Ethena’s USDe Bitcoin collateral exceeds $500 million in a week

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Experts worry Ethena’s Bitcoin-backing strategy for USDe could bring ‘contagion risks’

CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju has voiced concerns about Ethena’s recent decision to incorporate Bitcoin as a backing asset for its USDe synthetic dollar.
On April 4, Ethena Labs revealed plans to onboard BTC as a backing asset for USDe to create a safer product for its users.

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Aave considers dropping DAI as collateral over contagion concerns from MakerDAO’s USDe move

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BitMEX co-founder believes this stablecoin could flip Tether one day

Ethena, the protocol powering the USDe synthetic dollar, raked in $6.53 million in fees over the last 24 hours, cementing its position as the top fee-generating decentralized application (dApp) in the crypto space, according to data from DeFillama.

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