BLAST-USD · catalysts, narrative & risks

What BLAST‑USD Is

BLAST‑USD is the price of BLAST quoted in USD, where BLAST is the governance token of Blast, an EVM‑compatible optimistic rollup (an OP Stack fork) built on Ethereum. Blast's differentiator was "native yield": bridged ETH automatically earned Lido staking yield and bridged stablecoins became USDB earning MakerDAO DSR rates. Network gas fees were paid in ETH, not BLAST, so the token's utility was governance‑only even when the chain was live. Mainnet launched February 2024; the token launched June 26, 2024 [1][2]. Vesting/allocation detail is in [3][4][5][7].

Recent Catalysts (last ~1–3 months)