DeFi Protocol Curve’s $500M Stablecoin Pool Hammered as Traders Flee USDC
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is causing turmoil in crypto stablecoin markets.
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Mar 10, 2023 at 10:51 p.m. UTC
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Stablecoins Seem Unattractive as the Gap Between 3pool's APY and Treasury Yields Widens
The annualized percentage yield from providing stablecoin liquidity on Curve's 3pool, also known as DeFi's savings bank account, is nearly 250 basis points less than the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note.
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Jan 31, 2023 at 8:40 a.m. UTC
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DeFi Protocol Yearn Finance Will Let Anyone Create Curve Reward Farms
Yearn was among the first yield aggregators in the now-mature decentralized-finance ecosystem.
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Jan 10, 2023 at 12:48 p.m. UTC
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DeFi Tool Convex to Make Changes to Staking Service for Curve Token Rewards
Curve tokens (CRV) are issued as yield farming rewards to liquidity providers on Curve Finance, and can be converted into vote-escrowed CRV (veCRV).
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Jan 4, 2023 at 8:37 a.m. UTC
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CME Group Teaming With CF Benchmarks for 3 New DeFi Rates and Indices
Pricing will initially come from a group of six crypto exchanges.
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Dec 1, 2022 at 5:01 p.m. UTC
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Aave Supporters Say Lending Freeze Will Help Transition the Network
Community members voted Monday to freeze 17 assets in the Ethereum liquidity pool to lower risk within the DeFi protocol ahead of upgrading the network to its third version.
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Nov 28, 2022 at 11:19 p.m. UTC
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Mango Exploiter's Funds Get Liquidated After Roiling Aave Using $20M of Borrowed Curve Tokens
A trader identified as Avraham Eisenberg, who became infamous for his “very profitable trading strategy” of exploiting $114 million from Mango Markets, borrowed tens of millions of Curve DAO tokens and sent them to an exchange – but his position appears to have gotten liquidated.
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Nov 22, 2022 at 9:13 p.m. UTC
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Curve's CRV Token Turns Volatile as Exchange's Balance Hits Record High
The token sank to a two-year low of 40 cents early Tuesday before quickly bouncing back to 53 cents.
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Nov 22, 2022 at 12:54 p.m. UTC
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Curve DAO Proposal to Enable Easier CRV Rewards Passes With Overwhelming Support
The move means projects looking to offer CRV rewards to their users would no longer need to propose their requirements to Curve’s governance community.
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Oct 12, 2022 at 2:34 p.m. UTC
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DeFi Platform Curve Finance Takes First Steps Toward crvUSD Stablecoin
Details on the actual usage of crvUSD are scarce, and Curve developers declined to share more information about the tokens with CoinDesk.
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Sep 7, 2022 at 7:19 a.m. UTC
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