TrueUSD Price (TUSD)

In June 2018, TrustToken raised $20 million to further develop the platform. Investors included Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund Angel (Pathfinder), Jump Trading Capital, Foundation Capital, Danhua Venture Capital (DHVC), Distributed Global, ZhenFund, Stanford-StartX, Signia Venture Partners, GGV Capital, and BlockTower Capital.

TrueUSD is regulated by the Nevada Department of Business & Industry because it’s US dollar holdings are stored in numerous bank accounts belonging to different trust companies in that state. In addition, TrustToken is registered and regulated as a federal Money Service Business by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).

Unlike BaseCoin and MakerDao which use algorithms to maintain price stability, TrueUSD keeps its value stable by being asset-backed. New TUSD is minted when an escrow account receives US dollars. When a token holder converts TUSD to USD, the commensurate amount of TrueUSD is immediately burned. Both the creating and burning of TUSD occur automatically with smart contracts on the TrustToken platform. In this way, the total supply of TrueUSD in circulation is always equal to the money in the escrow accounts.

Cohen & Company, a Maryland-based independent accounting firm, provides monthly audits of the collateralized funds held in the escrow accounts. The results of Cohen & Company’s examinations are published in monthly reports available on the TrustToken blog.

In April 2019, TrustToken launched five new cryptocurrency stablecoins: TrueGBP which is backed by the British pound, TrueAUD which is backed by Australian dollars, TrueEUR which is backed by Euros, TrueCAD which is backed by Canadian dollars, and TrueHKD which is backed by Hong Kong dollars.