USDS (USDS) Daily Market Analysis 18 August 2026

USDS holds steady at $1.00005 while Sky ecosystem ramps up token incentives and expansion – here's the latest: • Staking rewards for SKY holders resumed 17 August, with users choosing between SKY or USDS payouts funded by protocol revenue • Permanent SKY token burns began, creating a deflationary mechanism tied to protocol income • Governance approved buybacks, farming reactivation, and Smart Burn Engine BEAM on 14 August • sUSDS yield product shows strong growth at 3.52% APY with $4.74B supply and $250M+ cumulative yield paid • Protocol revenue hit $107.35M in Q2 with $12.32B collateral, up 45.5% year-over-year