After losing the chance to break ATH, BTC continued to lead the market lower. Almost all altcoins have entered a downward channel.
Today we will talk about ENA (Ethena), which is a meaningful project. 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.
The long position of USDe captures the income from the ETH staking return, while the short position captures the income from the ETH funding rate. During a bull market, funding rates are generally paid by longs to shorts. Under such a structure, USDe’s gains reached 30%+ at the beginning of this year. The upward spiral structure in the bull market has led Ethena to be called a market amplifier, and has been compared to Luna.
But when the market turns bearish, short sellers begin to pay funding rates, covering the ETH staking income and generating losses. In order to avoid losses, Ethena established a Reserve Fund and used part of its income to resist funding rate expenses when the market fell. So although BTC fell below 63,000 yesterday, USDe's APY is still greater than 10%.
USDe’s current supply reaches 160 million, ranking fourth among stable coins. But the daily trading volume is less than $30 million. In contrast, FDUSD, which ranks fifth on supply, although its market value is lower than USDe, has a daily trading volume of nearly 1.12 billion US dollars. Therefore, Ethena needs to find more cooperation to solve the utility of USDe. In this way, USDe can be converted from an investment certificate to a stable tokens.
It can also be seen from the price trend of ENA that the issue of utility is the most important. So USDe’s APR did not avoid ENA’s decline. At the 4h level, the TSB indicator prompted a SELL signal on June 8, and then ENA was in a downward channel again. Wavy areas provide resistance.
In summary, we believe that Ethena temporarily lacks utility, and the market uses USDe more as investment certificates. The utility issue is being resolved and BTC is rising again. Then the role of the market amplifier will also be reflected in the price of ENA.
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