PANews, March 21 - According to an announcement on the BaFin official website, the German financial regulatory authority BaFin has halted Ethena GmbH's new business of issuing USDe stablecoin in Germany. The reason cited is significant organizational deficiencies and compliance violations in the MiCAR licensing process, including improper asset reserve management and failure to meet capital requirements.
BaFin has taken the following measures: freezing the asset reserves of Ethena GmbH, restricting the management's disposal rights over the assets, shutting down related functions of its official website, and appointing a commissioner to supervise the execution. In addition, BaFin also suspects that Ethena GmbH illegally offered sUSDe security tokens to the public without providing the necessary prospectus.
Currently, Ethena GmbH customers are temporarily unable to redeem USDe tokens, but secondary market trading is not restricted. As of now, approximately 5.4 billion USDe have been issued.