Superstate (USTB)
System: Superstate — Tokenised Assets
Superstate issues and services tokenised assets, led by USTB, a short-duration U.S. government securities fund share, and USCC, a crypto-carry fund share for eligible investors. Founded in 2023, Superstate combines permissioned token contracts, allowlists, transfer-agent records, investor workflows, fund vehicles and service-provider arrangements to issue, hold, transfer and redeem tokenised fund and equity shares. Ethereum, Solana and Plume are settlement networks, while USDC/Circle, external DeFi protocols and underlying securities sit outside the Superstate boundary except as rails, integrations or asset objects.
Market Data
| Price | $11.10 |
| Market Cap | $936.79M |
| Fully Diluted Valuation | $936.79M |
| 30d Change | 0.31% |
| 365d Change | 3.77% |
Token Functionalities
Collateral
- Stablecoin-Reserve Asset (Weak) [Exogenous]
Right to deposit USTB as backing for a pegged stablecoin through approved external reserve structures, including frxUSD and other documented stablecoin-reserve integrations.
- Financial Collateral (Weak) [Exogenous]
Right to pledge USTB as collateral in an external lending market to borrow stablecoins, such as Aave, subject to Aave Horizon’s LTV, liquidation threshold and liquidation rules.
Asset Ownership
- Off-Chain Asset Title/Pool Share (Weak)
Right to hold, transfer and redeem a beneficial interest in the Superstate Short Duration U.S. Government Securities Fund, subject to investor eligibility, allowlist restrictions and fund redemption procedures.
System Attributes
Operating Model
<p>Superstate operates as an entity-led tokenised asset business: investment management, transfer agency, investor eligibility, subscriptions, redemptions, custody coordination, pricing inputs and admin functions depend on Superstate-related entities and appointed service providers. The on-chain contracts are important delivery infrastructure, but they are permissioned and admin-controlled rather than an open protocol coordinating independent supply-side providers.</p>
Value Creation
<p>Superstate creates value off-chain by organising the fund structure, asset exposure, custody, NAV calculation, investor servicing and redemption process, and it creates value on-chain by turning those fund claims into permissioned, transferable and composable tokenised assets. For USTB specifically, the Treasury yield is produced off-chain, while the token contracts, allowlist, on-chain transfer, price infrastructure and protocol mint/redeem paths create the on-chain settlement and integration layer that makes the product usable in crypto markets.</p>
Value Capture
<p>Superstate captures and routes value from USTB through fund-level economics rather than through a native token or on-chain protocol fee path. USTB holders receive the tokenised fund claim: interest from the fund’s short-duration U.S. government securities is reflected in NAV, while fund expenses and management fees accrue at the fund level and are paid or routed to the investment manager and service providers. External integrations such as Aave Horizon and Frax USD may expand USTB’s collateral or reserve use, but they do not change Superstate’s own value-capture route, which remains off-chain and entity/service-provider based.</p>