Ethena Labs protocol revenue exceeds $290 million, firmly ranking as the top stablecoin issuer.
The stablecoin issuer Ethena Labs' protocol revenue has surpassed $290.2 million, ranking it among the top four in the industry, just behind Tether, Circle, and Sky. Its synthetic dollar stablecoin USDe captures funding rate arbitrage profits through a unique delta-neutral strategy (Spot long positions + Perptual Futures short positions hedging), achieving a $100 million revenue milestone in just 251 days, making it the second fastest protocol to reach this milestone in history. Despite facing regulatory uncertainties from the US SEC (whether USDe qualifies as a security or a payment stablecoin remains in doubt), and being temporarily unable to cater to US retail users, its recent daily average fee revenue has rebounded to $3.8 million. The protocol allocates 20% of fees for the buyback and destruction of the governance token ENA (with 58 million tokens already destroyed), and 94% of reserve assets are held in a Centralized Exchange for real-time risk management.