The USDe depeg on 10 October was a platform-specific pricing dislocation on Binance that pushed Ethena’s synthetic stablecoin to roughly $0.65. According to Ethena founder Guy Young and exchange feed comparisons, mint/redemption remained functional and systemic collateral stayed available.
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Exchange-specific price feed caused the anomaly — Binance showed a sharp deviation versus other venues.
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USDe fell ~35% on Binance, while Bybit saw a ~5% move and Kraken about 0.8% — mint/redemption continued.
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Ethena processed >$2 billion in mint/redemption within 24 hours; collateral remained >$9 billion, limiting systemic risk.
USDe depeg: Ethena’s USDe hit a Binance-specific depeg to $0.65; read the verified timeline and expert response. Learn what traders should do next.
Published: 2025-10-13 | Updated: 2025-10-13 | Author: COINOTAG
What is the USDe depeg?
The USDe depeg refers to a sharp, short-lived divergence of Ethena’s synthetic stablecoin price on a single trading venue on 10 October, when USDe briefly traded near $0.65 on Binance. The deviation appears to have been caused by a platform-specific price feed issue rather than a failure of Ethena’s mint/redemption mechanics or on-chain collateral availability.
How did exchanges differ in price response?
Price comparisons across venues show a meaningful spread: Binance recorded the largest drop, Bybit registered roughly a 5% decline, and Kraken saw about an 80-basis-point (0.8%) slip. These differences indicate that the dislocation was concentrated on certain order books and price oracles. According to Ethena founder Guy Young, the deepest liquidity pools and external aggregated price data did not show abnormal variance, suggesting a localized exchange pricing malfunction.
Source: USDe/USDT performance (Binance vs Kraken vs Bybit)
Why it happened
Market-wide deleveraging on 10 October erased more than $19 billion in leveraged positions, amplifying sensitivity to price feeds. During that stress period, USDe on Binance experienced a sharp downward move to roughly $0.65 — a decline of about 35% from peg — while other venues showed far smaller deviations.
Ethena reported that its mint and redemption systems were operational throughout, processing more than $2 billion within 24 hours. The protocol’s collateral pool remained accessible, with Ethena citing collateral value of over $9 billion available for redemptions. Those data points suggest the on-chain mechanisms held, and the primary issue was how one exchange tracked and displayed USDe prices.
Guy Young, Ethena’s founder, described the event as an outlier: “I do not think it is accurate to describe this is a USDe depeg when a single venue was out of line with the deepest pools of liquidity that experienced no abnormal price deviations whatsoever.” That characterization is consistent with cross-venue spreads and on-chain redemption metrics.
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Ethena’s USDe ‘depeg’ solution
Ethena and market participants point to improved external price tracking and liquidity-aware oracles as primary mitigants for similar incidents. During stressed market conditions, platforms that reference broad, liquid external prices (for example, decentralized price aggregators and multi-source oracles) experienced far smaller discrepancies than a single-exchange internal feed did.
From a trader-risk perspective, a depeg of collateral denominated in USDe can accelerate liquidations. For example, a 35% decline in collateral value transforms $100 into $65, increasing the likelihood of forced position closures for leveraged accounts. Ethena and market participants emphasize robust oracle design and cross-venue liquidity checks to reduce false signals that can trigger cascading liquidations.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Was the USDe depeg a protocol failure?
No. On-chain data and Ethena’s published metrics indicate mint and redemption remained functional and over $9 billion of collateral stayed accessible. The largest price deviation occurred on a single exchange, pointing to a venue-specific feed or liquidity issue rather than a protocolwide failure.
How should traders respond to exchange-specific stablecoin depegs?
Traders should verify prices across multiple venues and oracles, avoid concentrated counterparty exposure, and use risk controls (stop-loss, reduced leverage) during market stress. Monitoring aggregated oracle feeds and keeping collateral diversified can reduce liquidation risk.
Key Takeaways
- Localized pricing anomaly: Binance showed a substantial USDe deviation while other venues held near-peg, indicating a venue-specific issue.
- On-chain resilience: Ethena processed >$2 billion in mint/redemption and reported >$9 billion in collateral remained redeemable.
- Risk management: Traders and platforms should rely on broad liquidity and multi-source price feeds to limit forced liquidations from isolated depegs.
Conclusion
The USDe incident on 10 October was primarily a concentrated pricing dislocation on a single exchange, not a systemic protocol collapse. Ethena’s operational metrics — high mint/redemption throughput and accessible collateral — support that assessment. Market participants should continue to prioritize multi-source price feeds and liquidity-aware risk controls as forward-looking measures. COINOTAG will monitor developments and provide updates as further verified data emerges.
