Ethena ends token incentives for USDe after 85% decline in rewards
Ethena is ending USDe-linked token incentives and inflation this month after the rewards tied to USDe growth dropped about 85% from the protocol’s first airdrop in 2024. The change shifts USDe away from incentive-linked growth and leaves the exact future structure of rewards open.
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USDe holders and people tracking Ethena’s incentive program will see a change this month, because the protocol is ending USDe-linked token incentives and inflation. That matters immediately to anyone who had been watching those rewards as part of USDe growth, since the incentive structure is being removed from the token’s current setup.
In practice, the USDe growth model no longer relies on the same incentive emissions that were tied to earlier growth. What remains in place is not spelled out here beyond the move toward organic growth, so the new operating details are still not described.
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