Launched Apr 2, 2024 · 2 years 7 months ago
Ethena is the protocol behind USDe, a 'synthetic dollar' that aims to hold a stable value of around one dollar without relying on cash sitting in a bank. Instead of fiat reserves, it stays balanced using a delta-neutral strategy: it holds crypto collateral and simultaneously opens offsetting short positions, so price moves on one side cancel out the other. Users who hold the staked version (sUSDe) can earn a yield that Ethena markets as a kind of 'internet bond,' generated from staking rewards and funding rates in the derivatives market.
This design let Ethena grow extremely fast and become one of the most talked-about dollar alternatives in DeFi. The ENA token governs the protocol and its risk parameters. It is important to understand the risks: the yield depends on market funding rates that can turn negative, and the model relies on exchanges and custody arrangements, so USDe behaves differently from a fully fiat-backed stablecoin.
For newcomers, Ethena is best understood as an innovative but more complex, market-dependent take on a stable digital dollar.
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Counted on one of this token’s pools only, chosen by our data provider — usually its most active or most liquid. Trades on other pools and on centralised exchanges are not included, so this will not match a site that aggregates them.
New supply can still be created
The contract still has an owner
Selling is not blocked by the contract
The contract takes 0% of a sale
A renounced owner cannot reclaim control
Transfers cannot be frozen
The contract source is published
The contract takes 0% of a sale
The contract has no address blocklist
The contract takes 0% of a purchase
The contract enforces no wait between trades
Distinct buying wallets against distinct selling wallets: 49 to 51
The day's volume was 1 times the liquidity in the pool
2.2 buys per distinguishable buying wallet over 24 hours
The ten largest wallets hold 53.3% of the supply
The market-data provider reports no significant drop in liquidity
The provider does not report a bundled launch
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