Among the protocols being closely watched is Ethena, the buzzy Ethereum project behind USDe, a “synthetic dollar” built to mirror the price of the US dollar. Ethena has attracted more than $2 billion in deposits, but it uses a controversial method for maintaining USDe’s one-dollar “peg” that hasn’t been tested under such adverse market conditions.
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