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Mark Zuckerberg called Yann LeCun one Sunday last November. Word had gotten out that LeCun, who built Meta’s Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) lab, was leaving to start his own venture. Zuckerberg urged him to stay. Good luck raising the money and good luck building a product the market would believe, LeCun recalls him saying. The following month, LeCun unveiled Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs. By March, it had raised $1.03 billion in seed funding—one of the largest rounds in history.
Much of the tech industry has converged on the idea that scaling large language models will eventually produce human-level intelligence. But LeCun, one of the field’s pioneers, believes they are chasing a dead end. Advanced Machine Intelligence is pursuing a fundamentally different approach to training, aiming instead to give AI an intuitive understanding of physical reality. So-called “world models,” he believes, will eventually make AI far more capable in areas like robotics, self-driving cars, and medicine.
LeCun was never one to follow the crowd. When he championed neural networks in the 1980s, the research community dismissed the idea for decades before it eventually became the foundation of the current AI boom, earning him a Turing Award in 2018. Being a contrarian takes a pinch of “confidence,” he says, and an ability to step back. “You just need to lift your nose from the trench you’re digging, and look around.”
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Trump ratchets up rhetoric against Beijing as U.S.-China officials meet for Xi’s Washington visit
Chinese and U.S. flags flutter near The Bund, before U.S. trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China July 30, 2019.
Aly Song | Reuters
BEIJING — As the U.S. ramped up pressure this week on China with secondary Iran sanctions, the world’s two largest economies have still managed to stay focused on ways to cooperate.
It’s a sign of the balancing act on both sides, even as White House rhetoric has remained tough.
U.S. President Donald Trump signaled to reporters Thursday local time he could be sanctioning Chinese banks. “I don’t have to announce everything,” he said, according to a Fox News stream of the event.
Those comments followed a meeting between U.S. and Chinese officials in Beijing on Wednesday, according to official announcements.
U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue said in a social media post that he met with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and three other Chinese officials to discuss President Xi Jinping’s upcoming state visit to Washington.
China’s readout also noted Perdue’s comment on “preparing well for the next stage of important high-level interactions,” according to a CNBC translation of Chinese.
Trump on Thursday even mentioned Xi was coming in a few weeks.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday had warned that if Chinese banks “are part of the ecosystem that turns Iranian oil into money, into repression, they will be targeted.” It was part of Trump’s “economic D-Day” announcements against Iran.
Other than Bessent’s comments, there few details on specific actions, said Jodie Wen, postdoctoral fellow at the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS), Tsinghua University. It’s more of a warning, she said.
Wen added that the Trump-Xi summit in May marked a shift toward controlled competition, rather than the Biden administration’s “strategic adversary” view on China.
Moderate response
China’s official response to U.S. secondary Iran sanctions has also been muted so far.
Beijing responded by saying it would “take all necessary measures” to protect itself, but did not elaborate on possible actions. When asked about communication with the U.S. on Iran, a foreign ministry spokesperson said there was no information to share.
However, the spokesperson said the two countries were in talks about a Trump-Xi meeting.
Beijing will “note the lack of groundwork that was laid ahead of Bessent’s ‘D-Day’ announcement. And they will conclude that this is largely performative,” Ryan Hass, director of the China center and Chair in Taiwan studies at Brookings, said in a social media post. Hass advised the Obama administration as director for China, Taiwan and Mongolia for the National Security Council.
“Sec. Bessent already basically gave away the game when he responded to a question by asking, ‘Why would I want to blow up the global financial system?’ Beijing will interpret this as signaling that the US is not going to go after major Chinese financial institutions,” Hass said.
He expects the U.S.-China trade truce to remain intact because the “alternative is worse for both sides.”
Beijing can also comply with U.S. sanctions and its own interests at the same time.
The Asian country has built a legal mechanism that essentially tells Chinese companies their foreign bankers must comply with U.S. rules, but inside China, Beijing’s law takes precedence, said Han Shen Lin, China managing director for The Asia Group and a former executive at Wells Fargo Bank in China.
— CNBC’s Anniek Bao contributed to this report.
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Schwab Expands Crypto Trading With SOL, AVAX and LINK
US financial services giant Charles Schwab plans to add Solana (SOL), Avalanche (AVAX) and Chainlink (LINK) to its crypto trading platform in the coming months, expanding its direct cryptocurrency offering beyond Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH).
Schwab Crypto began rolling out to retail clients in May, initially offering direct Bitcoin and Ether trading alongside traditional investments through Schwab’s website, mobile app and thinkorswim platform.
The brokerage said it planned to add more cryptocurrencies and digital assets over time, though it did not specify which assets it is considering or provide a timeline beyond the three newly announced tokens.
Schwab charges 75 basis points, or 0.75%, on the dollar value of each crypto trade. The service is available in all US states except New York and Louisiana and is not offered in US territories or internationally.
The Schwab Crypto accounts are offered through Charles Schwab Premier Bank, with affiliated brokerage Charles Schwab & Co. performing certain operational functions on the bank’s behalf.
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Schwab expands into prediction markets
Schwab’s crypto expansion comes as the financial services firm moves into other new trading products. In June, The Wall Street Journal reported that Schwab plans to offer prediction contracts tied to the S&P 500 index through a partnership with Cboe Global Markets.
The contracts would allow clients to wager on whether the S&P 500 will close above or below a specified level, with the product reportedly expected to launch within months. Unlike platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket, Schwab’s planned offering would initially be limited to index outcomes.
As of July 31, Schwab held $13.04 trillion in client assets across 39.9 million active brokerage accounts, according to the company. Schwab reported record second-quarter net revenue of $7.1 billion and net income of $2.8 billion.
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ENA price holds 25% weekly gain as momentum cools
Ethena’s ENA traded near $0.147 on Aug. 27, retaining a weekly gain of about 25% after its sharp breakout met resistance near $0.180.
Summary
- ENA price remains about 25% above its Aug. 21 opening price of $0.11717.
- Price has corrected about 18% from the Aug. 23 weekly high of $0.18023.
- The daily Supertrend remains bullish, with dynamic support near $0.1202.
- Liquidation clusters around $0.150 and $0.161 could shape ENA’s next move.
ENA price retreats after reaching $0.180
Ethena (ENA) price was trading near $0.147 at the time of writing, up about 25% from its Aug. 21 opening price of $0.11717. The token reached an intraday high of $0.18023 on Aug. 23 before sellers took control.
The move from the weekly opening level to the peak amounted to nearly 54%. ENA has since fallen about 18% from that high, showing that traders took profits after the fast advance.
The daily chart shows that buyers attempted another recovery on Aug. 27. ENA reached $0.160 during the session but failed to hold the move, returning to the $0.147 area. Its daily range extended from $0.1424 to $0.160, reflecting continued volatility after the initial breakout.
ENA nevertheless remains well above the range that contained its price through most of July and early August. The token traded mainly between $0.075 and $0.095 before breaking higher around Aug. 20.
That advance lifted ENA through the $0.10 and $0.12 levels in quick succession. Price then accelerated toward $0.18 before entering its current pullback.
FalconX lending facility supports Ethena rally
The main catalyst behind ENA’s weekly advance was Ethena’s reported partnership with FalconX to establish a $1 billion secured warehouse lending facility.
Under the arrangement, reserve assets backing Ethena’s USDe synthetic dollar can be used in overcollateralized loans to institutional borrowers. The facility could broaden how Ethena deploys its reserves and create another source of revenue for the protocol.
Trading activity rose sharply following the announcement. ENA’s daily trading volume reportedly climbed above $1.04 billion, representing an increase of about 319% as traders responded to the institutional lending development.
The rebound occurred even as conditions became less supportive for altcoins. Bitcoin dominance rose to about 59.8%, while the Altcoin Season Index dropped from 51 to 33, pointing to a broader rotation toward Bitcoin and other large-cap assets.
ENA’s correction from $0.180 also followed an unusually steep advance. Its relative strength index reportedly reached 88 during the initial rally, placing the token deep in overbought territory and raising the probability of profit-taking.
Token concentration adds another risk. The 100 largest ENA wallets reportedly control roughly 90% of the circulating supply, meaning decisions by a relatively small group of holders may have an outsized effect on short-term price action.
ENA technicals show momentum stabilizing
The 4-hour chart suggests that ENA’s pullback is losing some force, although bullish momentum has not fully returned.

The 4-hour relative strength index stood at 51.32, slightly above its signal average of 48.83. A reading near 50 indicates balanced momentum rather than overbought or oversold conditions.
ENA’s moving average convergence divergence remained bearish. The MACD line was at 0.0006, below the signal line at 0.0015, while the histogram registered minus 0.0009.
However, the red histogram bars have become smaller. The contraction indicates that bearish momentum is weakening, even though the MACD has not yet completed a bullish crossover.
Price has also started to form a possible short-term base between $0.140 and $0.147. Buyers defended the area after the token briefly approached $0.138, but repeated failures around $0.150 show that sellers remain active above the current price.
On the daily chart, ENA remains above its Supertrend support at approximately $0.1202. The indicator shifted bullish during the breakout and will continue to support the broader recovery thesis while price stays above that level.

The Bull Bear Power indicator remained positive at 0.0431. Its bars have declined from their recent peak, however, showing that buyers retain the broader advantage but have lost some of the strength seen during the initial surge.
Liquidation map puts $0.150 in focus
CoinGlass’ three-day liquidation heatmap shows a nearby concentration of leveraged positions around $0.150. ENA was trading just below that level at the end of the chart, making it the first area likely to influence short-term direction.

A move above $0.150 could expose smaller liquidity bands between $0.153 and $0.158. The most prominent overhead cluster sits around $0.161 to $0.162, where the heatmap displays one of its brightest bands.
Price may be drawn toward that zone if ENA reclaims $0.150 with sustained buying. Clearing $0.162 would then open the way for a retest of $0.170, followed by the weekly high near $0.180.
The downside contains visible liquidity around $0.143 to $0.141. A loss of that region would weaken the developing 4-hour base and could push ENA toward $0.138.
Below that level, the daily Supertrend near $0.1202 becomes the main structural support. The previously cited 200-day exponential moving average near $0.1268 provides an additional area to monitor during a deeper correction.
ENA must therefore hold the $0.138–$0.140 region and reclaim $0.150 to strengthen its recovery attempt. Failure to defend the range would increase the risk that the breakout continues retracing toward $0.128–$0.120.
US traders considering ENA also face the usual risks attached to volatile, concentrated governance tokens. The FalconX facility may expand Ethena’s institutional activity, but ENA’s next price move will depend on whether demand can absorb profit-taking and the liquidity positioned above $0.150.
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Truflation calls for Fed rate cut after PCE forecast
Truflation has called for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates after its July forecast came within 0.01 percentage point of the official monthly headline PCE reading and matched the other three published figures.
Summary
- Headline PCE rose 0.2% monthly and remained at 3.7% annually in July.
- Truflation forecast the published readings five days before the BEA released its report.
- Oliver Rust said weaker spending, lower gasoline prices, and mixed labor data support a rate cut.
- Fed officials remain concerned about inflation as services, wages, and tariffs keep pressure on prices.
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported on Aug. 26 that the PCE Price Index rose 0.2% month over month in July, reversing a 0.1% decline recorded in June. Annual headline inflation remained unchanged at 3.7%.
Core PCE, which excludes food and energy, also increased by 0.2% on a monthly basis and held at 3.3% from a year earlier. The Federal Reserve uses PCE as its preferred measure of inflation and has set a long-term inflation target of 2%.
Five days before the government release, Truflation estimated that headline PCE would increase 0.19% monthly and stay at 3.7% annually. Its forecast placed monthly core PCE at 0.2% and the annual reading at 3.3%.
The 0.19% headline estimate rounds to the 0.2% figure published by the BEA, although the two figures were not identical before rounding. Truflation matched the remaining three figures at the precision used in the official release.
Truflation has called the data a turning point
Speaking directly to crypto.news after the PCE release, Truflation Head of Data Oliver Rust said softer household demand, mixed employment data and falling gasoline prices have created a case for lower borrowing costs.
“Truflation is of the opinion that we have reached a turning point that needs the Fed to cut rates. We are seeing a softening in demand, i.e., spending.”
Official data offered some support for the demand side of Rust’s argument. The BEA said inflation-adjusted personal consumption expenditures were almost unchanged in July, down from a 0.4% increase in June.
Current-dollar spending rose by $36.3 billion as an $86.2 billion increase in services was partly offset by a $49.9 billion decline in goods. Personal income increased 0.4%, while disposable personal income gained 0.5%.
Households saved $712 billion during the month, leaving the personal savings rate at 3%. Truflation’s report said declining excess savings and increased reliance on credit could reduce consumer demand during the second half of 2026.
Retail sales also fell 0.6% in July, according to the report, ending an eight-month run without a monthly decline. Truflation attributed the drop to fading support from tax refunds, higher energy expenses, and more cautious discretionary purchases.
Rust said the labor market continues to show a “low-hire, low-fire environment.” Truflation’s report placed unemployment at 4.1% and said labor-force participation had fallen to 61.4% after nearly 1.4 million people left the workforce during 2026.
TruPCE maps live prices to BEA categories
Asked how the company makes its data comparable with the government index, Rust said Truflation assigns its price information to the BEA’s PCE category definitions and then applies the agency’s category weights.
The resulting measure, called TruPCE, is designed to track the government index while offering earlier guidance. Rust said Truflation’s data leads the BEA measure by an average of approximately 30 days.
Truflation says its indexes use more than 15 million product prices from over 30 data partners and sources. The company publishes its readings daily, while the BEA releases PCE figures monthly and can revise previous estimates as more information becomes available.
July represented only the fourth PCE forecast Truflation has published, according to Rust. He said the company also matched the previous month’s result and missed the April and May readings by 0.1 percentage point each.
The limited sample means the supplied figures do not provide a 12-month average forecasting error or a full comparison with economists’ estimates. Market consensus had placed July annual headline PCE at 3.6%, while forecasts for core inflation matched the eventual 3.3% reading.
In July, crypto.news reported PCE cooling from 4.1% in May to 3.7% in June as Bitcoin approached $65,000. July’s new reading left the annual rate at the same level rather than extending the decline.
Services and food kept inflation elevated
Housing carried the largest weight in Truflation’s July model, while gasoline created the strongest downward pressure, Rust said. Services and groceries produced the largest upward contributions.
Truflation’s underlying data showed gasoline and other energy goods falling 3.36% from June, although the category remained 23.6% higher than a year earlier. Clothing and footwear declined 0.7% monthly but increased 4.24% annually.
Food services and accommodation prices rose 1.21% during July and 3.61% over the year. The report attributed the monthly increase to summer travel, hotel demand, and restaurants passing higher labor and operating expenses to customers.
Transportation services climbed 1.13% monthly and 12.25% annually, led by airfares and public transportation costs, according to Truflation. Grocery prices increased 1.09% from June, with beef, coffee, and internationally traded food commodities adding pressure.
Wage growth presents another risk to Rust’s rate-cut argument. Truflation estimates that annual pay growth has remained between 4% and 4.5% since the middle of 2025, a rate the company says can sustain inflation in labor-intensive services.
Tariffs, oil prices, and electricity demand could also prevent a steady decline. The report said repeated tariff changes involving China, Canada, Mexico, and the European Union were becoming more visible in apparel and vehicle prices.
Utility prices rose 0.98% monthly and 7.64% annually in Truflation’s data, reaching their highest rates since mid-2024. The company linked some of the pressure to rising electricity use and infrastructure needs associated with artificial intelligence.
Fed officials have remained cautious about cuts
Rust’s call for lower rates stands apart from the current debate inside the Federal Reserve. Kansas City Fed President Jeffrey Schmid said on Aug. 27 that the existing 3.5%–3.75% policy range did not appear restrictive enough to return inflation to 2%, according to Reuters.
Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee also described persistent inflation as concerning, although he said rates could fall over time if the data showed prices moving back toward the central bank’s target.
Truflation’s Aug. 21 report had taken a less aggressive position than Rust’s post-release comments. The document projected that the Fed would leave rates unchanged in September and avoid another increase during the rest of 2026, rather than forecasting an immediate cut.
Bitcoin showed little initial reaction to the PCE release, trading around $78,353 approximately 36 minutes after the figures arrived, compared with a pre-release range of roughly $78,500 to $79,000. The 10-year Treasury yield moved about one basis point higher to 4.65%.
Earlier in the week, a Bitcoin catalyst report identified July PCE and Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole appearance as the main U.S. macro events facing crypto traders. Warsh is scheduled to deliver his keynote on Aug. 28 as markets seek guidance on the next interest-rate decision.
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XRP faces a major imbalance as price stalls despite 72% ETF inflows; how its holders are earning $9,000 a day
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EX DeFi offers XRP holders a cloud mining alternative as ETF inflows sustain institutional interest amid market volatility.
Cumulative net inflows into XRP ETF have hit a record high of $1.566 billion; however, the price of XRP has not surged in tandem. Instead, it has experienced a pullback, further fueling investor caution.

Historically, sustained inflows into XRP ETF have tended to bolster market sentiment. Yet, as of August 26, XRP ETF saw a single-day inflow of $23.87 million, a significant increase, while the price of XRP actually fell. This phenomenon highlights a supply-demand imbalance in the spot market and dampens institutional interest in entering the space.
With the XRP price pulling back, more investors are considering a practical question: rather than simply waiting for the price to rise, are there more flexible ways to utilize their holdings and generate additional long-term returns?
Against this backdrop, some investors are turning to the EX DeFi cloud mining platform, exploring income-generating avenues beyond mere asset holding. Cloud mining offers a way to earn returns on digital assets that is distinct from price-based speculation, even amidst short-term price volatility.
What exactly is driving XRP price fluctuations?
Current price movements are influenced not only by ETF capital flows but also significantly by on-chain activity.
After a prolonged 20-month slump, the XRP market is gradually regaining momentum. Unlike the relatively passive and orderly nature of ETF inflows, XRP recent surge of over 40% shows signs of active engagement by major market participants.
Prior to the recent rapid price rally, wallet addresses holding between 1 million and 10 million XRP showed clear accumulation patterns, collectively purchasing nearly 500 million tokens. Some analysts believe this massive accumulation by “whales” provided crucial support for the rebound, helping XRP break free from a downtrend that had persisted for 608 days.
Consequently, XRP current price trajectory cannot be explained solely by ETF inflows. A combination of factors, including ETF capital, whale activity, on-chain transactions, and overall market sentiment, likely shapes XRP’s future price performance.
XRP price volatility makes EX DeFi cloud mining platforms an alternative.
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Conclusion
Continued capital inflows into XRP ETFs indicate that institutional investors remain highly interested in XRP; however, growth in ETF funds does not guarantee a simultaneous rise in the XRP price. The market is currently influenced by multiple factors, including “whale” activity, on-chain capital flows, and overall sentiment in the cryptocurrency market.
For long-term XRP investors, beyond monitoring price fluctuations and ETF capital flows, EX DeFi offers a professional cloud mining infrastructure that provides regulated, secure, and sustainable access to the XRP ecosystem, laying a solid foundation for long-term wealth accumulation.
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Software Stocks Slumped on AI Fears in 2026: Analysts Predict a Rebound
Software stocks lagged the broader market for much of 2026, even as fears that artificial intelligence would gut the sector’s fundamentals largely failed to materialize.
Nuveen chief investment officer Saira Malik argues the sector’s earnings tell a different story than its stock charts, and that a rebound may be closer than the price action suggests. The comments arrive a day after Nvidia’s earnings eased fears about AI spending, and hours before Workday, Autodesk, and Marvell rounded out a heavy week of technology results.
Why Software Stocks Got Punished for No Reason
Malik said investors spent much of 2026 worrying that generative AI would gut software company headcounts and revenue growth, a fear that hit the sector broadly and indiscriminately.
She argued the numbers never backed up the panic.
“When you separate the signal from the noise, it didn’t show up in software companies fundamentals. Revenue growth rates for software companies remained fairly stable.”
Saira Malik, Bloomberg
Margins and earnings held up too, she said, and the wave of job cuts many expected AI to trigger across the sector has not materialized to the degree feared.
Real Names, Real Declines
Workday beat second-quarter revenue and profit estimates this week. Shares still slipped afterward, but then spiked again after hours trading.
Autodesk dropped roughly 5% in after-hours trading despite raising its full-year revenue outlook. Investors instead focused on a lower free-cash-flow forecast tied to a recent acquisition.
Adobe and Workday have also drawn cautious coverage from some Wall Street analysts this year, who flagged slowing growth and business-model transitions as key risks for both stocks.
Marvell Is the Next Signal to Watch
Malik said Marvell’s results, due after Thursday’s close, would show whether the AI trade extends beyond Nvidia into the broader chip and software ecosystem. A strong report, she said, would confirm the rally Nvidia’s earnings ignited this week, when the chipmaker lifted its fiscal 2027 revenue growth outlook to 70%, well above the roughly 45% Wall Street had expected.
Marvell went on to beat estimates on both revenue and profit, though its stock dipped slightly as investors weighed compressing margins against the growth.
Long-term Treasury yields above 5% and Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech on Friday remain wildcards for how equities trade next. But the read from Nuveen is that software’s earnings, not its share prices, are telling the more accurate story right now.
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Ethena proposes 95% revenue allocation to ENA buybacks
Ethena has proposed directing 95% of net revenue from its branded businesses toward ENA buybacks once USDe supply reaches $7.5 billion, as the protocol also moves to end monthly investor unlocks and separate ecosystem economics from Ethena Labs equity.
Summary
- Ethena has proposed using 95% of net revenue for ENA purchases once USDe supply reaches the first $7.5 billion threshold.
- The Ethena Foundation has bought locked ENA from some seed investors and plans to accelerate the remaining original investor unlocks.
- ENA rose about 23% over 24 hours to $0.17 and has roughly doubled in a little more than a week.
- USDe supply remains below $5 billion after falling from a peak near $15 billion in October.
- Ethena has expanded into institutional credit and distribution deals as it looks for revenue sources beyond crypto funding rates.
According to the Ethena Foundation, the proposed changes are designed to address two long-running issues around ENA: recurring supply from early investor unlocks and uncertainty over how the protocol’s economic value reaches token holders.
The overhaul combines changes to the token’s supply schedule with a proposed fee switch that could create recurring market purchases of ENA. It also sets out a planned agreement under which most of the intellectual property and economic benefits tied to the Ethena protocol would sit with the foundation and ecosystem rather than shareholders in Ethena Labs.
ENA reacted sharply to the announcement, rising about 23% over the past 24 hours to around $0.17. The token has roughly doubled in a little more than a week, extending gains recorded during the latest crypto market rally.
ENA buybacks could receive 95% of net revenue
Under the governance proposal, ENA holders are voting on a fee switch that would link token purchases to the size of USDe’s circulating supply.
Once USDe reaches the first threshold of $7.5 billion, 95% of net revenue generated by Ethena-branded businesses would be allocated to programmatic ENA purchases. The remaining 5% would be retained to fund ecosystem growth.
Buybacks would then increase as USDe circulation reaches additional milestones, creating a mechanism through which growth in Ethena’s businesses could translate into demand for ENA.
The proposal addresses a question that has followed governance tokens across decentralized finance: whether revenue generated by a protocol ultimately produces economic benefits for the token itself. In Ethena’s case, the proposed structure would use revenue for open-market ENA demand rather than leaving the connection dependent mainly on governance rights or expectations of future utility.
The idea is not Ethena’s first use of token repurchases. In August 2025, crypto.news reported on ENA buybacks when a $260 million program was allocating about $5 million per day toward token purchases as USDe supply and protocol revenue climbed.
The latest proposal differs by tying purchases to recurring net revenue and predetermined USDe supply thresholds rather than relying only on a fixed pool of capital.
Ethena moves to remove the ENA unlock overhang
Alongside the revenue proposal, the Ethena Foundation said it had purchased the remaining locked tokens belonging to certain large seed investors that had been selling ENA during the previous nine months.
Remaining original investor allocations will also be unlocked on an accelerated schedule, bringing the monthly release of venture investor tokens to an end. Tokens allocated to the Ethena team will continue under their existing vesting schedules.
Ending the monthly investor releases changes when the remaining supply enters circulation rather than removing those tokens entirely. The foundation’s purchase of locked allocations from some seed investors, however, removes those holdings from investors who had previously been selling ENA.
Token unlocks have affected ENA trading before. In June 2025, an unlock of roughly 41 million ENA, worth more than $12 million at the time, produced only a limited market reaction, with the token falling about 1% during the day.
More recently, the supply picture has become important as ENA’s institutional ownership has expanded. Grayscale Investments added ENA to its Decentralized Finance Fund during its first-quarter 2026 rebalance, selling other fund components to finance the purchase.
Another source of U.S. market exposure arrived in June when StablecoinX completed its merger with TLGY Acquisition Corp. and began trading on Nasdaq under the ticker USDE. The company held about 3.029 billion ENA, valued at roughly $275 million using the 30-day average price cited around the transaction, giving public-market investors exposure to a business built around the Ethena ecosystem.
Ethena seeks clearer ownership of protocol economics
A separate part of the overhaul deals with the relationship between Ethena Labs, the foundation and ENA holders.
Under an agreement in principle described by the foundation, substantially all material intellectual property and economic upside associated with the Ethena protocol would belong to the foundation and ecosystem rather than holders of equity in Ethena Labs.
The parties expect to publish the agreement in October.
Formalizing that division could clarify which economic interests belong to shareholders in the development company and which remain with the token-governed ecosystem. The foundation presented the arrangement alongside the buyback proposal and investor unlock changes rather than as a standalone corporate restructuring.
Institutional involvement in ENA has increased during 2026. Coinbase Ventures bought ENA on the open market in June rather than receiving tokens through a discounted private allocation, while Coinbase and Ethena announced plans to develop onchain finance and savings products.
As previously covered in June, Ethena did not disclose the number of ENA tokens Coinbase Ventures purchased, its average acquisition price, or wallet addresses associated with the transaction.
A first product from the relationship arrived later that month when Coinbase introduced a high-yield USDC vault using Morpho infrastructure and allocations curated by Steakhouse Financial. The product included Ethena-related assets in its collateral structure and allowed users to access the vault through Coinbase’s application.
USDe supply remains far below its peak
While ENA has rallied, Ethena is still working to rebuild demand for USDe after a steep contraction from its 2025 highs.
USDe supply has fallen below $5 billion from a peak of nearly $15 billion in October. The decline followed weaker conditions in crypto derivatives markets, where funding rates form an important part of the strategy Ethena uses to generate returns.
USDe differs from reserve-backed stablecoins because Ethena uses collateral alongside derivatives positions to maintain its dollar exposure. Returns available from that structure can therefore change as derivatives funding conditions move.
During the previous expansion, USDe had reached $11.7 billion in supply by August 2025, while Ethena reported more than $500 million in cumulative gross interest revenue. Weekly protocol revenue was $13.4 million at the time, alongside $670 million of USDe mints.
By June 2026, however, the decline in USDe supply was already visible as Ethena pursued institutional distribution and new uses for its capital.
One route has been traditional asset management. Janus Henderson invested in ENA in June and began exploring ways to use USDe for treasury management and to distribute it through investment products. The asset manager oversaw roughly $480 billion at the time of the agreement.
Ethena also planned a $250 million allocation to Securitize’s tokenized AAA-rated collateralized loan obligation fund when the product expanded to Solana in June. The fund invests in U.S. dollar-denominated AAA-rated CLO tranches, with BNY serving as custodian and sub-adviser. The planned allocation provided another route for Ethena capital into traditional credit markets.
Institutional access expanded again later in June when BlackRock integrated USDe into its Aladdin investment and risk-management platform. The Aladdin integration gave institutions using the system access to USDe through existing workflows, while the announcement was accompanied by plans for a $100 million liquidity facility connected to BlackRock’s tokenized BUIDL money-market fund.
New credit facility reduces reliance on crypto funding rates
Ethena added another source of potential yield in August through a $1 billion facility with institutional crypto prime broker FalconX.
Announced on Aug. 19, the warehouse facility allows assets backing USDe to be deployed into overcollateralized institutional loans. The arrangement gives Ethena a source of returns outside the crypto derivatives funding-rate trades that have historically formed a central part of USDe’s yield model.
The announcement also contributed to ENA’s recent price strength. Days after the FalconX deal, ENA had climbed 48% as several altcoins outperformed Bitcoin, although CoinDesk reported that market-wide measures did not yet indicate a general altcoin season.
Meanwhile, Coinbase has already provided a U.S.-facing distribution channel for Ethena-linked products. Its high-yield USDC vault launched in June through Morpho and Steakhouse Financial, with Ethena-related assets included in the collateral framework. The Coinbase vault is accessible from the exchange’s consumer application, while the underlying lending activity runs through onchain infrastructure.
Janus Henderson’s involvement has added another institutional route. Along with investing in ENA, the asset manager has explored USDe distribution through investment products, according to the June announcement.
Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only.
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The Agentic Economy Takes Center Stage at Sui Basecamp 2026 in Singapore
[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Singapore, August 27th, 2026]
Two days at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, on October 7-8, alongside TOKEN2049, with product reveals, leading voices in AI, and a live attempt at a sustained TPS record.
The Sui community worldwide is invited to Sui Basecamp 2026, held October 7-8 at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore alongside TOKEN2049. This year’s program centers on the agentic economy: instant settlement, autonomous payments, private transactions, stable digital dollars, and post-quantum security.
Sui Basecamp is the Sui ecosystem’s flagship annual gathering, bringing together the people building, investing in, and shaping what comes next on Sui. Over two days, founders, builders, developers, investors, traders, and industry leaders come together for product reveals, technical deep dives, hands-on demos, and direct conversations with the people pushing the technology forward. Top-tier speakers from inside and outside the Sui ecosystem will provide a peek into what’s coming next and offer a direct look at the infrastructure carrying finance onchain.
This year, one conversation will loom especially large: the rise of the agentic economy. The next $5 trillion in transactions won’t be human. Agentic finance needs rails that settle instantly, prove ownership and authorization, and keep transaction details private by default.
Hear From the Builders of the Agentic Future
What happens when you put a macro legend, the architects of Sui, an AI pioneer, a gaming visionary, and builders of the autonomous economy on the same stage? That’s just the beginning of the Sui Basecamp lineup:
- Raoul Pal, Co-Founder and CEO of Real Vision, has spent his career mapping where capital moves next, and was early to the shift from traditional macro into digital assets.
- Adeniyi Abiodun, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Mysten Labs, is part of the team that came out of Meta’s Diem project that went on to build Sui and the infrastructure for the autonomous economy.
- Kostas Chalkias, Co-Founder and Chief Cryptographer at Mysten Labs, works on the cryptographic foundations autonomous systems depend on, including Sui’s push toward post-quantum security. He also will lead the Main Stage speed test.
- Hilmar Veigar Petursson, CEO of Fenris Creations and formerly CEO of CCP Games, spent more than two decades running one of software’s longest-lived player-driven economies. He is bringing that experience onchain through EVE Frontier.
- Alex Mourfarek, Director of Inception at Google DeepMind, works at the intersection of frontier AI research and entrepreneurship, helping turn breakthrough ideas into ambitious new AI ventures.
- Jen Zhu Scott, Co-Founder and CEO of Power Dynamics, is building the cooling and energy storage infrastructure that AI relies on to scale.
- Brian Quintenez, Director of Sui Holdings Group and a former commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is an expert on public policy and regulatory frameworks in crypto.
- Richard Socher, Co-Founder and CEO of Recursive and You.com, builds at the front edge of AI research and the evolution of intelligent software.
Explore the full Sui Basecamp 2026 speaker roster here, with more names to be added over the coming weeks.
A Live Record Attempt on the Main Stage
On October 7, live on the Main Stage, Mysten Labs Co-Founder and Chief Cryptographer Kostas Chalkias will push Sui to its absolute limit in a public, real-time speed test. The target is to break Sui’s standing record of 6,086,766 transactions per second (TPS), recorded earlier this year on July 4th.
Participate live from Marina Bay Sands or anywhere in the world: submit your TPS prediction to compete for first (10,000 SUI), second (5,000 SUI), and third-place (1,000 SUI) rewards. Details will be announced by @SuiNetwork on X.
High throughput shows how much room the network has under real load, which is exactly what an economy of agents will demand. The test is built to mirror those conditions. AI agents and users will transact across games, payments, and chat using programmable tunnels, producing the velocity expected when software transacts continuously and at machine speed.
To ensure total transparency, web3 security leader CertiK will serve as the independent auditor for the attempt. Every transaction will be logged in a cryptographic transcript for post-test verification and formal reconfirmation, providing proof that can be mathematically audited rather than simply observed.
Following the attempt, attendees are invited to join a celebration on-site.
Get Hands-On at Sui Basecamp
Sui Basecamp isn’t just about what happens on stage. In the AI Builder Lab, get hands-on with the latest AI tools, join sessions led by teams building at the intersection of AI and Sui, and learn how to build AI-powered applications and agents yourself. Then head to the Trading Arena to watch your favorite traders go head-to-head live on Hudi where you can watch their moves in real time. Whether you’re here to build,or try something new, Sui Basecamp is designed for active participation.
Sui Basecamp Brings Builders and Capital Together
Sui Basecamp is designed around what happens when the people building on Sui occupy the same space. This year, the people building the agentic financial stack across protocols, wallets, payments, data infrastructure, AI systems, institutions, and applications are converging on the same set of problems. Sui Basecamp puts them in one room for two days.
If you’re building at the intersection of technology and finance, investing in the machine to machine future, or trying to understand where the next generation of economic activity is headed, this is the room to be in.
“Economic activity is shifting from people clicking checkout buttons to agents transacting on their behalf, continuously and at machine speed,” said Adeniyi Abiodun, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Mysten Labs, the original contributor to Sui. “That only works when intent, authorization, and settlement can each be proven onchain. Sui Basecamp is the one place where every layer of that stack is in the same room, so you leave understanding the whole picture instead of one piece of it.”
Sui Basecamp 2026 is sponsored by AlphaFi, EVE Frontier, and Walrus at the Diamond level, ONE Championship at Platinum, Slush at Gold, RedotPay at Silver, and Scallop, Anyflo, Merkle Science, and Sentio at Bronze.
How to Register
A standard pass covers both days, including all presentations, programming, workshops, expo areas, and official opening and evening events.
Lock in the discounted rate at luma.com/SuiBasecamp2026 and join us in Singapore on October 7-8. Build with us.
About Sui
Sui, where money moves as freely as messages, is a next-generation Layer 1 blockchain built for scalable finance and global payments. Founded by the core team behind Meta’s stablecoin initiative and powered by an object-centric model, Sui makes assets, permissions, and user data programmable and ownable. Sui’s primitives offer builders everything they need to create high-performance payments and financial applications, including instant agentic payments. Learn more at sui.io. Learn more about Sui Basecamp at sui.io/basecamp.
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