Today marks an important step forward in more closely aligning the growth and use of $USDe with $ENA
The launch of a generalized staking capability for $ENA with @symbioticfi and @LayerZero_Labs is the first step in adding functional utility for $ENA within the Ethena ecosystem
Summary:
i) Introduction of generalized restaking modules for $ENA and $sUSDe
ii) $ENA restaking pools within @symbioticfi to secure the Ethena Chain
iii) Immediate 50% reduction of go-forward $ENA inflation for Season 1 campaign participants to support long term alignment
i) Locked in Ethena for 30x rewards
ii) Added to PT-ENA in Pendle for ~75% fixed APR
The next phase of incorporating $ENA into the Ethena system and adding utility will leverage generalized restaking pools to provide economic security for the Ethena Chain
The first use case is cross-chain transfers of USDe built on the @LayerZero_Labs DVN based messaging system
This is the first of multiple layers of infrastructure and financial applications built upon the Ethena Chain which will utilize and benefit from restaked $ENA modules
Staked $ENA and $sUSDe will be the only newly available assets to deposit in @symbioticfi in the upcoming epoch with the initial LST caps all already filled within hours
Staked $ENA pools will launch on 26th of June
Staked $ENA in Symbiotic will receive the following rewards:
-Ethena 30x per ENA per day
-Symbiotic points
-Mellow points
-Future potential LayerZero RFP allocations (if allocated to Ethena)
The Ethena Chain will host financial applications and infrastructure built upon $USDe as the gas token and fulcrum asset within the system
Restaked $ENA will provide security across these protocols, and in return may be eligible for potential future airdrops at their discretion
In addition, as of 17th of June, any user receiving $ENA via airdrop for Season 1 will be required to lock a minimum of 50% of the claimable $ENA in one of the three options outlined in the first section
Failing to do so will result in all of the user’s unvested $ENA attributed to the relevant wallet being redistributed to other users who lock $ENA
To be clear: the intent of the above is to incentivize realignment of $ENA holders from mercenary capital to long term aligned users
None of the $ENA which is forfeited will be retained by the foundation, team or investors - it is solely to benefit ecosystem aligned users
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@Juice_Finance will enable users to borrow up to 3x against their USDB into @ThrusterFi & @hyperlockfi V3 USDe for up to 105x sats and single sided deposits up to 20x sats
To date the sUSDe contract has received protocol yield attributable to assets backing staked USDe, with the protocol retaining the remainder
As of today, the retained portion is reduced to 20%, with the remainder going to the sUSDe contract
As a result sUSDe APY = 37.2%
How does this work?
Currently only 15% of USDe is staked in sUSDe
If entire protocol backing generates ~7%, transferring returns from assets backing unstaked USDe to the staking contract increases effective sUSDe APY - with 20% retained, sUSDe APY rises to ~37%
If we assume the average protocol return since launch of 23%, the implied sUSDe yield would increase to ~125%
This is a direct result of the low % of sUSDe being staked, and as the stake rate increased the potential increase in sUSDe will be reduced
i) Why we believe Ethena is important
ii) What we are excited by: USDe convergence of DeFi, CeFi, TradFi
iii) The Ethena Endgame: Money, Network, Exchange
What are we excited by?
We believe Ethena will reshape and force the convergence of DeFi, CeFi and TradFi, with USDe as the connective tissue which ties it all together
For example, if you hold $1000 of USDe in any position in the ecosystem
-$200 of ENA will provide a 20% boost
-$500 of ENA will provide a 50% boost
-$1000 of ENA will provide a 100% boost
Which will be applied to all USDe and sUSDe holdings