Ethos Reserve Note
Stablecoin Profile
Ethos Reserve Note (ERN) is a crypto-collateralised stablecoin: users mint ERN by locking other crypto assets as over-collateral, with $57.7K currently in circulation across 1 blockchain networks. The USD peg is maintained through liquidation auctions when collateral value falls below required thresholds. Price feed sourced via defillama.
About Ethos Reserve Note (ERN)
Ethos Reserve is a decentralized lending protocol that allows users to take out interest-free loans against collateral such as BTC and ETH.
Loans drawn from Ethos Reserve require users to maintain a minimum amount of collateral in the system to cover their debt. These collateral ratios are as low as 108% for ETH, 120% for BTC, and may be lowered over time depending on usage
Recent supply activity
Ethos Reserve Note (ERN) supply was unchanged in the last 24 hours, contracted by $294.9 (-0.51%) over the past week, and contracted by $983 (-1.68%) over the past 30 days.
Mild contraction: redemptions have slightly outpaced minting, with supply down 1.68% in the past month.
Supply History
Network distribution
Ethos Reserve Note circulates across 1 blockchain network. OP Mainnet hosts the largest share at 100.00%. Cross-chain distribution has remained broadly stable over the past 30 days.
| Chain | Supply | Share | 24h Δ | 30d Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OP Mainnet | $57.7K | 100.00% | 0.00% | -1.68% |
Peg stability history
As a crypto-collateralised stablecoin, Ethos Reserve Note (ERN) maintains its 1.00 USD target by holding excess on-chain collateral and routing redemptions through automated liquidation auctions. Spot price is currently $0.9830 (-1.696%); short-term excursions of this magnitude are typically arbitraged away within hours via the protocol's open mint/redeem mechanics.
How crypto-collateralised stablecoins defend their peg
Crypto-collateralised stablecoins like this one over-collateralise positions — borrowers must lock more than $1.00 of crypto for each $1.00 of stablecoin minted. If collateral value falls below the required ratio, the position is automatically liquidated in an open Dutch auction. Arbitrageurs can always mint and redeem against the protocol's contracts, which keeps the secondary-market price tightly bounded around $1.00. The main residual risks are sudden crypto-collateral crashes that outpace the liquidation engine, and oracle failure.
Practical implications for holders
- Collateral volatility is the dominant risk: a fast drawdown in the collateral asset can outpace liquidation auctions and leave the protocol under-collateralised.
- Oracle risk: the protocol relies on price feeds (typically Chainlink or a multi-oracle setup). Oracle manipulation or delay during volatile markets has historically caused peg excursions.
- Governance risk: parameter changes (collateral types, liquidation ratios, debt ceilings) are decided by token-holder votes. Sudden governance attacks remain a tail risk.
- On-chain transparency is a major advantage — collateral is verifiable 24/7 without trusting an attestor.
- Mantapex tracks peg deviation in real time from DeFiLlama price feeds, but for high-value holdings cross-check directly on at least one independent venue (CoinGecko, the issuer's own dashboard, or an on-chain DEX).
Peg-stability commentary is based on the mechanism class (crypto-collateralised) and is provided for educational purposes only — it is not financial advice. Past peg stability is not a guarantee of future performance, and even the highest-quality stablecoins have historically traded outside their target band during banking, regulatory, or liquidity stress.
Contract addresses
Ethos Reserve Note (ERN) is deployed as a token contract on 1 blockchain network below. Always verify the contract address you're interacting with on the relevant block explorer before sending funds — phishing tokens reusing well-known stablecoin tickers are common, especially on newer chains.
| Chain | Contract address | Verify |
|---|---|---|
| Ethereum | 0xc5b001dc33727f8f26880b184090d3e252470d45 | Explorer |
Contract addresses are sourced from DeFiLlama's stablecoin profile. Some chains (Tron, Solana, Aptos, Sui) use non-EVM address formats. The "Explorer" link opens the official block explorer for the given chain; we do not link out to third-party explorers that may show altered data.
Compare Ethos Reserve Note to other crypto-collateralised stablecoins
Below are the largest crypto-collateralised stablecoins tracked on Mantapex alongside Ethos Reserve Note (ERN). Comparing supply and chain footprint within the same mechanism class is more meaningful than cross-class comparison, because the underlying peg-defence assumptions are different.
| Stablecoin | Supply | Mechanism | Chains |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sky Dollar (USDS) | $8.4B | crypto-backed | 6 |
| Ethena USDe (USDe) | $5.9B | crypto-backed | 23 |
| Dai (DAI) | $4.6B | crypto-backed | 48 |
| Falcon USD (USDf) | $1.6B | crypto-backed | 2 |
| USDD (USDD) | $1.1B | crypto-backed | 4 |
Across mechanism classes
If you're researching ERN as part of a broader stablecoin allocation, it's worth comparing it across mechanism classes — each design has different counterparty, custody, and tail-risk profiles.
Peg Stability
Chain Distribution
Resources & data sources
Ethos Reserve Note (ERN) is tracked across major crypto data providers. The links below open Ethos Reserve Note (ERN)'s pages on CoinGecko, CoinMarketCap and DeFiLlama, so you can cross-check supply, market cap, exchange listings and historical price data directly at the source.
Price feed sourced from defillama. Supply, peg and chain-distribution data are aggregated from DeFiLlama's stablecoins dataset, which combines on-chain balances across supported networks. Numbers on this page typically refresh every 10 minutes.
Recent Ethos Reserve Note news
Latest reporting from major crypto news outlets covering Ethos Reserve Note.
- Invezz
ERN price soars 125% as Binance backs Ethernity Chain's rebrand
Digital coins traded in the red on Friday as Bitcoin plunged beneath $80K. However, Ethernity Chain defied trends, with its token exploding from $1.1799 to daily highs of $2.6504…
- Coingape
Binance To Support Ethernity Chain Token Swap, ERN Price Soars 30%
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance again echoed a buzz across the broader market on Friday, revealing plans to support the Ethernity Chain token swap and rebranding. In the midst of…
- Coingape
ERN Price Surges 16% As Ethernity Chain Debuts Layer 2
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- CoinPedia
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- CryptoPotato
Binance Will Delist a Whopping 19 Trading Pairs on October 6th
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- InvestingCube
Ethernity Price Prediction: ERN is Down But Not Out
Ethernity price erased some of the gains it made early this week as investors took profits. The ERN price slipped to a low of $2.7,
- CryptoSlate
Ethernity up 174% ahead of anticipated announcement at Decentraland meetup
The Ethenity token, ERN, is up 170% on the day in anticipation of a big announcement during the upcoming Decentraland meet-up at the new Ethernal Labs HQ within the metaverse. The…
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Risk Warning
Stablecoins carry risks including de-pegging, regulatory changes, and counterparty risk. Always diversify and do your own research.