Once a global financial storm hits, the stock market collapses instantly. Where will your safe-haven assets be stored?

Many people's first reaction is gold. Traditional theory isn't wrong, but in this digital age, gold has a fatal weakness—poor liquidity and inconvenient to carry. When a crisis truly arrives, what you need is something that can **preserve value and be spent immediately**. Bitcoin can preserve value, but its payment efficiency is questionable; fiat currency pays quickly but faces enormous inflation pressure. Neither is perfect.

USD1 changes this situation. It is issued by Lista DAO and is essentially an asset-backed currency using digital assets as collateral, not traditional fiat currency. You can collateralize BTCB (think of Bitcoin as the "gold" of the digital age) and then mint USD1. The key point—its value depends on your actual collateral, not the creditworthiness of any country or institution.

Imagine an extreme scenario: the financial system collapses, banks close, and paper money becomes worthless. Yet, the USD1 in your hands still represents real BTCB assets. You can exchange it for anything you want at any time. Lista DAO's 24/7 operational mechanism ensures continuous operation—no bank holidays, no run risks. This is like building a **never-closed private liquidity pipeline** for yourself—in a world full of uncertainties, you hold the autonomy.