USDe is already enjoying backing from Ether, Ether-based liquid staking tokens and Tether, but Ethena Labs says Bitcoin will provide a more “safe” and “robust” product for USDe token holders.

Ethena Labs, the team behind USDe, has added Bitcoin (BTC) as collateral to its synthetic dollar-pegged product with the hopes of scaling “significantly” from its current $2-billion supply. 

https://twitter.com/ethena_labs/status/1775944418924884127

With Bitcoin open interest increasing from $10 billion to $25 million over the past year on major cryptocurrency exchanges, USDe has the capacity to scale by a factor of 2.5, Ethena explained in an April 4 post on X.

https://twitter.com/ethena_labs/status/1775944410011926931

USDe went live on Ethereum on Feb. 19. At the time, Ethena promised a 27.6% annual percentage yield (APY) on staked USDe, prompting widespread concerns in the community. USDe’s APY topped out at 113% on March 5 but has since fallen to 7.15%.

Ethena said Bitcoin would provide better liquidity and offer a more “safe” and “robust” product for USDe token holders.

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“BTC derivative markets are growing at a faster pace than ETH and offer better scalability and liquidity for delta hedging.”

Ethena adopts a delta hedging strategy in the derivatives market to maintain USDe’s peg.

https://twitter.com/ethena_labs/status/1775944428504641673

For example, Ethena may have short positions in Ether (ETH) or Ether-based derivatives, which become rewarding when Ether’s price falls. 

As a result, Ethena can offset any downward volatility from USDe’s collateral to a considerable degree.

Prior to the Bitcoin addition, USDe was backed by ETH, Tether (USDT) and Ether-based liquid staking tokens in proportions of 45%, 38% and 17%, respectively.

The firm sources the bulk of its collateral from Binance, Bybit and OKX in 59%, 15% and 20% proportions, respectively. Deribit, Bitget and BitMEX make up the remaining 6%.

Ethena acknowledged that Bitcoin doesn’t possess a native staking yield like staked Ether but said staking yields of 3%–4% are “less significant” during bull markets where funding rates can exceed 30%.

Ethena is trying to differentiate its synthetic dollar product from stablecoins by eliminating or significantly reducing reliance on the traditional banking system.

USDe currently boasts the fifth-highest market capitalization among United States dollar-denominated products, according to CoinGecko.

Its $2-billion market cap only trails USDT, USD Coin (USDC), Dai (DAI), and First Digital USD (FDUSD).

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