Admin/upgrade transaction in mempool
Circle USYC's assessment for RD-F-102 — scored yellow on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
T-09 v1 phase-2 deferred; tier-B. Signal is applicable and structurally elevated. EOA 0xb2b98e8... holds upgrade authority on USYC Ethereum token proxy (9 upgrades, last 2025-12-09), Teller proxy, RolesAuthorityProxy, and BSC USYC proxy. No timelock exists on any proxy. The T-09 suppression rule (matching queued governance proposal in preceding 48h) cannot engage because there is no governance queue for USYC - every upgrade tx will appear unsuppressed. Signal WOULD fire on next upgrade tx. No upgrade tx detected since 2025-12-09 (5+ months ago). Structural posture: elevated because suppression mechanism is unavailable.
Sources #
- EtherscanUSYC RolesAuthorityProxy - EtherscanRolesAuthorityProxy last upgrade 2025-11-20, EOA upgrader 0xb2b98e8...retrieved 2026-05-16
- USYC ERC-20 Token Proxy - EtherscanUSYC Ethereum proxy - 9 upgrades, last upgrade 2025-12-09, EOA upgrader 0xb2b98e8...retrieved 2026-05-16
- circle-usyc profile - no timelock confirmation00-profile.md section 6 - timelock_address: null; no Safe multisig; no governance queue; EOA admin confirmedretrieved 2026-05-16
Methodology #
Detect an admin-role or upgrade transaction appearing in the mempool before confirmation.
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