Origin Dollar
Stablecoin Profile
Origin Dollar (OUSD) is a crypto-collateralised stablecoin: users mint OUSD by locking other crypto assets as over-collateral, with $7.6M currently in circulation across 1 blockchain networks. The USD peg is maintained through liquidation auctions when collateral value falls below required thresholds. Price feed sourced via defillama.
About Origin Dollar (OUSD)
OUSD is a yield-earning, rebasing stablecoin that is backed 1:1 by other stablecoins like USDT, USDC and DAI.
Using the Origin Dollar app, users swap USDC, USDT, or DAI to mint OUSD 1:1. OUSD can be redeemed for USDC, USDT, or DAI 1:1 at any time.
Recent supply activity
Origin Dollar (OUSD) supply contracted by $8K (-0.11%) in the last 24 hours, expanded by $15.4K (+0.20%) over the past week, and contracted by $879.4K (-10.41%) over the past 30 days.
Supply contraction: net redemptions have driven circulating supply down 10.41% in the past month, signaling capital rotation or deleveraging.
Supply History
Network distribution
Origin Dollar circulates across 1 blockchain network. Ethereum hosts the largest share at 100.00%. Cross-chain distribution has remained broadly stable over the past 30 days.
| Chain | Supply | Share | 24h Δ | 30d Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethereum | $7.6M | 100.00% | -0.11% | -10.41% |
Peg stability history
As a crypto-collateralised stablecoin, Origin Dollar (OUSD) maintains its 1.00 USD target by holding excess on-chain collateral and routing redemptions through automated liquidation auctions. Spot price is currently $0.9998 (-0.024%); short-term excursions are normal in this range are typically arbitraged away within hours via the protocol's open mint/redeem mechanics.
How crypto-collateralised stablecoins defend their peg
Crypto-collateralised stablecoins like this one over-collateralise positions — borrowers must lock more than $1.00 of crypto for each $1.00 of stablecoin minted. If collateral value falls below the required ratio, the position is automatically liquidated in an open Dutch auction. Arbitrageurs can always mint and redeem against the protocol's contracts, which keeps the secondary-market price tightly bounded around $1.00. The main residual risks are sudden crypto-collateral crashes that outpace the liquidation engine, and oracle failure.
Practical implications for holders
- Collateral volatility is the dominant risk: a fast drawdown in the collateral asset can outpace liquidation auctions and leave the protocol under-collateralised.
- Oracle risk: the protocol relies on price feeds (typically Chainlink or a multi-oracle setup). Oracle manipulation or delay during volatile markets has historically caused peg excursions.
- Governance risk: parameter changes (collateral types, liquidation ratios, debt ceilings) are decided by token-holder votes. Sudden governance attacks remain a tail risk.
- On-chain transparency is a major advantage — collateral is verifiable 24/7 without trusting an attestor.
- Mantapex tracks peg deviation in real time from DeFiLlama price feeds, but for high-value holdings cross-check directly on at least one independent venue (CoinGecko, the issuer's own dashboard, or an on-chain DEX).
Peg-stability commentary is based on the mechanism class (crypto-collateralised) and is provided for educational purposes only — it is not financial advice. Past peg stability is not a guarantee of future performance, and even the highest-quality stablecoins have historically traded outside their target band during banking, regulatory, or liquidity stress.
Contract addresses
Origin Dollar (OUSD) is deployed as a token contract on 1 blockchain network below. Always verify the contract address you're interacting with on the relevant block explorer before sending funds — phishing tokens reusing well-known stablecoin tickers are common, especially on newer chains.
| Chain | Contract address | Verify |
|---|---|---|
| Ethereum | 0x2a8e1e676ec238d8a992307b495b45b3feaa5e86 | Explorer |
Contract addresses are sourced from DeFiLlama's stablecoin profile. Some chains (Tron, Solana, Aptos, Sui) use non-EVM address formats. The "Explorer" link opens the official block explorer for the given chain; we do not link out to third-party explorers that may show altered data.
Compare Origin Dollar to other crypto-collateralised stablecoins
Below are the largest crypto-collateralised stablecoins tracked on Mantapex alongside Origin Dollar (OUSD). Comparing supply and chain footprint within the same mechanism class is more meaningful than cross-class comparison, because the underlying peg-defence assumptions are different.
| Stablecoin | Supply | Mechanism | Chains |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sky Dollar (USDS) | $8.4B | crypto-backed | 6 |
| Ethena USDe (USDe) | $5.9B | crypto-backed | 23 |
| Dai (DAI) | $4.6B | crypto-backed | 48 |
| Falcon USD (USDf) | $1.6B | crypto-backed | 2 |
| USDD (USDD) | $1.1B | crypto-backed | 4 |
Across mechanism classes
If you're researching OUSD as part of a broader stablecoin allocation, it's worth comparing it across mechanism classes — each design has different counterparty, custody, and tail-risk profiles.
Peg Stability
Chain Distribution
Resources & data sources
Origin Dollar (OUSD) is tracked across major crypto data providers. The links below open Origin Dollar (OUSD)'s pages on CoinGecko, CoinMarketCap and DeFiLlama, so you can cross-check supply, market cap, exchange listings and historical price data directly at the source.
Price feed sourced from defillama. Supply, peg and chain-distribution data are aggregated from DeFiLlama's stablecoins dataset, which combines on-chain balances across supported networks. Numbers on this page typically refresh every 10 minutes.
Recent Origin Dollar news
Latest reporting from major crypto news outlets covering Origin Dollar.
- Crypto Economy
Origin Dollar Extends Yield Strategy with HyperLiquid USDC Lending Deployment
Origin Dollar integrates Morpho's new markets on HyperLiquid, enabling USDC lending against WHYPE and kHYPE collateral with yields exceeding 6%. The strategy utilizes Circle's…
- Benzinga
Stablecoin NFTs? Archimedes Launches Leveraged Yield App With Origin Dollar (OUSD)
Stablecoin holders seek stability in turbulent markets, allowing for predictable returns through U.S dollar-denominated yield. The largest risk most crypto investors are exposed…
- Benzinga
Stablecoin NFTs? Archimedes Launches Leveraged Yield App With Origin Dollar (OUSD)
Stablecoin holders seek stability in turbulent markets, allowing for predictable returns through U.S dollar-denominated yield. The largest risk most crypto investors are exposed…
- Coinspeaker
Origin Launches Yield Earnings for OUSD Stablecoin Holders
The interesting thing about the OUSD V2 offering is that the tokens are not locked up and the earnings are not subjected to any form of fees.
- Bitcoin
$11 Billion Added to Stablecoin Economy in 10 Days, UST and OUSD Issuance Swells
During the last week of November, the stablecoin economy had crossed the $150 billion mark for the first time with tether and usd coin dominating the pack. In a mere ten days, the…
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Risk Warning
Stablecoins carry risks including de-pegging, regulatory changes, and counterparty risk. Always diversify and do your own research.