Ethena USDe Explained: The Basis Trade Behind a Synthetic Dollar
USDe pays double-digit yield by going long spot crypto and shorting the same coin's perpetual futures. It works — until funding flips negative.
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USDe pays double-digit yield by going long spot crypto and shorting the same coin's perpetual futures. It works — until funding flips negative.
A fresh $250 million in USDC — 250,000,000 tokens valued at approximately $249.97 million — was minted directly at the…
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