The Good Tech Companies - Safe And Ethena Partner To Boost USDe on Multisig Wallets

Episode Date: January 13, 2026

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/safe-and-ethena-partner-to-boost-usde-on-multisig-wallets. Check more stories related to web3 at: https://hackernoon.com/c/web3. You can also check exclusive content about #web3, #safe, #btcwire, #press-release, #ethena, #safe-announcement, #safe-foundation, #good-company, and more. This story was written by: @btcwire. Learn more about this writer by checking @btcwire's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Safe Foundation, steward of the industry-leading multisig-based smart account platform securing over $60 billion in digital assets, and Ethena Labs, the protocol behind the third-largest tokenized dollar, USDe, announce a strategic partnership. The collaboration signals a broader strategic initiative by *Safe* to move the stablecoin economy on self-custodial rails.

This audio is presented by Hacker Noon, where anyone can learn anything about any technology. Safe and Athena partner to boost USDE on multi-sig wallets by BTC Wire. Zug, Switzerland, Blockman PR, January 13th, 2026 Safe Foundation, steward of the industry leading multisig-based smart account platform securing over $60 billion in digital assets and Athena Labs, the protocol behind the third largest tokenized dollar, U.S.DE, with over $6 billion in supply, today announced a strategic partnership to accelerate institutional adoption and enhance the user experience of Athena's USDA within SAFE smart accounts and multi-sick ecosystem. The collaboration signals a broader strategic initiative by SAFE to move

the stable coin economy on self-custodial rails. Further, it immediately delivers two major benefits for users holding Athena's USDA within the SAFE ecosystem. One, 10x Athena's Athena SAT's points boost, SAFE accounts holding USDA will receive a 10x boost multiplier on their accrued points during the current Athena Points program, significantly increasing rewards for early adopters and treasury managers utilizing SAFE. 2. Gas-free main-at transactions. In a massive U.X unlock for multi-sig users, SAFE will sponsor the gas fees for all Ethereum

MENA transactions made by USDA holders, making it entirely gas-free to interact with their USDA holdings from their Safe Smart account. Safe Smart accounts currently secure over $6 billion in stablecoin assets across Ethereum Mainet. While SAF's permissionless infrastructure already supports Sista and SUSDE with $65. $1 million in SUSDE currently secured, this partnership formalizes both companies' commitment to positioning safe self-custodial wallet ecosystem as the preferred platform for accessing Athena's products. Institutional traction the partnership is built on strong existing adoption, with data indicating safeousers view Athena's products as a foundational treasury solution. As of January 2026, 85% of all Athena assets capital secured in

safe accounts on Ethereum Maynad is held in SUSDE, the state token. This figure confirms that safe users, primarily DAOs, protocols, and institutional entities are utilizing Athena in their treasury strategies. Greater than the stable coin landscape is rapidly diversification, in Athena has pioneered a greater than fundamentally new model while delivering resilient value, deep liquidity, and greater than proven adoption at scale. SAFE is the best way to interact with USDA and the Greater Than Athena Protocol giving institutional access without compromise. Safe users greater than increasingly seek reliable options that maintain the highest level of security greater than in self-custody, said Andre Geist, VP of Growth at SAFE Foundation, greater than,

SAFE's unmatched track record of securing over $60 billion makes it the greater-than-definitive platform for USDA's institutional trajectory. The fact that 83% of greater than the existing Athena capital in SAFE accounts is already staked in SUSDE greater than clearly validates the strong, professional demand for Athena-related products greater than in Treasury management, said Guy Young, founder at Athena Labs. This greater-than-aliance will accelerate the integration of USDA into the deepest layers of greater than the defy economy. SAFE serves as critical treasury infrastructure, processing over $4 billion in monthly transfers. The platform's commitment to supporting multiple stable coin types ensures users can continuously optimize their treasury strategies

while maintaining self-custody over their most critical assets. About Safe, previously NOSIS SAFE, is an on-chain asset custody protocol, securing TILDA $60 billion in assets today. Released as on open source software stack by the Safe Ecosystem Foundation, it is establishing a universal smart account standard for secure custody of digital assets, data, and identity. Safe is built for the mission to unlock digital ownership for everyone in Web 3, including Dow's, Enterprises, retail, and institutional users' website, Twitter, Discord, blog, GitHub, docs about the Safe Ecosystem Foundation, Zug, Switzerland, the mission of the Safe Ecosystem Foundation is to support the development of safe, to strengthen safe technology and to promote the safe ecosystem.

The Safe Ecosystem Foundation is a non-profit organization based in ZUG, Switzerland, that helps educate people about safe smart accounts and promote safe technology through the provision of grants and other forms of funding. Legal disclaimer, this is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any safe tokens and is not an offering, advertisement, solicitation, confirmation, statement, or any financial promotion that can be construed as an invitation or inducement to engage in any investment activity or similar. The Safe Ecosystem Foundation makes no representations, warranties and, or covenants with respect to the safe technology, or any implementations of the Safe Wallet and or Safe Smart Accounts, or any program, grants, hackathons and,

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