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megaeth's USDM model is a stealth rates trade. $520m in reserves generating ~$23m/year at 4.5% yields from blackrock BUIDL. sequencer costs run $15-18m. surplus funds MEGA buybacks. math works at current rates. if fed cuts to 2%, that $23m becomes $10.4m and the surplus evaporates entirely. every MEGA position is an implicit bet that rates stay elevated. the first programmatic sell just executed may 7th. ethena white-labels the infrastructure, same stack behind jupUSD. if USDM scales to $1b that's $45m annu ...