—People say Repeg is impossible because of the supply of USTC.
Let’s zoom out.
If a VC or hedge fund sees the real potential to restore $1 pumping it back isn’t impossible—especially since $3B USD isn’t “crazy” money for them.
Crypto VCs poured $4.65B into startups in just Q3 2025 alone!
6 Funds like a16z with $46B in committed capital, 22 Pantera with $4.7B AUM, 16 and others have the firepower for big bets.
$3B?
That’s like one big swing for these whales.
Simple Math Example: How Much to restore USTC to $1?
Current stats (as of Dec 2025): Price ~$0.0118, Circulating Supply S ≈ 5.6B tokens, Market Cap ≈ $66M. 0 1
Target: $1 price → Market Cap = S × 1 ≈ $5.6B. Gap = $5.6B - $0.066B ≈ $5.53B.
Naive way (no slippage):
If you could buy at fixed price (impossible), cost ≈ $5.53B to “add” that value. But buying drives price up, so you pay more per token as you go—called slippage.
The right model :
Assume sellers emerge uniformly as price rises from P≈0.012 to $1.
You buy ds tokens at each price x, where ds = [S / (1 - P)] dx (normalizing so total bought = S if all sell).
Total cost C = ∫_P^1 x ds = ∫_P^1 x [S / (1 - P)] dx = [S / (1 - P)] × (1/2)(1² - P²) = (S / 2) × (1 + P).
Plug in: (5.6B / 2) × (1 + 0.012) ≈ 2.8B × 1.012 ≈ $2.83B.
Why ~$3B?
Rounded up, and in reality, not all holders sell (HODLers amplify the pump), so efficiency ratio (from BTC studies: ~0.25-0.5 inflow per $1 MCAP rise) could make it $1.4B-$2.8B. But conservatively, $3B gets you there via market buys + hype/FOMO.
Proof in action: This integral calculates the area under the price curve—your average buy price is roughly (P + 1)/2 ≈ $0.5, and to bridge the gap, you’re effectively buying ~S tokens at that avg (worst case).
Crypto’s seen bigger pumps
—USTC deserves better.
