Stablecoin reserve notes & teardowns
ReserveBeat notes and teardowns explain how stablecoin reserve reporting works: methodology deep-dives, GENIUS Act attestation requirements, and walk-throughs of issuer-published attestation reports. Every figure quoted in a post renders verbatim from stored primary-source evidence at its stated scope, with its limits beside it — never an estimate, and never a judgment of any issuer's solvency.
How quickly do issuers publish attestations after month-end?
Publication lag across the stablecoins ReserveBeat tracks: the days between the date a reserve report covers and the date the document carries…
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Track stablecoin supply on-chain: storage proof or eth_call
Why every on-chain supply figure on ReserveBeat except RLUSD's carries the STORAGE-PROVEN tier and RLUSD's carries QUORUM ETH-CALL: what each tier…
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When does the GENIUS Act take effect? January 18, 2027, and what is still proposed
The GENIUS Act's effective-date clock: the statute's two dates, Treasury's stated expectation of January 18, 2027, and a dated status table of the…
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What the GENIUS Act requires of stablecoin reserve reporting
A plain-language explainer of the GENIUS Act's reserve and disclosure requirements for permitted payment stablecoin issuers: one-to-one reserves in…
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How ReserveBeat measures stablecoin reserves
A walk through the measurement methodology behind the ReserveBeat coverage board: storage-proven on-chain supply, hash-anchored attestation parsing…
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Teardown: Circle's May 2026 USDC examination report
A line-by-line walk through Circle's May 2026 USDC reserve examination: the stated reserve assets against USDC in circulation, the month-over-month…
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Questions
Common questions
Who writes these posts?
Posts are written and reviewed under ReserveBeat's own byline. Some start as data-driven drafts generated from newly captured attestation reports, but every post is human-reviewed and approved before it appears here — nothing publishes automatically.
Where do the figures in posts come from?
From the same evidence pipeline as the rest of the site: issuer-published attestation reports and independently measured on-chain supply. Figures quoted in a post render verbatim at their stated scope and are never recomputed or estimated.
Are posts investment or legal advice?
No. Posts explain how public reserve reporting works and what specific disclosures state. They are not investment advice, not legal advice, and never an opinion on any issuer's solvency.