EENA · Ethereum
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ENA · a capped token in its heaviest unlock phase.

ENA is the governance token of Ethena, the synthetic-dollar (USDe) protocol on Ethereum~9,560.9M circulating, fixed at 15B with no mint function, so every bit of supply growth is scheduled unlocks, not new issuance.

Sell pressure. Monthly cliff unlocks add about 637.5M ENA over the next 90 days — roughly 40.6M to the foundation and 171.9M to team and investors each month, with nothing else on the sell side.

Buy pressure. None live. Ethena runs no burn and no buyback today — the fee-switch buyback is approved but not yet executing, so nothing removes ENA from the market.

Net. About 6.7% added to the float over the next 90 days — supply heading up on unlocks, with nothing buying it back.

Inflation
Last 90 Days
+6.67%
updated
Net flow: 6.67% of supply goes to market over 90 days
Next 90 Days
+6.67%
estimate
Net flow: 6.67% of supply goes to market next 90 days
Supply growing · projected to keep growing
monitor gap · Our supply monitor read the tradable float growing about +9.15% over the last 90 days to Jul 12 2026 — roughly 800M more ENA — above the +6.67% our dated unlock calendar implies. The published cliff schedule (about 40.6M to the foundation on the 2nd and 171.9M to core contributors and investors on the 5th of each month, 637.5M over 90 days) explains most of it; the remaining ~160M is the ecosystem and airdrop pool distributing ENA on no fixed calendar, which the monitor counts as circulating. We book only the dated schedule, so our primary read stays and the gap is flagged.
Upcoming · Next 90 Days
  • Foundation monthly unlock+40.6M ENA
    Aug 2 2026 · added to market
  • Core contributor + investor unlock+171.9M ENA
    Aug 5 2026 · added to market
  • Core contributor + investor unlock+171.9M ENA
    Sep 5 2026 · added to market
  • Core contributor + investor unlock+171.9M ENA
    Oct 5 2026 · added to market
Sell pressure
1. Protocol inflation
0

ENA is fixed at 15B with every token already minted at launch — there is no mint function and no staking emission, so the protocol issues nothing new. All supply growth is locked allocations vesting into the market, not fresh issuance.

permanent · no change
2. Vesting unlocks
~637.5M ENA

The published cliff schedule releases about 637.5M ENA over the next 90 days on two recurring monthly tranches — roughly 40.6M to the foundation on the 2nd of each month and 171.9M to core contributors and investors on the 5th, about 212.5M a month across the Aug, Sep and Oct dates. This is the single supply driver and it runs into 2028.

checked · Jul 13 2026
3. Foundation + unscheduled unlocks
0

The ecosystem development pool (~28% of supply, ~4.2B ENA) hands out airdrop and reward tokens on no fixed calendar — real supply that pushed realized growth above the dated schedule, but with no dated schedule to project forward we book it at 0 and watch it. The still-locked ~5.44B across core contributors, investors, foundation and ecosystem is the standing team-controlled overhang.

checked · Jul 13 2026
4. Long-term locked or bankruptcy
0

No bankruptcy estate or court-ordered distribution applies to ENA.

permanent · no change
Buy pressure
1. Programmatic buyback
0

No buyback is executing on-chain today. The two large 2025 buybacks (about $360M in July and $530M in September) were one-time treasury programmes, now complete; a recurring fee-switch buyback to staked-ENA holders is approved in principle but not yet running, so it is carried at zero until an on-chain quantum appears.

checked · Jul 13 2026
2. Protocol fee burn
0

ENA has no fee-burn mechanism — no portion of protocol revenue destroys tokens.

checked · Jul 13 2026
3. Foundation buy
0

No treasury or foundation open-market buying of ENA was observed in the window — monitored.

checked · Jul 13 2026
4. New long-term lock
0

Staked ENA (sENA) exists but is liquid and unlocks on request, and no new multi-year lock or escrow was announced in the window — monitored.

checked · Jul 13 2026

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Supply check · sell, buy & net
 
Last 90D
Next 90D
Sell total (M ENA)
637.500
637.500
Buy total (M ENA)
0.000
0.000
Sell % of circ
+6.668%
+6.668%
Buy % of circ
0.000%
0.000%
Net inflation %
+6.668%
+6.668%
Circulating supply: 9560.900M ENA
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MrNasdog Pressure Framework analysis of ENA, Metric 1 (Inflation Monitor). Data + explanation only. Not financial advice. Updated Jul 13, 2026.