Prior rug/exit-scam affiliation
Circle USYC's assessment for RD-F-115 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
Targeted web search for 'Hashnote rug pull exit scam fraud' returns no results. hacksdatabase has no Hashnote or USYC entry. All named team members have clean institutional employer histories. Circle (acquirer) is NYSE-listed regulated entity. No rug-class OSINT evidence found.
Sources #
- Internalhacksdatabase local - no Hashnote entrieshacksdatabase grep for hashnote and usyc - zero rug/exploit recordsretrieved 2026-05-16
- Hashnote About - no rug/exit scam historyWeb search for Hashnote exit scam or rug pull returning no relevant results - confirming absence of rug-class affiliationretrieved 2026-05-16
Methodology #
Determine whether any team member is linked via verified OSINT to a prior rug or exit-scam-labeled protocol.
See the full factor methodology and distribution across all protocols →
rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol circle-usyc factor RD-F-115 score green collected_at 2026-05-15 21:56:43