What is Curve DAO Token (CRV)

1. Project Introduction
Curve Finance is a decentralized exchange (DEX) based on an automated market maker (AMM) model, specializing in low-slippage, low-fee trading of stablecoins and pegged assets.
It supports efficient swaps between various stablecoins (e.g., USDT, USDC, DAI) and pegged assets (e.g., wBTC, renBTC, stETH).
Curve is deployed across multiple chains, including Ethereum, Polygon, Avalanche, Arbitrum, and Optimism.
In August 2020, Curve launched Curve DAO and introduced the native governance and incentive token $CRV.
Summary:
Curve Finance is a leading DeFi platform that offers efficient decentralized trading of stablecoins and pegged assets using a low-cost AMM model. It has made significant contributions to the stablecoin trading sector within DeFi.
2. Team & Investment Info
Founder & CEO: Michael Egorov (founded in January 2020)
Co-founder & former CTO of NuCypher
Ex-LinkedIn infrastructure engineer
Physics background from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Former quantum computing and cryptography researcher; 2003 International Physics Olympiad bronze medalist
Funding:
Raised $5M from Binance Labs in August 2023
3. Social Media URLs
X: https://x.com/curvefinance
Discord: https://discord.gg/rgrfS7W
Telegram: https://t.me/curvefi
4. Token Info
Token Symbol: CRV
Total Supply: 2,189,755,056
Token Type: ERC-20
Issuance/Burn Mechanism: Fixed supply
Contract Address: 0xD533a949740bb3306d119CC777fa900bA034cd52
Token Distribution:
Liquidity Providers: 62% (linear vesting over 1 year)
Early LPs: 5% (linear vesting over 1 year)
Shareholders: 30% (linear vesting over 2–4 years)
Community Reserve: 5%
Team: 3% (linear vesting over 2 years)
5. Related Links
Official Website: https://curve.fi/#/ethereum/swap
GitHub: https://github.com/curvefi/curve-contract
White Paper: https://docs.curve.fi/references/whitepapers/overview/