# Is Curve DAO (CRV) Inflationary? +2.00% New Supply in 90 Days

*From https://mrnasdog.com/research/crv, updated Oct 24 2026*

How much new CRV is coming? **+2.00%** in the next 90 days, **+7.90%** in the next year — checked Oct 17 2026.

- **Signal today:** negative for Curve DAO
- **MrNasDog score:** 3/10 — supply 1.5/5, demand 1.5/5
- **New coins:** +2.00% in 90 days · +7.90% in a year
- **Demand:** very weak (1.5/5)
- **Drivers:** 2 ▲ price up · 0 ▼ price down

## New CRV hitting the market

Curve pays liquidity providers in new CRV every second, and far more CRV left locks than entered them. +2.26% last 90 days; about +2.00% next. Nothing buys CRV back.

Curve DAO adds +2.00% new supply in the next 90 days and +7.90% over a year — supply scores 1.5/5 (heavy), #33 of 101 for new supply.

## How strong is Curve DAO demand?

Demand reads **very weak** (1.5/5), #80 of 110 coins we track — that is how much people want CRV now and how much buying could still come.

(Members see more CRV demand detail on the page; it is not repeated here.)

## The things that move Curve DAO

What the score misses: 2 drivers. Today 2 push CRV's price up and 0 push it down.

### ▲ Convex's vote share

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

▲ Price up if: Lockers keep buying CRV. ▼ Price down if: Lockers shrink. Now: ▲ up side.

| Date | Convex | Yearn + StakeDAO |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 2026 | 54% | 25.7% |
| Sep 30 2026 | 54.1% | 25.9% |
| Oct 10 2026 | 54% | 26% |
| Oct 17 2026 | 54.3% | 25.9% |

*Checked Oct 17 2026*

### ▲ crvUSD supply

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

Good for the price: More crvUSD borrowed. Bad for it: crvUSD shrinks. Right now it points up.

| Date | crvUSD on Ethereum |
|---|---|
| Jul 31 2026 | 225 M crvUSD |
| Aug 31 2026 | 280 M crvUSD |
| Sep 30 2026 | 250 M crvUSD |
| Oct 24 2026 | 239 M crvUSD |

*Checked Oct 17 2026*

## Curve DAO (CRV) supply: questions people ask

### Is Curve DAO (CRV) inflationary or deflationary?

Curve DAO (CRV) is inflationary right now: its supply changes +2.00% over the next 90 days and +7.90% over the next year (checked Oct 17 2026). More CRV is added than removed.

### What is the CRV inflation rate in 2026?

About +7.90% a year: that is how much Curve DAO (CRV) supply changes over the next 12 months, with +2.00% in the next 90 days (checked Oct 17 2026). That puts CRV #33 of 101 coins we track for new supply (#1 = the most new supply).

### When is the next CRV token unlock?

No dated Curve DAO (CRV) unlock is scheduled in the next 90 days (checked Oct 17 2026). New CRV still arrives: about 33.7M CRV in 90 days.

### Does Curve DAO burn or buy back CRV?

Yes. In our count, about 2.23M CRV is expected to leave the market over the next 90 days through burns, buybacks or locks (checked Oct 17 2026). How it works: No buyback and no fee burn; new veCRV locks took in 2.22M CRV and 12.7K CRV was lost to the token contract or burned.

### Where does new CRV supply come from?

In our count, about 33.7M new CRV reaches the market over the next 90 days (checked Oct 17 2026). How it works: 25.44M new CRV from liquidity rewards and 11.46M out of ended veCRV locks in 90 days, plus 0.92M of old 2020 reward claims.

### How much CRV is in circulation?

About 1.57B CRV is in circulation (checked Oct 17 2026). Over the next 90 days that changes +2.00%, and over a year +7.90%.

### Does CRV have more new supply than FLR, RAY or TRUMP?

Over the next 90 days (checked Oct 17 2026): CRV +2.00%, FLR +1.06%, RAY +0.23%, TRUMP +15.77%. CRV sits in the middle of these 4 coins.

## More on Curve DAO

- Full CRV inflation analysis (every unlock, burn and buyback): https://mrnasdog.com/research/crv/inflation
- Every coin's new supply, side by side: https://mrnasdog.com/token-supply
- How we read Curve DAO and every other coin: https://mrnasdog.com/research/pressure-framework/full

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