Curve DEX

Description sourced from DeFiLlama's protocol metadata; teams submit their own copy when listing.

A further $216M sits in the protocol's native staking modules — these deposits are typically locked, vote-bonded, or earning a share of fees, and they reduce the freely circulating float that can hit the market.

Market cap and supply figures are sourced from DeFiLlama's price feed (which reconciles CoinGecko, CoinMarketCap, and on-chain DEX prices). Treasury and staking values reflect on-chain balances controlled by the protocol at last sync.

Curve DEX is published as a versioned release inside the Curve Finance protocol family. Releases inside the same family typically share governance, brand, and large parts of the audit history, but each version can run materially different contract logic — a release labelled v2 or v3 is not just a UI refresh. Newer versions inside a family typically launch with their own audit cycle and parameter set, so do not assume the previous release's safety record carries over without checking the linked audit reports.

Fork lineage and parent-protocol relationships are tracked by DeFiLlama for security and audit-history attribution; a fork inherits the upstream design but not necessarily the upstream audits or governance.

Curve DEX is a versioned release inside a larger protocol family. View the parent for combined TVL and all sibling versions.

Major events flagged by the DeFiLlama community — protocol launches, exploits, governance changes, and incentive programs.

1. Nov 6, 2022
   FTX collapse
2. Jun 10, 2022
   stETH depeg
3. May 7, 2022
   UST depeg
4. Jan 16, 2022
   MIM depeg
5. May 17, 2021
   Convex Launch
6. Aug 14, 2020
   CRV Launch

Curve DEX is a DEX — a decentralised exchange where users swap assets against on-chain liquidity pools rather than a central order book. It is deployed across 30 chains, including Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Monad and 26 other chains. The codebase has been independently audited (1 report on file). DeFiLlama tracks 6 historical events for this protocol since 2020.

Curve DEX runs a multi-chain deployment, with smart contracts live on 30 networks. Roughly 94% of its on-chain value sits on just three networks (Ethereum, Ethereum-staking, staking), so a fault on any one of them would affect a large slice of users. Only one audit report is currently listed; users should weigh that against the protocol's TVL before depositing significant amounts.

Verified external resources for Curve DEX — use these to read the source code, follow governance discussions, or cross-check on-chain data against the original team's channels.

Curve DEX is one of 7 DEX protocols Mantapex tracks in this category. Direct peers ranked by total value locked include Uniswap V3, PancakeSwap AMM, Raydium AMM, and 3 more. These peer protocols collectively secure $6.6B in deposits, giving you a frame of reference for whether Curve DEX's own TVL is at the top, middle, or tail of the category.

Uniswap V3

TVL $1.8B · 24h -0.67%

PancakeSwap AMM

TVL $1.7B · 24h +0.14%

Raydium AMM

TVL $1.1B · 24h +0.66%

Uniswap V2

TVL $872.4M · 24h -0.17%

Uniswap V4

TVL $670.6M · 24h -0.47%

Quickswap Dex

TVL $482.7M · 24h +1.02%