Yuzu USD (YZUSD) is a crypto-backed US dollar stablecoin. It has about $59.0M in circulation, ranking #68 among the stablecoins CoinScoop tracks, and runs on 2 blockchains.
What is YZUSD?
Yuzu USD (YZUSD) is a crypto-backed US dollar stablecoin. It has about $59.0M in circulation, ranking #68 among the stablecoins CoinScoop tracks, and runs on 2 blockchains.
In the issuer's words: Yuzu USD (yzUSD) is an overcollateralized synthetic USD stablecoin designed to combine price stability with high-yield DeFi strategies. Backed by on-chain collateral and protected by layered risk-management frameworks, yzUSD provides a transparent and resilient stable asset within the Yuzu ecosystem.
YZUSD supply history
YZUSD supply grew 1.1% over the past 30 days, to $59.0M. Its peak was $70.9M in March 2026, and supply is 17% below that high.
Is YZUSD holding its peg?
YZUSD is trading within 0.5% of its target, which is normal for a healthy stablecoin.
Where YZUSD lives: supply by blockchain
Supply is concentrated: Plasma holds 100% of all YZUSD. Moving it to another chain means bridging, or a mint and redeem through the issuer.
How YZUSD is backed
YZUSD is minted against crypto collateral locked in smart contracts, usually worth more than the stablecoins issued, with liquidations or hedges protecting the peg.
Minting and redemption: Users mint yzUSD by depositing on-chain collateral, which is deployed into curated DeFi yield strategies. The peg is maintained through overcollateralization (>$1 backing per yzUSD) and layered protections such as risk tranching and smart contract insurance, with reserves and risk metrics transparently verifiable on-chain.
YZUSD risks
A sharp crash in the crypto collateral can outrun liquidations and leave the system under-backed.
Bugs, governance attacks or bad price feeds can drain collateral or trigger wrongful liquidations.
Copies of a stablecoin moved by third-party bridges depend on those bridges. Prefer the issuer's native contract on each chain.
Rules such as the US GENIUS Act and the EU's MiCA can restrict which stablecoins exchanges list in a given country.
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YZUSD FAQ
What is YZUSD?
Yuzu USD (YZUSD) is a crypto-backed US dollar stablecoin. It has about $59.0M in circulation, ranking #68 among the stablecoins CoinScoop tracks, and runs on 2 blockchains.
Is YZUSD pegged 1:1 to the US dollar?
YZUSD targets 1 USD. At the last update it traded at $0.9990, a deviation of -0.10%, which we classify as "on peg".
What backs YZUSD?
YZUSD is a crypto-backed stablecoin. YZUSD is minted against crypto collateral locked in smart contracts, usually worth more than the stablecoins issued, with liquidations or hedges protecting the peg.
Which blockchains is YZUSD on?
YZUSD is live on 2 blockchains. The largest by supply are Plasma ($59.1M), Monad ($24).
How much YZUSD is in circulation?
About $59.0M of YZUSD was in circulation at the last update, +1.1% over 30 days. That makes it the #68 stablecoin by supply among those we track.
Is YZUSD safe?
No stablecoin is risk-free. As a crypto-backed design, YZUSD's main risks are falls in collateral value that outpace liquidations, smart-contract and oracle failures, and, for hedged designs, negative funding rates or exchange counterparty risk. It currently shows "on peg" on our peg monitor. This page is information, not investment advice.