Curve DAO

CRV · DeFi exchange
Checked
Oct 15 2026
The big picture
3.5 / 10Total score0510
Supply + DemandMax. 10
Hold CRV? We'll warn you first.
Free · 2 coins

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No single dated event in the next 90 days.

Metric 1 of 3

CRV · Coin Supply

New CRV every second, and old locks keep ending.

1.5 / 5Heavy
Age6.2 yearssince Aug 2020
Unlocked64.9%of total supply
Last 90 days+2.37%new supply
Next 90 days+1.84%estimate

CRV runs Curve's votes and rewards: 1.57B coins circulate, about 65% of all minted. Most of the rest is locked to vote.

Sell pressure. Emissions minted 25.90M CRV in 90 days, and 11.79M came back from ended locks. An old early-user pot paid out 917.5K more.

Buy pressure. Only 1.38M went into new locks. Nothing buys back or burns CRV.

Net. Net, supply grew about 2.37% in 90 days; about 1.84% next.

Inflation
Last 90 Days
+2.37%
checked · Oct 8 2026
Net flow: 2.37% of supply goes to market over 90 days
Next 90 Days
+1.84%
estimate
Net flow: 1.84% of supply goes to market next 90 days
Supply growing · projected to keep growing
Sell pressure
1. Protocol inflation
~25.90M CRV

New CRV is released every second to the pools that win the weekly gauge vote, and is minted when liquidity providers claim it. 25.90M CRV was minted in these 90 days. The yearly cut came on Aug 12 2026: the rate fell from 3.66 to 3.08 CRV a second, so the next 90 days should bring about 23.96M.

checked · Oct 8 2026
2. Vesting unlocks
~917.5K CRV

The team, investor and staff schedules all ended by Aug 2024. One old pot is left: CRV for the earliest liquidity providers, fully vested since Aug 2021 but never claimed. 917.5K came out this window, 706.8K of it in one claim; about 10.29M still sits there. Earlier quarters saw only about 24K claimed, so we expect about 24.3K next.

checked · Oct 8 2026
3. Foundation + unscheduled unlocks
0

The DAO treasury holds about 5.73M CRV and a team multisig about 1.52M; both already count as circulating, so grants paid from them (a 568K CRV one-year stream to a risk adviser started in September) add nothing new. An old DAO reserve contract outside the float holds 845K CRV and did not move. No public evidence of release in window — monitored.

checked · Oct 8 2026
4. Long-term locked or bankruptcy
~11.79M CRV

About 840.6M CRV is locked in vote-escrow, outside the float, and it comes back as locks end. 11.79M was withdrawn in 90 days. The lock calendar shows only 1.81M ending in the next 90 days, plus 14.02M that already ended but was never taken out; at this window's pace about 6.28M should come back next.

checked · Oct 8 2026
Buy pressure
1. Programmatic buyback
0

Nothing buys CRV back. Trading and lending fees are paid out each week to vote-locked holders in Curve's own dollar coin, not used to buy CRV.

checked · Oct 8 2026
2. Protocol fee burn
0

Curve has no fee burn: no part of any fee destroys CRV. The few coins destroyed by hand are in row 5.

checked · Oct 8 2026
3. Foundation buy
0

No DAO vote or treasury flow in this window bought CRV. The treasury received CRV from a team multisig, which is a move inside the float.

checked · Oct 8 2026
4. New long-term lock
~1.38M CRV

Holders locked 1.38M fresh CRV into vote-escrow (up to four years) to earn the fee payouts and steer emissions. That takes it out of the float; we expect about the same next.

checked · Oct 8 2026
5. Coins burned or lost
~12.8K CRV

12.7K CRV was sent by mistake to the token's own address, where it can never move again, and 63 CRV was burned. These are one-off accidents, so we expect none next.

checked · Oct 8 2026
Supply check · sell, buy & net
 
Last 90D
Next 90D
Sell total (M CRV)
38.611
30.264
Buy total (M CRV)
1.389
1.376
Sell % of circ
+2.456%
+1.925%
Buy % of circ
+0.088%
+0.088%
Net inflation %
+2.367%
+1.837%
Circulating supply: 1572.286M CRV
Read the full Inflation Analysis
CRV: new coins every second, and old locks coming back to market.
Long-form mechanism walk. ~5 min.
Metric 2 of 3

CRV · Coin Demand

Two sides: how much people want CRV right now, and how much buying could come later.

2 / 5Weak

Current demand1 / 2.5

This part is based on social media. It shows how hot CRV is right now. A better rank means more people are talking about it.

CRV on social mediaIts rank among the 110 coins we follow · last 12 months · #1 = most talked about
#60 · Oct 7 2026

Today, people are talking about CRV for two reasons:

  1. 1
    Borrowing on Curve went up again this week.

    Curve's weekly numbers for Oct 8 2026 show $151 million borrowed in its lending markets, up 2.5% from the week before, and $111,100 paid out to veCRV holders, up 18.1%. CRV still fell about 11% on Oct 9 2026 when the whole market sold off. People ask why rising use and higher payouts are not lifting the price yet.

  2. 2
    Curve says Ethereum's next upgrade should be judged on busy days.

    On Oct 8 2026 the Curve team said Ethereum's coming Glamsterdam upgrade should be measured by how trades run when the network is crowded, not only by the bigger block size. Its own checks found a leveraged borrow used about 1.84 million gas, against 125,000 for a simple stablecoin swap. People ask whether cheaper and smoother trades on Ethereum would bring more volume to Curve.

Checked Oct 13 2026

Metric 3 of 3

CRV · Price DriversBeta

The few things that can move CRV's price that supply and demand miss.

1 · Convex's vote share

Quiet
Lockers keep buying CRV → price upnowLockers shrink → price down
ConvexYearn + StakeDAO
0204060202420252026Convex54%26%
0204060202420252026Convex54%26%

Convex holds over half of all CRV voting power, rising since 2024.

Data
DateConvexYearn + StakeDAO
Jul 31 202653.6%25.8%
Aug 31 202654%25.7%
Sep 30 202654.1%25.9%
Oct 10 202654%26%
Checked Oct 10 2026

2 · crvUSD supply

Quiet
More crvUSD borrowed → price upnowcrvUSD shrinks → price down
crvUSD on Ethereum
0100200300400202420252026248M crvUSD
0100200300400202420252026248M crvUSD

crvUSD is far above its 2024 lows but swings a lot.

Data
DatecrvUSD on Ethereum
Jul 31 2026225 M crvUSD
Aug 31 2026280 M crvUSD
Sep 30 2026250 M crvUSD
Oct 14 2026248 M crvUSD
Checked Oct 10 2026

Should you buy CRV? Questions about CRV

Should I enter Curve DAO right now?

Based on the law of supply and demand, the long-run signal for Curve DAO is negative. As of Oct 15 2026, score 3.5/10, Curve DAO faces +1.84% new supply over 90 days, with demand weak (2/5). Curve DAO's price drivers: 2 ▲ price up, 0 ▼ price down.

Is anyone still using Curve DAO, or is it dead?

Still alive, by our data. crvUSD is far above its 2024 lows, though it swings a lot, and Convex holds over half of all CRV voting power. The weak part is the token: demand reads very weak (1.5/5) with +1.84% new supply in 90 days. Supply and demand still read negative for Curve DAO in the long run.

When should I sell Curve DAO?

Today the signal is negative. Supply and demand would point the other way for Curve DAO if new supply keeps arriving (+1.84% in 90 days), or demand falls from weak.

Is Curve DAO a good investment in 2026?

On our framework Curve DAO scores 3.5/10 (Oct 15 2026), with supply 1.5/5 (heavy) and demand 2/5. In the next year Curve DAO's supply changes +7.40%, so the long-run signal reads negative.

What is the best time to invest in Curve DAO?

The law of supply and demand points to one window for Curve DAO: low new supply, high demand, drivers pointing up. Where Curve DAO stands today: +1.84% new supply in 90 days (heavy), demand weak (2/5), drivers 2 ▲ / 0 ▼.

Will Curve DAO go up? What could move its price?

Curve DAO has 2 price drivers today (2 ▲ price up, 0 ▼ price down). ▲ Convex's vote share: Convex holds over half of all CRV voting power, rising since 2024. ▲ crvUSD supply: crvUSD is far above its 2024 lows but swings a lot.

Should I buy Curve DAO or Bitcoin?

Curve DAO reads negative at 3.5/10; Bitcoin reads positive at 8.5/10 (Oct 15 2026). On supply and demand, Curve DAO looks weaker than Bitcoin today.

Every answer here applies basic economic theory — the law of supply and demand — to this coin's data. It is not financial advice. How we read every coin →

How does MrNasdog judge every coin, and why is +1.84% shown in red?

We look at two things, half each: supply and demand. Fewer new coins mean less selling pressure. A meme coin scores 1.5 at most on supply: its team got its coins for free, so no new supply does not make it safe. We also show each coin's age, with a warning when it is younger than 1 year. Demand looks at how much people want the coin now and how much buying could come later. Price Drivers (Beta) are the 2 or 3 things that can move one coin's price that supply and demand miss; they have no score. CRV supply grows +1.84% in the next 90 days, so it shows in red: more CRV reaches the market than is removed. Zero or falling supply is always green, any growth is red.

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