
- Type
- Fiat-backed
- Launched
- March 2018
- E-money token under MiCA
- No
- Accounting firm or verifier
- Moore Hong Kong
- Transparency page
- tusd.io
- Checked on
Fiat deposits held with third-party banking partners; the white paper says balances may include cash, cash equivalents and other investments that may generate yield. Reserve reporting: daily. Accounting firm or verifier: Moore Hong Kong.
Verified users redeem through the TUSD app after the banking partners’ checks, with a $1,000 minimum and no minting or redemption fee. The issuer lists 4 networks where the token is issued natively: Ethereum, TRON, Avalanche and BNB Smart Chain.
- Token name
- TrueUSD
- Brand
- TrueUSD
- Reserves
- Fiat deposits held with third-party banking partners; the white paper says balances may include cash, cash equivalents and other investments that may generate yield.
- Reserve reporting
- Daily
- Latest report
- tusd.io
- Redemption
- Verified users redeem through the TUSD app after the banking partners' checks, with a $1,000 minimum and no minting or redemption fee.
- Networks (native issuance)
- Ethereum, TRON, Avalanche, BNB Smart Chain
- Number of networks
- 4
- Website
- tusd.io
- Sources
Page URL TUSD transparency page https://tusd.io/transparency TUSD homepage (FAQ, links) https://tusd.io/ TUSD About page (timeline) https://tusd.io/about TrueUSD whitepaper, last updated 2 Feb 2026 https://tusd.io/docs/trueusd-white-paper-202602.pdf Chainlink TUSD Proof of Reserve feed (Moore HK data disclosure) https://data.chain.link/feeds/ethereum/mainnet/tusd-por ESMA interim MiCA register: e-money token issuers https://www.esma.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2024-12/EMTWP.csv
