Pause activations (trailing 12 months)
USDD (Decentralized USD)'s assessment for RD-F-086 — scored yellow on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
No documented emergency pause activations on USDD contracts in the trailing 12 months. However, the August-2024 unilateral removal of ~12,000 BTC (~$726M) from USDD reserves without DAO vote represents a significant unilateral operational action by the controlling entity that bypassed nominal governance — a precedent for unilateral operational intervention scored here as yellow context. The contract-level pause mechanism status is not independently verified (Tronscan reads blocked). Note: the BTC removal is NOT a contract exploit (U20); it routes to Cat 2/F041. Scored yellow for the opaque pause mechanism + precedent for unilateral action.
Sources #
- URLJustin Sun's USDD Removes 12,000 BTC Without DAO ApprovalProtos reporting on August 2024 USDD BTC removal without DAO approvalretrieved 2026-05-17
- Justin Sun Responds After USDD Stablecoin Removes BitcoinDL News — Justin Sun responds after USDD stablecoin removes Bitcoin from reservesretrieved 2026-05-17
Methodology #
Count the number of deliberate pause activations with documented reason in the trailing 12 months.
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