TREE NEWS update: Ethena said it will halt all USDe-linked token incentives and inflation at the end of this month, after those rewards had already fallen about 85% since the first airdrop in 2024 and totaled over $750 million. The protocol also moved all remaining investor unlocks forward to Oct. 5, 2026, ending monthly vesting roughly 17 months early. ENA rose from $0.014 on Sept. 16 to near $0.28, a gain of nearly 100% in 10 days.
Ethena Ends USDe Growth Incentives, Accelerates Investor Unlock to Oct 5
Ending incentives and pulling forward the entire remaining investor unlock removes two sources of structural supply pressure at once, which is the more consequential signal than the token's sharp move. The incentive wind-down also confirms that paying for USDe adoption has stopped being the growth model, shifting the question to whether organic demand holds without it. What matters next is whether the accelerated unlock is absorbed cleanly or becomes the dominant overhang.
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