Bathymark Analysis Standard
Is USYC's market reading being interpreted correctly?
This unit is designed to accrete through a variable price or NAV, so Bathymark preserves its circulation analysis without applying a fixed-price peg verdict.
- State
- Reference stress is not applicable
- Confidence
- moderateMarket price, reference method, circulating USD market value, and token-unit history are source-backed. Reserve quality and holder redemption access are not verified by this feed.
- Snapshot captured
Three strongest drivers
- Reference methodAccumulating-NAV tokenThis instrument uses a variable-price, custom-reference, or NAV-like unit. Comparing it mechanically with $1 or sending a custom reference to currency FX would create a false depeg reading.
- Circulating USD market value$3.01BThe list endpoint reports raw circulating token units multiplied by the current USD token price. This is already USD and is not token count.
- Seven-day token-unit change-0.1%2.65B to 2.65B source-reported token units across 7 observed days.
Open the 30-second readChange, history, comparison, and implication
What changed
USYC source-reported token units changed -0.1% over seven days.
-2.64M token-unit net change between reconciled history endpoints. The 30-day change is -2.4%. The current list value is not spliced into this series because it is USD market value.
Is it unusual
The latest token-unit observation sits at the 86th percentile of its stored history.
This percentile describes source-reported token units, not circulating USD market value or reference-price drift. Daily token-unit change volatility is 8.70%.
How it compares
USYC ranks #8 of 414 peers by current circulating USD market value.
Peer circulating USD market value is a size comparison. It does not compare token units, reserve quality, liquidity, or redemption rights.
Why it matters
The useful questions are token-unit history, NAV method, market liquidity, and redemption terms, not distance from one dollar.
This is market and product-risk context, not financial advice.
Open the evidence trailCounterevidence, invalidation, sources, and method
What argues against this reading
The live source does not expose reserve composition, bank balances, or legal enforceability.
A token trading near its reference does not show that every holder can use the issuer's primary redemption path.
The price and circulation feed provides retrieval timing, not an exchange-by-exchange market observation timestamp.
What would change the call
The call changes only if the source-backed instrument classification changes to a fixed-price reference method.
Measured byInstrument type, valuation method, and classification version 2026-07-11.3.
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Exact sources
- DeFiLlama Stablecoins APIhttps://stablecoins.llama.fi/stablecoins?includePrices=trueSupports: Current circulating USD market value, market price, reference type, mechanism, and chain roster.Limit: The circulation field is current USD market value, not token count. It does not verify reserves, legal claims, or universal redemption access.
- DeFiLlama peggedassets-server implementationhttps://github.com/DefiLlama/peggedassets-server/blob/master/api2/cron-task/getStableCoins.tsSupports: The list response's circulating field is built as raw circulating token units multiplied by current USD price for every peg type.Limit: The implementation explains list valuation. It does not turn market value into token count, reserves, or redemption capacity.
- DeFiLlama Stablecoin Supply History APIhttps://stablecoins.llama.fi/stablecoin/237Source observation: Supports: Source-reported circulating token-unit history.Limit: History token units are not interchangeable with the list endpoint's current USD market value. The series does not show reserve composition or holder redemption access.
- Circle USYC overviewhttps://developers.circle.com/tokenized/usyc/overviewSource observation: Supports: USYC is a tokenized fund interest with yield-bearing assets and a published token price.Limit: The classification is Bathymark's inference from the share and token-price design. The source does not prove secondary-market depth or universal eligibility.
Formula
Fixed-price reference stress = not applicable under accumulating_navHistorical change uses only token-unit history endpoints. The list endpoint's current USD market value stays separate. The price formula is used only when the taxonomy declares a fixed reference.
Open formula noteSnapshot receipt
- Snapshot captured
- Ingested
- Method version
- stablecoin-reference-2026-07-11.2 / taxonomy-2026-07-11.3Accumulating-NAV token. Circle describes USYC as shares in a yield-bearing tokenized fund with a published token price. Bathymark treats the unit as NAV-like rather than a fixed one-dollar peg.
Missing inputs
- Issuer reserve composition and bank balances
- Holder-specific redemption eligibility, timing, and limits