Prior rug/exit-scam affiliation

Usual (USD0 / bUSD0 / USUAL)'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 #

No evidence of any co-founder being linked via verified OSINT to a prior rugged or exit-scam-labeled protocol. ChainArgos November 2024 case study ('USD as Usual?') examined MiCA regulatory compliance questions — not fraud allegations or deployer misconduct. Rekt.news search: no Usual Labs entry in rekt.news incident database. Data cache `rekt.incidents: []`. The Jan 2025 USD0++ event is documented as an economic-design + governance-process failure in which collateral backing was maintained and no funds were stolen — this does NOT meet the rug/exit-scam threshold.

Sources #

Internal
Data Cache — Rekt incidents field00-data-cache.json — rekt.incidents: [] (no Rekt entries for Usual)retrieved 2026-05-17
URL
USD as Usual? — ChainArgosChainArgos case study — MiCA compliance focus, not fraud allegationretrieved 2026-05-17

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 usual factor RD-F-115 score green collected_at 2026-05-16 20:39:44