STABLESAFE WEEKLY2026-05-30 - 2026-06-06
APXUSD Pays 15% After Depeg: Risk Premium Returns
6,351 pools | Median APY 1.88% | Avg 3.2%
$36.2B
LOW-RISK TVL
2.9%
LOW-RISK AVG APY
0.7%
MED-RISK AVG APY
TVL BY RISK TIER
Low: $36.2B (163 pools, 2.9%)Med: $140.3B (3339 pools, 0.7%)High: $1.4B (2849 pools, 4.5%)
WEEK OVER WEEK
Total TVL
$177.8B+$34.4M
prev: $177.8B
Median APY
1.88%-0.00pp
prev: 1.89%
Pool Count
6,351+1
prev: 6,350
Low-Risk APY
3.09%+0.24pp
prev: 2.85%

5 THINGS TO KNOW
APXUSD Yield Premium Comes With Fresh Peg Risk
Apyx Protocol APXUSD: 12.33% APY, $187.9M TVL, risk score 36. Merkl APXUSD: 15.39% APY, $179.9M TVL, risk score 56.
Ethena sUSDe Adds a $1.8B Low-Risk Yield Reference
Ethena Usde SUSDE: 4.44% APY, $1.80B TVL, risk score 14.
Low-Risk APY Recovers 24 bps
Low-risk APY rose from 2.85% to 3.09%; low-risk TVL rose from $35.89B to $36.21B.
Maple Still Holds the Liquid 4% Floor
Maple USDC: 4.62% APY, $3.09B TVL, risk score 20.
Base Has the Clearest Positive Chain Signal
Base chain mover: +32.97%; Base tracked TVL: $7.04B across 641 pools.

CHAIN BREAKDOWN

Chain-level totals are shown after excluding obvious 0% APY Bex TVL anomalies on Berachain and unnamed chains from the narrative. Ethereum remains the largest named venue at $39.97B with a clipped 3.32% APY, followed by Arbitrum at $12.68B and Base at $7.04B; the real takeaway is that screened pool selection matters more than raw chain size.

POOLS
AVG APY
TVL
Ethereum
2664
3.3%
$40.0B
Arbitrum
445
1.1%
$12.7B
Base
641
1.4%
$7.0B
Gnosis
26
0.1%
$3.1B
Solana
621
2.3%
$2.7B
Berachain
38
0.0%
$2.3B

STABLECOIN YIELDS (AVG APY)
USDC
0.4%
$18.2B
USDS
3.6%
$9.2B
USDT
0.7%
$6.5B
SUSD
4.3%
$3.6B
PYUSD
2.5%
$3.4B
BUIDL
3.4%
$3.0B
USYC
3.1%
$2.8B
USDY
3.5%
$2.1B
Avg APY can be skewed by outliers. TVL on right.

TOP RISK-ADJUSTED PICKS
163 pools | $36.2B TVL | 2.9% avg APY
Maple USDC
Ethereum | Best large-pool conservative premium with $3.09B TVL and a stable six-week APY profile.
4.6%
R:20
Ethena Usde SUSDE
Ethereum | Large low-risk screened yield, but synthetic-dollar mechanics need separate monitoring.
4.4%
R:14
Morpho V1 SENPYUSDMAIN
Ethereum | Strong PYUSD risk-adjusted yield with $288.8M TVL and a familiar Morpho structure.
5.4%
R:24
Usd Ai SUSDAI
Arbitrum | Highest low-risk screened yield above $100M TVL this week. The premium is meaningful, but allocators should treat the protocol and asset wrapper as less battle-tested than Sky or Maple.
8.0%
R:24 | $289.1M
Re REUSD
Ethereum | A rare low-risk screened pool above 6% with nine-figure TVL. The trade-off is asset-specific risk, so it is better viewed as a satellite yield sleeve than a cash-equivalent base.
6.5%
R:26 | $168.5M


THIS WEEK IN STABLECOINS
CoinDesk
Apyx apxUSD briefly depegs to $0.93 during market selloff
Apyx's apxUSD briefly traded near $0.93 during a bitcoin-led drawdown before recovering. The protocol said volatility is expected for its preferred-equity-backed design and pointed to overcollateralization, dividend mechanics, and limited Morpho liquidation risk.
The event matters because apxUSD appears in this week's medium-risk yield table with 12.33% to 15.39% APY, so the yield premium is paired with live peg and structure risk.
The Block
Coinbase backs Ethena and flags USDC savings partnership
Coinbase Ventures bought ENA on the open market and Ethena said the firms will work together on onchain finance and savings products. The exact USDC collaboration remains unclear, but the announcement ties a large U.S. exchange to synthetic-dollar yield infrastructure.
Ethena sUSDe is already a large low-risk tracked pool at $1.80B TVL and 4.44% APY, so distribution partnerships could affect future stablecoin savings demand.
CoinDesk
MoneyGram launches MGUSD stablecoin on Stellar
MoneyGram launched MGUSD, a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin on Stellar issued by Stripe-owned Bridge with Fireblocks wallet infrastructure. The rollout starts with U.S. users and is planned for MoneyGram's broader customer base.
Payment stablecoins are moving from transfer rails toward balances that may later seek low-risk onchain yield, reinforcing the institutional demand theme.
OUTLOOK
Stablecoin yields are likely to stay split between a slow low-risk floor and sharp pockets of structure-risk premium. Maple, Sky, Ethena, and tokenized Treasury wrappers are clustering around 3.1% to 4.6%, and the low-risk tier now looks healthier after a 24 bps rebound. The next one to two weeks should be less about broad APY expansion and more about whether APXUSD-style premiums persist after the depeg scare, whether Coinbase gives Ethena a clearer USDC savings path, and whether Base's positive chain signal turns into durable TVL rather than temporary incentives. Conservative allocators should expect modest yields; active allocators will find yield, but mostly where peg, wrapper, or incentive risk is explicit.
HIGHAPXUSD Peg and Yield Premium
MEDIUMEthena Distribution Through Coinbase
HIGHMaple Above the Wrapper Floor
MEDIUMBase Yield Signal
HIGHTokenized Cash Floor