Head of Ethena Foundation (@EthenaFndtn) | If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it | Opinions expressed are my own.

Joined July 2010
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James retweeted
The StablecoinX DVN is now enabled across all chains in the Ethena ecosystem. Live and operational since November 2025, the DVN verifies cross-chain messages for the @Ethena ecosystem, securing how $USDe and $sUSDe move across chains through @LayerZero_Core. Today completes its rollout to the full ecosystem. Key metrics since going live in November 2025: » all chains now covered » 507 cross-chain messages verified » ~$205.93M in cross-chain transfer volume Cross-chain infrastructure is becoming foundational to how digital dollars move. As stablecoins spread across more networks, the integrity of the message behind every transfer is what keeps that value safe, and reliable verification is what a multi-chain stablecoin ecosystem is built on.
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Here's what happened @ethena in May: • Crossed $500m in total Whitelabel supply across @JupiterExchange, @megaeth, and @SuiNetwork. • Launched dedicated Ethena markets on @JupiterExchange and @KaminoFinance. Combined market size crossed $1b within days of launch. • ENA went live on @Solana via @SunriseDeFi. • Ethena's TVL on @Solana crossed $500m, up from $50m a month ago, making it Ethena's second-largest chain outside of Ethereum. • USDe supply grew over 15% in the last 30 days. • USDtb supply is back above $1 billion, up over 70% in the last 30 days. • Surpassed $33b in cross-chain transfer volume across all Ethena assets via @LayerZero_Core. • PT-srUSDe by @Stata_Markets hit $45m supplied on @aave. • @hyenatrade crossed $2m in all-time USDe rewards to traders. • @ManifestFinance chose Ethena to back USH, its real estate-backed token. • @etherealdex expanded user testing for Ethereal Predict, a USDe-native prediction market that lets users combine outcomes into multi-leg positions. • Published an analysis of the basis trade on gold perpetuals, following the recent post on USDe backing diversification. • Updated the transparency page with a more detailed breakdown of USDe's backing reserves. • Published a security post on the recent rsETH incident, covering what happened, the response, and the design decisions that protect USDe. • Deprecated USDe and sUSDe bridging for several chains focusing security and operational resources where USDe activity is most meaningful.
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.@ethena's $USDe just surpassed $20B in cross-chain transfer volume on LayerZero, bringing their lifetime volume across all Ethena assets over $30B. This brings total value transferred across LayerZero to over $265B.
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NEW: Ethena $USDe on Solana jumps over $450M in just 4 days, now nearly 10x the supply on Hyperliquid L1, per DefiLlama.
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Aavethena
Apr 23
Ethena has been working closely with affected parties this week in a supporting capacity and is participating with a contribution into @aave's coordinated DeFi relief effort following the rsETH related incident. As part of a broader recovery initiative alongside other ecosystem participants, Ethena's contribution will go towards restoring the rsETH backing in support of an orderly resolution for stakeholders. Aavethena.
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James retweeted
Apr 19
As we have not yet received a satisfactory root cause analysis for the rsETH incident, we are extending the temporary pause on the OFT bridge. We understand this is frustrating, but believe this is the prudent step to ensure safe cross-chain movement of your assets. We have published a new Proof of Reserves, verified by our four independent third-party attesters: Chainlink, Chaos Labs, LlamaRisk, and Harris & Trotter, confirming USDe collateral backing remains >100%. Results are available on our transparency page and the dashboards below: app.ethena.fi/dashboards/tra… oracles.chaoslabs.xyz/por-fe… ethena-por.llamarisk.com/ We will continue to provide updates as we receive them.
Apr 18
Out of an abundance of caution we are temporarily pausing our LayerZero OFT bridges from Ethereum mainnet until the root cause of the rsETH incident has been identified. We expect the pause to last ~6 hours and will provide updates on this temporary pause as we receive them. To reiterate, we can confirm Ethena has no exposure to rsETH, and remains >101.0% overcollatereralised. Proof of reserves are typically provided on a weekly basis but we will be providing a refreshed version in the next few hours given the existing circumstances.
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Apr 18
Out of an abundance of caution we are temporarily pausing our LayerZero OFT bridges from Ethereum mainnet until the root cause of the rsETH incident has been identified. We expect the pause to last ~6 hours and will provide updates on this temporary pause as we receive them. To reiterate, we can confirm Ethena has no exposure to rsETH, and remains >101.0% overcollatereralised. Proof of reserves are typically provided on a weekly basis but we will be providing a refreshed version in the next few hours given the existing circumstances.
Apr 18
Ethena has no exposure to the rsETH exploit on the Aave v3 instance on mainnet
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Apr 12
This, but also while everything is on fire.
Running a company: 2020: can you survive a pandemic? 2021: still here? we’re going to give all of your competitors $100m series A rounds. 2022: wow, you made it? okay, all engineers cost $600,000/year now. 2023: nice job! okay, SVB failed and we’re going to take away your bank account. 2024: a survivor I see. but can you pivot from ai to crypto to defense tech back to ai-enabled defense tech in a 12 month period to stay relevant? 2025: unfortunately all of your competitors have raised $2b series B rounds. oh and only 500 engineers are relevant and they cost $100m/yr each. 2026: well, well, well. you’re still in business? let’s deploy the thunderclap of godlike LLMs from the heavens so all of your customers can rebuild your app in 2 hours. can you survive?
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Apr 6
USDe reserves are evolving: reducing concentration and building resilience across market cycles with a diversified collateral base. Four additions to the collateral backing are detailed below for consideration by the risk committee, each a natural extension of existing Ethena allocations: → Overcollateralised institutional lending → High quality liquid RWAs beyond TBills → Equity & commodity basis exposure → Prime lending Read more below on proposed updates:
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Since 10/10 Ethena was poorly positioned for what has been a material regime change. In the last few months we have been building out the infrastructure to securely access alternate sources of safe and scalable collateral to better position the business for these periods of downturn. This is an important piece of work which should have been done a long while ago, but now positions USDe backing to experience less rate volatility during periods of suppressed crypto native interest rates. Going forward, once approved by the independent risk committee, USDe will have access to: -Basis on non crypto assets including commodities and equities -Institutional triparty collateralized lending via @coinbase @krakenfx @Anchorage and others -Prime lending across CeFi and @HyperliquidX -Liquid high quality non-tbill RWA exposures Each of the above represent multi-billion capacity opportunities with that will now sit alongside the existing USDe collateral base to improve the product resilience through the cycle.
Apr 6
USDe reserves are evolving: reducing concentration and building resilience across market cycles with a diversified collateral base. Four additions to the collateral backing are detailed below for consideration by the risk committee, each a natural extension of existing Ethena allocations: → Overcollateralised institutional lending → High quality liquid RWAs beyond TBills → Equity & commodity basis exposure → Prime lending Read more below on proposed updates:
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1/ Welcome to the Circle $USDC files. $420M in alleged compliance failures since 2022, including fifteen cases of the US-regulated stablecoin issuer taking minimal action against illicit funds.
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Mar 30
Today, @aave announced the launch of Aave V4. Ethena will have a dedicated ecosystem environment at launch with two Spokes, the most of any individual ecosystem. sUSDe, USDe, PT-sUSDe, and PT-USDe supported as collateral. Aavethena 👻
Mar 30
Aave V4 is now live on @ethereum.
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Feb 20
Hello Officer, I’d like to report a murder.
Replying to @CAgovernor
2 miles of California high speed rail?
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Feb 19
FTX first popularised the USDT-USD perpetual where traders could bet against the solvency of USDT. On the other side, those who were long consistently collected 10% APY on funding from the naive truthers betting on the downfall of Tether. @felixprotocol has launched the first USDe perpetual where you can now do the same.
USDE-USDH perp is now live to trade on Felix The starting parameters of the market are the following: >Starting max leverage is 20x >Starting OI cap is set at $7.5M >Pricing follows the specification in the docs below Trade here: trade.usefelix.xyz/flx:USDE Docs can be viewed here: usefelix.gitbook.io/docs/fel…
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Glaciers shrinking: BAD Glaciers growing: ALSO BAD DEMAND STATIC GLACIERS NOW
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Ethena has no ADL "deals". Never has. ADL risk has been in the risk section of our docs since day one: docs.ethena.fi/solution-over… ADL implementation varies by exchange, but generally follow a similar waterfall of applying ADL to accounts with the: i) highest leverage ii) highest roe/ unrealised pnl In contrast to others, Ethena sweeps pnl daily and runs zero leverage. It is therefore considered one of the lowest risk accounts on the exchange and sits at the bottom of the ADL waterfall as a result. As far as we are aware, there have not been any ADLs on BTC or ETH on the venues Ethena executes since 2018 on OKX. The vast majority of the backing sits in BTC and ETH on venues with a 8yr track record of not applying ADL to these assets, including on 10/10. Ethena has no special ADL deals, just basic risk management.
it is borderline criminal that ethena's no-ADL deals aren't public one should never trade on an exchange where some market participants have undisclosed advantages over others
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latent markets yield bearing collateral will prove to be one of the best ways to scale USDe in 2026 h/t to @asxn_r for the data
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