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- 7.0
USDe Collateral: Equity Tokens, Not Just Crypto - cryptoticker.io
Cryptoticker.io reports that Ethena's USDe stablecoin is backed by tokenized equity tokens in addition to crypto collateral, in a piece framed as analysis of the stablecoin's reserve composition rather than a protocol announcement. The report does not quantify how much of USDe's backing is held in tokenized equities. USDe is one of the largest synthetic-dollar designs, so a shift in its collateral mix toward tokenized equities would extend its risk profile beyond crypto basis-trade exposure, per the report. Any such change matters to the DeFi venues that accept USDe as collateral or build yield products on it. The report characterizes USDe's backing as combining crypto assets with tokenized equity tokens, a category of digital tokens representing shares in companies or ETFs. No figures for the equity-token share of reserves, and no Ethena confirmation of the composition, appear in the supplied material.
- 7.0
Ethena Expands USDe Backing Into Equity Perpetuals - Yahoo Finance
Ethena is adding Binance bStocks and equity perpetuals to the basis trade used for USDe's backing strategy, according to reports from Yahoo Finance and The Block. The move broadens the backing assets for the synthetic dollar beyond crypto basis trades. The change alters the collateral composition and risk profile of USDe, a synthetic dollar whose backing has so far been tied to crypto basis trades. USDe holders and DeFi protocols that accept it as collateral are directly exposed to that shift. Binance bStocks are tokenized stocks each backed 1:1 by a US share held at a regulated custodian, tradable 24/7 on Binance's spot market. Equity perpetuals apply crypto perpetual swap mechanics — funding rates and no expiry — to stock exposure.