There's something genuinely unusual about how $USD1 depegged this week — and the attack narrative only explains part of it.

The sequence: Eric Trump deletes a retweet referencing new Binance trading pairs, WLFI drops over 8% within the hour, USD1 slips to $0.9802 before partially recovering to around $0.9966. WLFI then blamed a coordinated attack — compromised co-founder accounts, influencers paid to spread fear, deliberate short positions opened on the governance token. The redemption mechanism, which allows 1:1 exchange for dollars, was credited with preventing a full unraveling.

That last part matters. The BitGo custody model and direct dollar convertibility are structurally sound — that's not in dispute. But what the week revealed is how exposed $USD1 is to social signal volatility. A deleted tweet shouldn't move a stablecoin 2%. The fact that it did points to something the reserve quality can't fix on its own: market confidence here is thinner than the $5 billion market cap implies.

Meanwhile, WLFI token holders are watching 80% of their supply remain locked while governance proposals are controlled top-down. That combination — constrained retail voice, high political visibility, thin sentiment buffer — creates a fragility that on-chain mechanics alone won't resolve.

The Binance airdrop running through March 20 adds another layer. 235 million $WLFI tokens distributed to USD1 holders changes the incentive structure in ways that are still playing out.

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