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USD.AI May 2026 Recap

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USD.AI May 2026 Recap

May showed continued momentum across USD.AI's protocol, product, DeFi, and ecosystem work.

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By the Numbers

USD.AI entered the top 10 yielding stablecoins by TVL, and ranked top 5 when T-bill stablecoins were excluded.

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USD.AI ranked #2 on Arbitrum by 30-day revenue, with $1.19M in fees over 30 days and $3.6M in 365-day revenue.

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These milestones reflect demand on both sides of the market: onchain capital seeking uncorrelated RWA yield, and AI infrastructure borrowers seeking upfront capital for compute. USD.AI connects them by turning GPU-backed loans into a liquid debt market onchain.

$CHIP Buyback

Permian Labs, the developer of USD.AI, bought back 338,806,273 $CHIP from investor allocations in May.

Combined with the previous airdrop buyback of 31,731,287 $CHIP, cumulative buybacks reached 3.71% of total supply.

The buyback reduced investor allocations and supported long-term alignment across the USD.AI ecosystem.

Yield Highlight: sUSDai PTs on Pendle

sUSDai PTs continued to trade above 9% fixed yield on Pendle throughout May.

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As of June 2, 2026, June and October maturities sit at 9.7% and 9.51%, giving users fixed-rate exposure to sUSDai yield.

Product Updates

USD.AI shipped a major app update in May. The rebuilt dashboard gives users a clearer view of protocol activity in one place, including yield, price history, and the loans backing sUSDai.

USD.AI at Consensus Miami

USD.AI had a strong presence at Consensus Miami 2026.

Conor Moore, Co-Founder and COO of Permian Labs, joined CoinDesk Live to discuss USD.AI and the role of GPU-backed credit in onchain markets.

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He also spoke on the "Yield Bearing Stablecoins and RWA Collateral" panel, covering how crypto yield has evolved from incentive-driven programs toward yield tied to real activity across onchain lending, trading, treasuries, and credit.

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Conor also joined the Digital Asset Yield Summit, a forum for capital allocators focused on the latest developments in digital asset yield.

Lighthouse Report: Coming Soon

USD.AI shared an early look at Lighthouse, a new periodic report series covering protocol growth, borrower demand, DeFi traction, and the yield behind sUSDai.

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One highlight from the report: sUSDai has delivered the strongest and most consistent yield among tracked stablecoin benchmarks throughout 2026, with a ~370 bps premium over 3-month T-Bills and a ~285 bps premium over sDAI year-to-date.

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Underwriting and Risk Framework

USD.AI published a breakdown of the underwriting and risk controls behind its GPU-backed loans. The piece covers how GPU collateral is evaluated, verified, and protected before capital is deployed — including senior secured loan structures, collateral monitoring, insurance, debt service reserves, and ongoing risk management.

Media and Appearances

*Yield information: Current net and gross APYs are the staking yields reported by the USD.AI app at the displayed observation time. Projected gross APY is a forward-looking estimate and may rely on assumptions about loan deployment, borrower performance, reserve or escrow earnings, utilization and fees. Loan APRs describe loan interest rates and are distinct from staking APYs. Figures refresh periodically; a stale or unavailable source is identified beside the metric. No yield or projection is guaranteed. Actual performance may be lower, zero or negative. Withdrawals depend on the queue. Loan defaults, collateral losses, and smart contract or operational failures can cause losses.

**All financing subject to underwriting, eligibility and definitive documentation. Application submission begins a review. It does not establish a financing commitment. Calculator results and Compute IQ's sample deal are illustrative scenarios based on the inputs shown, not a financing offer or approval; the final loan amount depends on GPU condition and verification. Listing a system is not a statement of eligibility; equipment and transaction eligibility are reviewed individually.

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