Price change (24h):
0.60%
High (24h):
$1.011
Low (24h):
$0.985572
Volume (24h):
$179.02K
Market Cap:
$9.50M
All Time High:
28.82% $1.41
Mar 2, 2025
All Time Low:
89% $0.53
Oct 10, 2025
1.81 %(1Y)
$0.998491
Price change (24h):
0.60%
High (24h):
$1.011
Low (24h):
$0.985572
Volume (24h):
$179.02K
Market Cap:
$9.50M
All Time High:
28.82% $1.41
Mar 2, 2025
All Time Low:
89% $0.53
Oct 10, 2025
USDM is a cryptocurrency launched in 2025. A fiat-backed stablecoin native to the Cardano blockchain, it maintains a target 1:1 value ratio with the United States dollar.
The Cardano ecosystem previously lacked a native stablecoin with on-chain verifiable reserves. Centralized custodians dominated the dollar-pegged asset space. USDM solves this by posting proof of reserves directly to the chain. Every minted token corresponds to a dollar held in a regulated financial institution, and that balance is cryptographically attested in near real-time, eliminating the need to trust a quarterly audit.
The asset operates on the Cardano network. It is a native token, not a smart-contract minted asset, utilizing the blockchain’s extended UTXO accounting model for deterministic transaction validation.
Its technical substrate is defined by a specific minting policy ID—c48cbb3d5e57…—that locks supply expansion to a multi-signature governance scheme. No additional tokens can be created without the on-chain proof of an equivalent dollar deposit. This mechanism, paired with decentralized oracle feeds from Charli3, allows any observer to audit the collateralization ratio continuously.
The protocol emerged from Moneta Global and entered active trading on March 16, 2025. Its conceptual lineage traces back to earlier Cardano stablecoin attempts, most notably the Mehen initiative, whose technical blueprint was openly repurposed in the new project’s documentation. Early liquidity rapidly coalesced around SundaeSwap and Minswap, where arbitrageurs kept the peg tight against minor volatility.
USDM targets a foundational role: serving as the Cardano economy’s stable unit of account. By shifting reserve verification from occasional human attestation to automated, on-chain reporting, the token reduces the opacity that plagued predecessors. This design aspires to support DeFi protocols that demand uncompromising settlement integrity.
Functionally, USDM does not pay network fees—ADA retains that role—but it acts as the settlement layer for value exchange. Lending smart contracts denominate loans in USDM, liquidating collateral when its dollar threshold is breached. Decentralized exchanges use it as a quote currency against volatile assets, while payment channels can route USDM to settle invoices without exposing parties to price swings.
A liquidity provider supplies USDM into a SundaeSwap pool, earning a slice of swap fees from traders converting ADA or other native tokens. A borrower locks ADA in a vault, mints USDM, and uses the stablecoin to fund expenditures, repaying the loan later plus a small interest rate to reclaim the collateral. Arbitrage bots watch the Charli3 price feed and rush to buy or sell USDM whenever it diverges from the dollar, pulling the peg back into line within blocks. Merchants accepting Cardano payments can immediately swap received ADA into USDM via an automated script, freezing revenue in a dollar-denominated instrument.
USDM has a total supply of 13,199,684.31 tokens. Currently, 13,199,684.31 are in circulation, reflecting a fully distributed supply with no locked reserves. The token’s spot price oscillates within a tight band around $0.994, as per the latest DEX aggregator data. With a market capitalization of $13,100,802, USDM ranks #1,050 among all cryptocurrencies.
| Date | Open | Close | High | Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/07/2026 | $1.01 | $0.99 | $1.01 | $0.99 |
| 07/07/2026 | $1.00 | $1.01 | $1.02 | $0.99 |
| 06/07/2026 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.02 | $0.98 |
| 05/07/2026 | $1.01 | $1.00 | $1.02 | $0.98 |
| 04/07/2026 | $1.01 | $1.01 | $1.02 | $0.99 |
| 03/07/2026 | $1.00 | $1.01 | $1.02 | $0.99 |
| 02/07/2026 | $1.00 | $1.01 | $1.01 | $0.99 |
| 01/07/2026 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.01 | $0.99 |
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