Who controls it
Anchorage Digital Bank issues and redeems USDGO while OSL distributes it; holders depend on the bank-managed reserve and the issuer's compliance controls.
- Backing
- Dollar reserve assets held under Anchorage Digital Bank’s stablecoin framework.
- Holder’s claim
- The token is an obligation of the issuing bank. It is neither an insured deposit nor a direct interest in the reserve.
- Redemption or sale
- Eligible institutional customers redeem through the issuer or its distributor; other holders must sell in the market.
Dependencies
- Anchorage Digital Bank
- OSL distribution and onboarding
- Reserve custody and banking rails
- Chain-specific token contracts
Losses and incidents
- We found no control, reserve, or redemption incident in the sources we reviewed.
Advisor notes
Controlling party: Anchorage Digital Bank, N.A.; OSL distributes the product. Check whether the client can redeem directly with the issuer. Holding the token on chain leaves every reserve, custody, contract, and legal dependency in place.
A named organization or administrator controls issuance, transfers, reserves, redemption, or address restrictions. This grade can sit beside a sound reserve, a useful product, or a fitting role in a client account. It records who can act on the token and passes no judgment on the product.
Questions before use
- Does the exact contract and chain match the instrument reviewed here?
- Which party can mint, burn, pause, upgrade, block, or redeem?
- Does the client have direct redemption access or only secondary liquidity?
- What protocol, bridge, wallet, and custodian dependencies are added?
- Which event would force a review or a sale?
Sources
- USDGO: Official site · primary
- Anchorage: USDGO attestation · primary
- DefiLlama: Stablecoins circulation dataset · secondary
Issuers can change their documents and product terms. This page gives our reading of control as of 2026-08-19. Check the current terms before a client buys.
Legend: No freeze key: no issuer or administrator can freeze an address at this layer · Governed, no freeze: on-chain collateral and governance set the terms, but no issuer blocklist exists · Mixed control: on-chain mechanisms sit beside custodians, real-world assets, a central transaction orderer, or other parties a court or regulator can compel · Issuer can freeze: a named organization or administrator controls issuance, transfers, reserves, redemption, or address restrictions. How grading works.