We are pleased to welcome Hans-Georg Mayer as our Communications Director. Hans-Georg brings deep expertise in corporate messaging for clients in financial services, technology, and real estate. At Bluechip, he will lead our media relations and press strategy as we scale across Europe. Welcome aboard, Hans-Georg!

We are pleased to welcome Ronald Prohazka as our Conference Director. Ronald brings over two decades of experience in producing conferences and events across the world. At Bluechip, he will oversee Bluechip26, our annual conference dedicated to crypto safety. Welcome aboard, Ronald!

Bluechip has upgraded the $USDT safety rating from D to C. This is the first rating that incorporates Hacken's cybersecurity methodology into @bluechip_org's SMIDGE framework. As the methodology expands across Bluechip’s rated stablecoins, like $RLUSD, $PYUSD, $USDC, and 26 more, risk teams can now compare stablecoin architectures against fixed criteria rather than interpret each system in isolation. Stablecoins are classified into four structural classes, assessed for six technical-risk categories, and use defined fatal states that can override the numerical score. The updated methodology adds greater technical cybersecurity depth to the SMIDGE framework. For $USDT, Hacken assessed Tron, Ethereum, and Solana, representing 98% of native supply. The technical profile documents signer concentration, cross-chain key reuse, and privileged actions without timelocks. The methodology will roll out across Bluechip’s 30 rated stablecoins, giving institutions a consistent basis for comparing technical risk. See how this affects stablecoins' safety ratings:

Rising stablecoin volumes aren't automatically bullish for stablecoin issuers. $1 of supply can settle more than $1 of volume, based on velocity or how fast the stablecoins change wallets. And issuers like @Circle get paid on the supply (float), and not volume (flow). Since Q3-2024, USDC volume is up 1,245%. Circle's revenue is up 63%.

Rising stablecoin volumes aren't automatically bullish for stablecoin issuers. $1 of supply can settle more than $1 of volume, based on velocity or how fast the stablecoins change wallets. And issuers like @Circle get paid on the supply (float), and not volume (flow). Since Q3-2024, USDC volume is up 1,245%. Circle's revenue is up 63%.

Open Standard's launch spooked the market, sending @Circle shares down 20%, with no recovery since. But Coinbase, Visa and Mastercard have all said that OUSD is not a replacement for USDC, and they will support multiple stablecoins. @Sndr_Krisztian's latest piece in CoinDesk explores the strategy of OUSD partners (with a quote from our Ratings Director @AmeyOnX). Read more below.

We're grateful to have received funding from the @TheDAOFund's Ethereum Security round. The funds went directly to support our operations: • Publishing crypto safety keynotes from our Bluechip25 conference • Supporting research to expand our SMIDGE rating framework • Upgrading production on our Bluechip Dialogues podcast Thank you to our donors, and those who added to the matching pool like @Wintermute_T, @Quantstamp, and others. You can still support our work via @Giveth here:

Simply tokenizing assets will not attract onchain demand. Institutions need to go DeFi-native. Bryan Choe, Head of Research @RWA_xyz, breaks down the real playbook: from allocation vaults to liquidity sleeves. More on the latest episode of Bluechip Dialogues with @GarettJones.