Ethena’s USDe Shrinks by $8.3B as Traders Flee Risky Stablecoins
Yahoo Finance·2025-12-23 20:04

Ethena’s synthetic dollar USDe has shrunk from about 14.7Bntoroughly14.7Bn to roughly 6.4Bn in just over two months after the October 10 crypto crash. That’s an 8.3Bnexitastradersunwindriskandmovetowardsimpler,fiatbackedstablecoins.Thisallhappenedduringthebiggestliquidationeventincryptohistory,whenmorethan8.3Bn exit as traders unwind risk and move toward simpler, fiat-backed stablecoins. This all happened during the biggest liquidation event in crypto history, when more than 19 billion in positions vanished, and the market wiped out around $1.3Tn in value. What Is USDe, and Why Did So Much Money Leave? USDe is a “synthetic stablecoin,” which means it does n ...