Garett Jones is an economics professor and stablecoin researcher who co-founded Bluechip, a stablecoin ratings agency, where he serves as Chief Economist. Garett Jones's Twitter Score is 62 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of August 2026, ranking #13,772 (top 5%) among 483,652 tracked accounts.
Garett Jones works at George Mason University as a Professor of Economics and holds the BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism position at the Mercatus Center. He previously served as an advisor to Reserve Protocol. His academic and policy work intersects macroeconomics, monetary systems, and digital assets, and he co-authored commentary on how President Trump's Digital Assets executive order affects American innovation, crypto taxation, and dollar dominance.
Garett Jones co-founded Bluechip and co-authored its SMIDGE Framework, a methodology for assessing stablecoin safety across six dimensions: Stability, Management, Implementation, Decentralization, Governance, and Externals. Bluechip applies this framework to publish economic safety ratings for stablecoins including USDC, DAI, USDT, and others. Garett Jones has also authored the Singapore Trilogy, published by Stanford University Press, reflecting his broader work in economics and institutional analysis. Garett Jones's account has published 34,523 posts and has been mentioned by 62 accounts, with 146 total mentions.
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