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Ethena is building derivative infrastructure to enable Ethereum to transform into the Global Internet Bond via delta-neutral positions on stETH, to create the first crypto-native, yield bearing stablecoin: USDE.
Ethena Partners with FalconX on $1 Billion Credit Facility to Expand Yield Sources for USDe Collateral Assets
According to CoinDesk, Ethena has reached a $1 billion credit partnership with digital asset prime broker FalconX, deploying USDe synthetic dollar collateral assets into the institutional credit sector. According to the announcement, the financing will be used to fund over-collateralized loans originated by FalconX, with use cases including trading strategies, corporate treasury management, and payments. The loan collateral will be custodied by third-party custodians, and Ethena holds first-priority security interests.
FalconX and Ethena Announce $1 Billion Financing Partnership to Bring USDe Reserve Funds into Institutional Credit Markets
Odaily News Cryptocurrency institutional brokerage firm FalconX has announced a $1 billion secured lending facility (warehouse financing facility) with stablecoin protocol Ethena. The two parties will utilize Ethena's USDe reserve assets through a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to provide overcollateralized credit services to institutional clients.According to the announcement, this facility will connect Ethena's on-chain liquid assets with FalconX's institutional lending demand, channeling on-chain capital into traditional credit markets. Loan assets will be held by qualified custodians, with FalconX responsible for asset origination, loan servicing, and collateral management.Ethena is the developer of the USDe stablecoin protocol. USDe maintains its dollar-pegged stability through crypto asset collateralization and hedging mechanisms, and has already partnered with multiple centralized exchanges and DeFi protocols. FalconX, meanwhile, is a digital asset prime broker serving institutional investors, offering trading, financing, and liquidity services. (PRNewswire)
Avalanche Launches Payment Ecosystem Alliance, with 28 Organizations Already Onboard
Avalanche announced the launch of the Avalanche Payments Collective, with 28 organizations already joining the coalition to build payment infrastructure on the Avalanche network. The coalition aims to integrate multiple domains, including settlement, stablecoins, capital infrastructure, foreign exchange, asset management, compliance, and global payments. Members include Franklin Templeton, VanEck, WisdomTree, Paxos, Kraken, Anchorage Digital, Ethena, and the Wyoming Stablecoin Committee.
Janus Henderson Invests in ENA and Enters Strategic Partnership with Ethena to Launch Compliant Investment Products, Including ETFs
According to The Block, ANTIK, the blockchain division of asset management giant Janus Henderson—which oversees $480 billion in assets—has established a position in the ENA token and signed a strategic partnership agreement with Ethena to stake USDe for cash management purposes. The two parties have also committed to jointly developing compliant investment products based on USDe and ENA, including ETFs and ETPs, expected to launch in the second half of 2026. As part of the collaboration, Ethena has incorporated Janus Henderson’s JAAA strategy—which invests in AAA-rated CLOs—into the USDe reserve portfolio.
Coinbase invests in Ethena via open market ENA purchases, teases new collaboration
Coinbase Ventures stated it has invested in Ethena by purchasing ENA tokens on the open market. Following the announcement, ENA rose approximately 6% over the past 24 hours.Ethena said the two parties will collaborate to advance on-chain finance and savings products. Coinbase also mentioned that they will establish closer cooperation, which involves Circle's stablecoin USDC.Ethena founder Guy Young stated that Ethena's products will be integrated with Coinbase's user base of over 100 million for the first time next week, to support its dollar savings products. The market is watching how the two parties will subsequently collaborate around USDC and Ethena's synthetic dollar, USDe. This move also comes as the US "Clarity Act" remains deadlocked in the legislative process. The bill concerns whether platforms like Coinbase can offer users rewards for holding stablecoins, while banking lobbying groups have consistently opposed similar stablecoin yield arrangements.
Aave plans comprehensive upgrade of collateral and listing standards following KelpDAO security incident
Linda Jeng, Chief Legal and Policy Officer at Aave Labs, stated during Consensus Miami 2026 that Aave's previous risk framework overly focused on financial risks and price volatility. Looking ahead, the protocol will incorporate assessments of cross-chain interoperability, cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and underlying asset architecture.This reform directly stems from the rsETH incident that occurred in April. At that time, an attacker exploited a vulnerability in the KelpDAO cross-chain bridge to mint approximately 116,500 unbacked rsETH (valued at around $293 million), deposited it as collateral into Aave, and borrowed real WETH, leading to significant bad debt risks for the protocol.Jeng revealed that Aave will also release a formal "listing standards handbook" for asset issuers in the future, and will begin evaluating the correlation between DeFi protocols from a systemic risk perspective, rather than analyzing individual pools in isolation.Additionally, a "DeFi United" bailout plan involving Lido Finance, EtherFi, Ethena, and others has been launched to cover collateral shortfalls and prevent further proliferation of bad debt. (CoinDesk)
Suspected Ethena team wallet transfers approximately $14.09 million in ENA to FalconX
According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a wallet suspected to be associated with the Ethena team deposited 170 million ENA into FalconX 1 hour ago, valued at approximately $14.09 million, possibly for an OTC sale. This wallet previously received ENA from Ethena's Gnosis Safe last year.
Arthur Hayes: US and Japan Will Jointly Print Money to Depress USD/JPY, Bitcoin Will Enjoy Liquidity Dividend
据 BitMEX 联合创始人、Maelstrom 首席投资官 Arthur Hayes 在其 Substack 专栏发文，美国财政部长贝森特（Bessent）已公开呼吁扩大美联储 FIMA（外国及国际货币当局）回购便利机制，允许日本财务省（MOF）将其持有的美国国债作为抵押，从美联储借入美元，再将美元兑换为日元，从而在不抛售美债的前提下实现日元升值。 Hayes 认为，这一机制本质上是美联储直接印钞，其规模上限取决于日本政府及 GPIF（日本政府养老金投资基金）合计约 1.37 万亿美元的美债持仓。一旦美联储外汇货币小组委员会（Foreign Currency Subcommittee）召开会议并修改 FIMA 规则，这一"印钞开关"即可启动，且无需国会批准或公开听证。 Hayes 指出，日元廉价时代已近尾声，新一轮美元流动性扩张将推动比特币、黄金及黄金矿企股价上涨。他特别点名以太坊（ETH）为"大市值沉睡标的"，并看好 Ethena（ENA）在比特币价格回升后有望实现 5 倍涨幅。目前 Maelstrom 已重仓比特币，并等待 FIMA 规则修改落地后进一步加仓。
An address suspected to be associated with Amber Group withdrew $9.97 million in tokens from Binance 5 hours ago
According to monitoring by on-chain analyst Ember, an address suspected to be linked to Amber Group (0x2a79...51b) withdrew multiple tokens worth $9.97 million from Binance 5 hours ago, including 38.89 million ENA, worth $3.58 million; 28,262 AAVE, worth $2.52 million; 1,140 ETH, worth $2.18 million; 2,017 BNB, worth $1.2 million; and 59,202 LINK, worth $490,000.
Arthur Hayes has purchased a total of 11.74 million ENA in the past 4 days, with a total value of approximately $1.02 million.
According to on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain, Arthur Hayes purchased another 2.69 million ENA tokens 2 hours ago, worth approximately $246,000. Over the past 4 days, he has cumulatively purchased 11.74 million ENA tokens, with a total value of approximately $1.02 million and an average buy price of $0.087.
A new address spent $3.69 million to purchase 40 million ENA and stake it on Ethena
Odaily News: A new address opened a position of 40 million ENA approximately 3 hours ago, valued at around $3.69 million, with an average buy price of about $0.09269. Subsequently, the address staked all of its ENA into the Ethena protocol. Market data shows that ENA has risen by 18.13% over the past month.
ARK Invest Analyst: Crypto Industry Enters Largest Consolidation Phase in History
According to Cointelegraph, ARK Invest researcher Lorenzo Valente noted in a post on July 30 that the cryptocurrency industry is entering the largest consolidation phase in history. As investors become increasingly strict in screening projects, revenue is accelerating towards concentration among a few top protocols—Hyperliquid and Pump.fun collectively account for approximately 67% of the industry's application revenue, and with Ethena included, the combined share of the top three approaches 80%. Valente expects this trend to accelerate in the coming months, triggering more M&A, bankruptcies, and project closures. Meanwhile, BitMEX and BitMart recently announced the shutdown of trading services in succession, further confirming the consolidation trend. Valente believes that this round of consolidation is "extremely beneficial" for the long-term development of the crypto industry.
StablecoinX Releases 2026 Q2 Financial Report, ENA Treasury Holdings Approximately 3 Billion Tokens
据 GlobeNewswire 报道，纳斯达克上市公司 StablecoinX Inc.（股票代码：USDE）发布截至 2026 年 6 月 30 日的第二季度财报。公司于 6 月 25 日完成与 TLGY Acquisition Corporation 的业务合并并正式登陆纳斯达克，持有约 30 亿枚 ENA 代币（截至 6 月 30 日价值约 2.184 亿美元），总资产达 2.326 亿美元。运营层面，公司去中心化验证节点（DVN）累计跨链验证量突破 30 亿美元，并于 7 月 2 日上线 StablecoinX Harness 中间件平台，完成首个企业客户签约。 Ethena 生态方面，USDe 供应量达 39 亿
Ground COO: DeFi is Losing Its Way, Yield Wars Overlook Users' Real Needs
Odaily News, Ground COO Stephanie Vaughan stated that the current DeFi industry is陷入 a "yield war," but market participants are more focused on securing distribution access to fintech platforms, overlooking the real problems users need to solve.She pointed out that Robinhood, Coinbase, Revolut, and Kraken are competing for user funds, while protocols such as Aave, Morpho, and Ethena are competing to become the infrastructure for lending strategies. Vault service providers and risk management institutions are also competing around fintech platforms. However, this model does not establish DeFi's own user relationships—it merely fights for the opportunity to be selected by platforms.Stephanie believes that the current market is signaling that DeFi products have near-zero pricing power. Much of the yield comes from subsidies provided by platforms, Vault service providers, strategy providers, or underlying protocols, rather than genuine demand created by the products themselves. This is more like paying "shelf fees" than achieving true distribution capabilities.She further noted that some multi-strategy Vaults suffer from issues such as idle capital, deployment delays, and slow governance processes, resulting in a gap between the actual returns users receive and the advertised APY. In contrast, traditional financial products like money market funds can put capital to work immediately.Stephanie stated that with declining L2 costs and maturing cross-chain infrastructure, the chain itself is no longer a core competitive advantage. In the future, DeFi should build products closer to personal execution environments, driven by user needs. She believes the competitive focus should shift from shared Vaults to infrastructure like MPC wallets, allowing users to retain control over strategies while platforms handle execution and streamline processes.
Ethena is now live on Monad blockchain
Ethena announced on the X platform its official launch on the Monad blockchain. USDe and sUSDe are now available across the entire Monad ecosystem, including integration with Monad's Aave instance, enabling Ethena users to borrow stablecoin liquidity at scale. Additionally, parallelized EVM USDe is now live.
Coinbase: Advancing the "Every Asset, Every Market, One Platform" Strategy in H1
Coinbase released a monthly review on July 1, stating that in the first half of the year, it advanced its product layout around the strategy of "every asset, every market, one platform," covering tokenized stocks, pre-IPO perpetual contracts, stock options, crypto options, stock index perpetual futures, AI tools, payments, stablecoins, and on-chain infrastructure. Coinbase stated that the tokenized stocks are 1:1 backed shares of US companies, expected to include dividends, on-chain trading, holding, and redemption functions, and are not available to US persons. Coinbase also noted that its pre-IPO perpetual contracts will start with SpaceX and then expand to OpenAI and Anthropic, and will offer crypto options through integration with Deribit. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said on July 3 that Coinbase is one of the companies with the highest level of AI application globally. Coinbase also stated that it has launched a direct INR on-ramp in India, become the official deployer of the USDC treasury wallet for Hyperliquid, partnered with Ethena across over $50 billion in assets, and mentioned transferring approximately $4.4 billion USDC to the Hyperliquid deployer. (Bitcoin.com News).
On-chain Sleuth Specter: Arthur Hayes Repeatedly Promotes Tokens, Then Sells or Deposits Them to Exchanges
according to on-chain sleuth Specter's monitoring, Arthur Hayes once promoted what he called the "Holy Trinity"—HYPE, ZEC, and NEAR—predicting that HYPE would reach $150. He also published a Substack article promoting HYPE. A few days later, Arthur Hayes sold all three tokens.Subsequently, Arthur promoted WLD, posting "This shitcoin is going to moon." Three days later, Arthur Hayes announced "I'm out."After that, Arthur promoted CARDS with a target price of $4. One day later, a linked wallet deposited 1.9 million CARDS into an exchange.In 2024, Arthur promoted ENA and, approximately one hour later, deposited ENA worth $8.4 million into a CEX.
Trump Financial Disclosure: Crypto-related Income Over $300 Million, Mainly from World Liberty Financial
According to The Block, Trump's annual financial disclosure report (totaling 927 pages) released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics shows that Trump received significant crypto-related income through his family crypto company World Liberty Financial (WLF), including over $65.6 million from the sale of WLF Holdco equity and approximately $236.25 million from WLF token sale allocations. Additionally, the report disclosed his cold wallets holding various crypto assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDC, LINK, AAVE, ENA, MOVE, and ONDO, and that he received approximately $1.8 million in Ethereum staking rewards. Trump also holds up to $100,000 in Coinbase stock and multiple investments in Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy). In contrast, Vice President JD Vance's annual financial report is only 17 pages, disclosing that he holds Bitcoin valued at up to $500,000.
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FalconX and Ethena Launch $1 Billion USDe Institutional Lending Facility
FalconX and Ethena jointly launched a $1 billion secured lending facility, utilizing USDe backing assets for institutional over-collateralized loans to expand revenue sources for Ethena beyond crypto basis strategies.
Ethena Partners with FalconX on $1 Billion Credit Facility to Expand Yield Sources for USDe Collateral Assets
According to CoinDesk, Ethena has reached a $1 billion credit partnership with digital asset prime broker FalconX, deploying USDe synthetic dollar collateral assets into the institutional credit sector. According to the announcement, the financing will be used to fund over-collateralized loans originated by FalconX, with use cases including trading strategies, corporate treasury management, and payments. The loan collateral will be custodied by third-party custodians, and Ethena holds first-priority security interests.
FalconX and Ethena Announce $1 Billion Financing Partnership to Bring USDe Reserve Funds into Institutional Credit Markets
Odaily News Cryptocurrency institutional brokerage firm FalconX has announced a $1 billion secured lending facility (warehouse financing facility) with stablecoin protocol Ethena. The two parties will utilize Ethena's USDe reserve assets through a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to provide overcollateralized credit services to institutional clients.According to the announcement, this facility will connect Ethena's on-chain liquid assets with FalconX's institutional lending demand, channeling on-chain capital into traditional credit markets. Loan assets will be held by qualified custodians, with FalconX responsible for asset origination, loan servicing, and collateral management.Ethena is the developer of the USDe stablecoin protocol. USDe maintains its dollar-pegged stability through crypto asset collateralization and hedging mechanisms, and has already partnered with multiple centralized exchanges and DeFi protocols. FalconX, meanwhile, is a digital asset prime broker serving institutional investors, offering trading, financing, and liquidity services. (PRNewswire)
Suspected Ethena team wallet transfers approximately $14.09 million in ENA to FalconX
According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a wallet suspected to be associated with the Ethena team deposited 170 million ENA into FalconX 1 hour ago, valued at approximately $14.09 million, possibly for an OTC sale. This wallet previously received ENA from Ethena's Gnosis Safe last year.
StablecoinX holds $218 million in ENA, representing approximately 20% of total supply
StablecoinX, a publicly listed company, disclosed in its latest operating report that it holds approximately 3 billion ENA tokens, representing about 20% of the token's total supply. The company began trading under the ticker USDE on June 26, following the completion of its merger with TLGY Acquisition Corp. The Ethena Foundation provided 284.95 million ENA to StablecoinX, while PIPE investors contributed approximately 2.75 billion tokens through a combination of cash and tokens. Based on ENA's closing price of $0.07204 on June 30, the position's market value stands at $218.4 million, with a book value of $212.9 million. StablecoinX reported a quarterly loss of $34.2 million, including an ENA impairment charge of $36.2 million, with an adjusted loss of $188,200. As of July 31, Ethena's USDe supply reached $3.9 billion, with cumulative protocol fees exceeding $800 million. As of August 12, StablecoinX's decentralized validator nodes have processed cumulative cross-chain transaction volume exceeding $3 billion. The company generated $62,372 in infrastructure revenue during the last two weeks of June and signed its first Harness customer in July, with plans to add distribution services in 2027. (Bitcoin.com News)
StablecoinX Releases 2026 Q2 Financial Report, ENA Treasury Holdings Approximately 3 Billion Tokens
据 GlobeNewswire 报道，纳斯达克上市公司 StablecoinX Inc.（股票代码：USDE）发布截至 2026 年 6 月 30 日的第二季度财报。公司于 6 月 25 日完成与 TLGY Acquisition Corporation 的业务合并并正式登陆纳斯达克，持有约 30 亿枚 ENA 代币（截至 6 月 30 日价值约 2.184 亿美元），总资产达 2.326 亿美元。运营层面，公司去中心化验证节点（DVN）累计跨链验证量突破 30 亿美元，并于 7 月 2 日上线 StablecoinX Harness 中间件平台，完成首个企业客户签约。 Ethena 生态方面，USDe 供应量达 39 亿