Ethena Labs proposes collab with Trump-backed WLFI

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As a seasoned analyst with over two decades of experience in the financial industry, I find the integration between Ethena Labs’ sUSDe and World Liberty Financial (WLFI) quite intriguing. The prospect of sUSDe becoming a core collateral asset within WLFI is promising, especially given the endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump.

Ethena Labs intends to connect their secured synthetized dollar, known as sUSDe, with the decentralized finance protocol, World Liberty Financial – an initiative that has been backed by President-elect Donald Trump.

The decentralized finance protocol has put forth a suggestion to incorporate sUSDe in World Liberty Financial’s soon-to-be launched Aave platform. Assuming the proposal is accepted by the community, the deposited stable token could serve as a crucial collateral option for users.

Ethena US Dollar (Etherna USDE) represents the collateralized form of its own digital currency, which is equivalent to the U.S. dollar. This USDE coin is supported by strategic investments in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC) and staked Ethereum (stETH), with these positions serving as backing for the coin’s value.

The token’s mechanics involve simultaneously longing and shorting other assets, maintaining its dollar peg through the net effect. Users have deposited nearly $6 billion into USDe, according to total value locked data from DefiLlama.

As a researcher exploring the potential of decentralized finance (DeFi), I’ve come across an intriguing proposition: the integration of sUSDe into World Liberty Financial (WLFI) platform. This move, as proposed by Ethena Labs, could bring about numerous advantages for users. By doing so, users would be able to accumulate sUSDe rewards, effectively boosting their native WLFi returns.

As proposed by Ethena Labs, integrating sUSDe into the WLFI system through Aave’s primary instance could significantly increase stablecoin liquidity and user interaction.

The presence of sUSDe has significantly increased return rates in Aave markets: At present, approximately $1 billion worth of sUSDe integrated into Aave Core has nearly doubled the supply rates on over $5 billion in USDC, USDT, and USDS liquidity… By incorporating sUSDe, the platform attracts a wider variety of users seeking enhanced on-chain reward rates, thus broadening its user base and strengthening World Liberty Financial’s standing as a leading choice for stablecoin lending and borrowing. Meanwhile, this expansion also boosts key performance indicators such as Total Value Locked (TVL).

Ethena Labs proposal

The plan for linking sUSDe and WLFI depends on the activation of Aave’s lending agreements within World Liberty Financial, which was approved by Aave governance members through a vote ending on December 13th. This vote authorized the deployment of Aave v3 on WLFI.

Ethena Labs collaborated with BlackRock and Securitize for the debut of USDtb – a dollar-backed cryptocurrency predominantly secured by tokenized funds from a money market investment platform called BUIDL. This platform invests in U.S. government securities, including Treasury Bills.

USDtb functions like a traditional stablecoin such as USDC or USDT, utilizing cash and cash-equivalent reserve assets to back each token

Blackrock’s BUIDL represents the vast majority of the USDtb backing, currently the highest BUIDL allocation of any stablecoin in the market…

— Ethena Labs (@ethena_labs) December 16, 2024

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2024-12-18 21:42