Gordon Liao is a crypto and stablecoin research economist who serves as Chief Economist and Head of Research at Circle Internet Group. Gordon Liao's Twitter Score is 144 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #4,038 (top 1%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Gordon Liao works at Circle Internet Group on economic research spanning stablecoins, blockchain infrastructure, and digital asset markets. He is a co-author of research papers covering blockchain fraud prevention, decentralized exchange liquidity, and multi-proposer protocols, with empirical analysis focused on Ethereum and USDC. His work is affiliated with Circle Research, the research arm of Circle.
Gordon Liao works within a regulatory and product context shaped by Circle's stablecoin offerings. Circle states that USDC and EURC are backed 1:1 by cash and cash equivalents, with reserves attested monthly by a Big Four accounting firm. Circle holds U.S. money transmitter licenses in 46 states, a New York BitLicense, and an EU MiCAR-compliant license in France. Gordon Liao has 10,114 followers as of August 2026 and has published 1,009 posts. He has been mentioned by 55 accounts, with 124 total mentions.
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