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ENA: Is Ethena Entering a New Phase of Its DeFi Comeback?

ENA has quickly moved back onto the crypto market’s radar after gaining more than 15% in 24 hours and climbing from roughly $0.08 in mid-August toward $0.19. The speed of the recovery is impressive, but the more important development is happening underneath the chart. Ethena is making major changes to its token economics that could reshape how investors view future supply pressure and the relationship between protocol growth and ENA.

The first major development involves locked ENA buybacks. The Ethena Foundation announced that it purchased locked ENA from certain early investors who had been selling during the previous nine months. Investors who had not sold were reportedly offered the opportunity to exit around their original purchase price, but none chose to do so. This is important because reducing persistent investor selling could remove one of the major overhangs that has affected ENA.

The second change concerns future VC unlocks. Instead of continuing with monthly investor releases, the remaining original investor tokens are expected to be released together beginning October 5, while team allocations continue under their existing vesting schedules. This creates a different supply profile for the market and gives traders a clearer event to monitor rather than facing continuous monthly unlock pressure.

The most powerful potential catalyst, however, is the proposed ENA buyback mechanism. Under the governance proposal, once USDe circulation reaches approximately $7.5 billion, 95% of net revenue from Ethena-branded businesses could potentially be directed toward ENA buybacks, with the remaining 5% supporting ecosystem growth.

That creates a potentially powerful economic loop:

USDe adoption → higher protocol revenue → ENA buybacks → lower available supply → stronger token economics.

The mechanism is not active yet, so this should be viewed as a future catalyst rather than current demand. USDe would need to grow substantially from its reported roughly $4 billion circulation level before the proposed threshold is reached.

Another important development is the potential improvement in ecosystem alignment. The proposed arrangements could place more of Ethena’s economic upside and intellectual property with the Foundation and broader ecosystem instead of concentrating value primarily with equity holders of Ethena Labs. If implemented successfully, this could strengthen the connection between protocol expansion and ENA’s long-term economic role.

From a technical perspective, ENA is now approaching the $0.19 resistance zone, making this level extremely important. Holding $0.162 would keep the current recovery structure healthy, while the next major downside areas sit around $0.14 and $0.135. A decisive breakout above $0.19 with strong volume could signal another momentum expansion, while losing $0.162 would increase the probability of a deeper retracement toward the lower support zones.

The risk is equally important. ENA remains far below its historical high near $1.52, meaning the current recovery is still an early-stage turnaround rather than a confirmed long-term reversal. The buyback proposal also depends on future USDe growth and governance implementation, so traders should not price the entire potential mechanism into ENA before the conditions are actually met.

My view is that ENA has moved beyond being just another short-term momentum token. The real thesis now depends on whether Ethena can convert USDe growth into sustainable protocol revenue and eventually into structural demand for ENA.

Above $0.19, the recovery could gain significant momentum. Holding $0.162 keeps the bullish structure alive. A breakdown below $0.135 would materially weaken the comeback thesis.

Key levels: $0.19 resistance | $0.162 first support | $0.14 secondary support | $0.135 major support.

The chart has already started changing. The bigger question is whether Ethena’s economics are changing with it.
@Gate_Square