Use Cases for thUSD

thUSD is more than a placeholder for capital. It’s a stable, composable asset designed to move between vaults, yield strategies, treasuries, and on-chain integrations: all while maintaining real-world backing and predictable value.

Whether you’re holding, staking, trading, or building with it, thUSD is built to stay useful in any environment.

1. Passive Holding (Stable, Transparent)

thUSD provides users with a non-yielding, price-stable asset backed by a diversified portfolio of real-world value. It is not interest-bearing, and it does not expose holders to speculative risk or yield from prohibited sources.

All backing is managed by the protocol, not the user, making thUSD a neutral, transparent, and reliable asset that aligns with both conventional and faith-based finance principles.

2. Yield via sthUSD

Users can stake thUSD to receive sthUSD — a yield-bearing token that distributes passive income from the protocol’s real-world asset performance.

sthUSD is best suited for users who want real-world yield exposure. For those seeking faith-aligned yield, Tharwa is building a separate vault system to isolate and certify compliant structures.

3. Yield via Risk-On Vaults (Coming Soon)

In future phases, users will be able to deposit thUSD into fixed-term vaults that offer higher returns in exchange for lockups. These vaults are structured like tokenized bonds, with predefined yields and maturity dates.

Vaults will include two categories:

• Global market vaults (T-bills, real estate, gold, capped commodities)

• Shariah-compliant vaults (pending certification), structured around sukuk and asset-backed income

4. OTC Trading and Arbitrage (Coming Soon)

Tharwa’s on-chain OTC Marketplace will allow users to:

• Buy thUSD at a discount

• Exit vault positions early by trading ERC-1155 vault tokens

• Arbitrage price discrepancies and support peg stability

• Conduct high-volume stablecoin trades without AMM slippage

This adds another layer of utility and strategic flexibility for thUSD holders.

5. Treasury and Institutional Deployment

thUSD is built for integration into DAO treasuries, protocol reserves, and institutional portfolios. Its real-world backing, peg protection, and composability make it ideal for:

• Low-risk capital allocation

• Diversification into real-world yield

• Strategic holdings that support on-chain governance or reserves

6. Collateral in DeFi (Future Integration)

As thUSD adoption grows, it will be onboarded into lending markets, stable swap pools, and derivatives protocols. With LayerZero OFT compatibility and transparent backing, it’s positioned to become a native unit of account across EVM-compatible chains.

7. Real-World Payments and Rebalancing (Long-Term Vision)

In future integrations, thUSD could be used for:

• Cross-border payments with on-chain auditability

• DAO payroll and contributor payments

• Rebalancing between real-world capital and DeFi portfolios

• Fiat bridges with stable yield tracking