{"id":498329,"date":"2025-09-16T09:20:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T08:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=498329"},"modified":"2025-12-03T12:44:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T12:44:33","slug":"ena-holders-eye-potential-yields-over-5-as-ethena-confirms-fee-switch-thresholds-met","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ena-holders-eye-potential-yields-over-5-as-ethena-confirms-fee-switch-thresholds-met\/","title":{"rendered":"ENA holders eye potential yields over 5% as Ethena confirms fee switch thresholds met"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ethena said it expects to activate the ENA fee switch, pending final implementation approval by its <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.ethenafoundation.com\/t\/ena-fee-switch-parameters\/396\">Risk Committee<\/a> and a tokenholder vote, after the pre-set parameters were met.<\/p>\n<p>Those parameters, agreed in late 2024, require USDe supply above 6 billion, lifetime protocol revenue above 250 million, and USDe integration on four of the top five centralized derivatives venues.<\/p>\n<p>The Foundation plans to publish implementation details before submitting a framework to ENA holders for confirmation via vote, per the group\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EthenaFndtn\/status\/1967592364744290455\">official communications<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Thresholds track core protocol economics.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.ethena.fi\/solution-overview\/usde-overview\">USDe<\/a> revenue is driven by futures funding and basis, while <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.ethena.fi\/solution-overview\/usde-overview\">sUSDe<\/a> distributes part of that to holders. In its latest monthly update, Ethena reported USDe supply at 12.1 billion, a 30-day sUSDe APY of 8.54 percent, a reserve fund of about 62 million consolidated into USDtb, and distribution progress with three of five top centralized exchanges integrated and two remaining.<\/p>\n<p>The update also flagged September Pendle principal token maturities and ongoing hedging on major venues. Per the Foundation\u2019s August governance <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.ethenafoundation.com\/t\/ethenas-august-2025-governance-update\/689\">report<\/a>, these items are now tracked as activation inputs and risk checks, including an APY spread versus a benchmark and reserve fund sizing.<\/p>\n<p>What the switch could look like remains open by design. The <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.ethenafoundation.com\/t\/ena-fee-switch-parameters\/396\">fee-switch parameters<\/a> specify that distributions to <em>sENA<\/em> may use non-cash methods if direct revenue sharing is operationally or legally suboptimal, and explicitly sequence activation after the success metrics and risk checks are satisfied.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Annual protocol revenue<\/th>\n<th>Fee share to ENA<\/th>\n<th>Annual fee pool<\/th>\n<th>APR if 30% ENA staked<\/th>\n<th>APR if 50% ENA staked<\/th>\n<th>APR if 70% ENA staked<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>$400M<\/td>\n<td>10%<\/td>\n<td>$40M<\/td>\n<td>2.5%<\/td>\n<td>1.5%<\/td>\n<td>1.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>$400M<\/td>\n<td>25%<\/td>\n<td>$100M<\/td>\n<td>6.2%<\/td>\n<td>3.7%<\/td>\n<td>2.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>$400M<\/td>\n<td>50%<\/td>\n<td>$200M<\/td>\n<td>12.5%<\/td>\n<td>7.5%<\/td>\n<td>5.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>$700M<\/td>\n<td>10%<\/td>\n<td>$70M<\/td>\n<td>4.4%<\/td>\n<td>2.6%<\/td>\n<td>1.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>$700M<\/td>\n<td>25%<\/td>\n<td>$175M<\/td>\n<td>10.9%<\/td>\n<td>6.5%<\/td>\n<td>4.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>$700M<\/td>\n<td>50%<\/td>\n<td>$350M<\/td>\n<td>21.8%<\/td>\n<td>13.1%<\/td>\n<td>9.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>$1,000M<\/td>\n<td>10%<\/td>\n<td>$100M<\/td>\n<td>6.2%<\/td>\n<td>3.7%<\/td>\n<td>2.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>$1,000M<\/td>\n<td>25%<\/td>\n<td>$250M<\/td>\n<td>15.6%<\/td>\n<td>9.3%<\/td>\n<td>6.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>$1,000M<\/td>\n<td>50%<\/td>\n<td>$500M<\/td>\n<td>31.2%<\/td>\n<td>18.7%<\/td>\n<td>13.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em><strong>Method:<\/strong> APR = Annual fee pool \u00f7 dollar value of staked ENA.<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Assumptions:<\/strong> ENA market capitalization \u2248 $5.35B at calculation time; fee pool equals revenue \u00d7 fee-share to ENA; stake participation scenarios at 30%, 50%, and 70% of circulating ENA.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Figures are illustrative and exclude costs or implementation frictions.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That flexibility gives ENA governance room to calibrate size, cadence, and mechanics based on market conditions, legal advice, and reserve adequacy.<\/p>\n<h2>Distribution readiness also depends on exchange penetration<\/h2>\n<p>Binance listed USDe spot pairs on Sept. 9, a step that supports Ethena\u2019s \u201cfour of five\u201d adoption condition cited in the governance report. The Foundation\u2019s update notes that USDe is accepted as collateral across dominant derivatives venues used in Ethena\u2019s hedge program, improving basis capture and redemption pathways.<\/p>\n<p>The vote will ask ENA holders to ratify implementation specifics after the Risk Committee sign-off. The governance forum lays out the sequencing, with the Risk Committee mandated to assess sUSDe APY spread versus a benchmark and reserve fund adequacy on an ongoing basis before distributions are enabled, and to publish public updates on these assessments. Those roles and the activation gating are documented in the <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.ethenafoundation.com\/t\/ena-fee-switch-parameters\/396\">fee-switch framework<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Forward drivers sit in the revenue engine. Positive funding and futures basis lift USDe income, while negative or compressed funding reduces it. Recent market structure has supported Ethena\u2019s model.<\/p>\n<p>In late August, Deribit\u2019s weekly derivatives <a href=\"https:\/\/insights.deribit.com\/industry\/crypto-derivatives-analytics-report-week-34-2025\/\">recap<\/a> showed BTC funding reaching monthly highs around the mid-month peak, with ETH funding briefly topping 0.03 percent on 8-hour windows before retracing.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/insights.deribit.com\/industry\/crypto-derivatives-analytics-report-week-30-2025\/\">month earlier<\/a>, the same series noted funding moderating from earlier peaks but remaining positive on average across majors. These conditions, along with the addition of a top venue and deeper collateral acceptance, historically track stronger basis capture for basis-backed stablecoin models.<\/p>\n<p>Cost lines and concentration need monitoring. The August governance update highlights scheduled Pendle PT maturities, which can lead to sUSDe unlocking and tactical flows that temporarily raise redemption activity or change Aave-linked exposures.<\/p>\n<p>The same update lists reserve fund composition and a migration to USDtb for counterparty and liquidity reasons, adding clarity to loss-absorption capacity before any ENA-linked distribution begins.<\/p>\n<h2>Macro and policy second axis.<\/h2>\n<p>In the United States, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/senate-bill\/1582\/text\">GENIUS Act<\/a> was signed into law on July 18, establishing a federal regime for payment stablecoins, including OCC licensing for non-bank issuers, one-to-one reserve requirements, and preemption of conflicting state charters on permitted issuers.<\/p>\n<p>In the United Kingdom, the Bank of England signaled it will consult this year on allowing systemic stablecoins to hold a portion of reserves in high-quality liquid assets, with Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden outlining a \u201cmulti-money\u201d framework in a September 3 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bankofengland.co.uk\/speech\/2025\/september\/sarah-breeden-keynote-speech-at-the-boe-and-warwick-business-school\">speech.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The policy direction matters for distribution design, given how reserve and custodial rules can affect cash movement, buybacks, or alternative mechanisms ENA governance might consider.<\/p>\n<p>Cross-market context remains constructive. The global stablecoin market value has hovered near record levels in recent weeks, per the <a href=\"https:\/\/defillama.com\/stablecoins\">DefiLlama stablecoins dashboard<\/a>, a backdrop that historically correlates with deeper liquidity and tighter spreads.<\/p>\n<p>From here, the gating items are clear: public confirmation of implementation details by the Risk Committee, the Foundation\u2019s publication of the framework, and the ENA holder vote as outlined in the fee-switch parameters and the August governance update.<\/p>\n<p>Ethena says it will publish the final implementation framework, then ask ENA holders to vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethena said it expects to activate the ENA fee switch, pending final implementation approval by its Risk Committee and a tokenholder vote, after the pre-set parameters were met. 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