PANews reported on December 20 that according to James Fishback, the account of Vivek Ramaswamy, co-leader of the US government's efficiency department DOGE, had been hacked and a false statement was issued, claiming that the DOGE department had reached a cooperation with the stablecoin issuer USUAL to reduce the federal fiscal deficit and promote cryptocurrency initiatives.

Fishback confirmed that the statement was false and Vivek has been locked out of his account. Binance market showed that USUAL briefly broke through $1.6 and is now trading at around $1.51.