PANews December 20 news, according to James Fishback, the account of Vivek Ramaswamy, co-leader of the U.S. government's efficiency department DOGE, has been hacked and a false statement was released, claiming that the DOGE department reached a cooperation with stablecoin issuer USUAL to reduce the federal budget deficit and promote cryptocurrency initiatives.

Fishback confirms that this statement is false, and Vivek is currently locked out of his account. Binance's market shows USUAL briefly broke through $1.6, currently reported at around $1.51.