Curve DAO is a token. It has no blockchain of its own and no consensus of its own — it rents both from the chains it is issued on, which is why it is listed separately from the cryptocurrencies.
| CoinSpectrum Grade | C · 58/100 · provisional |
|---|---|
| Type | Token |
| Class | DEX |
| Backing | Non-backed |
| Market capitalisation | $528M |
| Price | $0.3336 |
| Circulating supply | 1,582,685,741 CRV |
| Issued on | 9 chains |
Market data rebuilt every six hours; this build 28 October 2026. Live prices on the ranking.
C — 58 out of 100, provisional (from 8 of 10 criteria, 28 October 2026 build). With what is not yet measured anywhere from nothing to full marks, the score would be 46 to 66 (D to B).
| Criterion | Score | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Leading Consensus Mechanisms | 4.9 | group average |
| Host chain | 7.9 | Issued on Ethereum (A, 79/100) |
| Asset class (below every coin family) | 1.8 | Tokens: below every native coin family on the consensus ladders, 0.9 of 10 by largest asset and 2.7 by combined market cap |
| Network security | 0 | No network of its own: secured by its host chain, scored above |
| Decentralisation | 7.5 | group average, 3 of 4 measured |
| Minting and supply (who can mint more) | 10 | CRV (0xD533…cd52) can be minted only by the Minter contract on a hardcoded decaying schedule capped at 3.03B. The minter is set once, and the DAO admin cannot raise the rate.; fixed maximum supply source |
| Premine (pre-issued at launch) | 5.7 | 43% of supply pre-issued at launch. About 1.3B (43%) was allocated at launch in Aug 2020: 30% shareholders, 3% employees, 5% community reserve and 5% pre-CRV LPs. The remaining 57% is emitted to liquidity providers. source |
| Fundraising | 6.7 | Sold to the public or to investors: 33% of supply was the insiders' to sell, 3.6% sold. Investors sit inside the 30% 'shareholders' tranche. MEXC splits it as about 801M core team and about 108.1M investors (3.6%). No round sizes or names have been officially disclosed. source |
| Holder concentration | — | Not yet measured |
| Supply & Demand | 7.1 | group average |
| Supply & Demand | 7.1 | average of 5 measures |
| Exchanges (10 or more: 10) | – | exchanges not yet counted |
| Daily volume ($10K 0, $1B or more 10) | 6.1 | $8,469,370 traded in 24 hours; #132 by volume on the exchanges the site reads (scored on the median day of the last 2, $11,401,130) |
| Turnover (volume ÷ market cap, 5% a day: 10) | 8.3 | 2.4% of its market cap a day, median of the last 3 days |
| Order-book depth (bids and asks within 2% ÷ market cap, 1%: 10) | 9.1 | $2,853,015 within 2% of the price on 9 exchanges, 0.54% of its market cap, median of the last 2 days |
| Market cap ($1M 0, $10B or more 10) | 6.8 | $528M, 6.8 on a scale of 2.5 points per tenfold |
| Paper trading (futures, options and margin ÷ market cap, 0%: 10, 100%: 0) | 5.3 | futures, options and margin positions 22% of its market cap |
| Supply (smaller is better) | 7.1 | fixed maximum supply of 3.03 billion |
| Record (origin, claims, halts) | — | Not yet reviewed |
Ten criteria, weighted equally — for a token, the host chain replaces the developer share, the asset class stands in for the consensus ladders, and who can mint more for the Cryptocurrency Standards. Provisional: criteria marked — are not yet measured and are left out of the average. A rating of structure and market depth, not a price forecast or investment advice. How the grade is built · Highest-graded cryptocurrencies.
| Pre-issued at launch | 43% of supply |
|---|---|
| To team, investors and treasury | 33% of supply |
| Sold to the public or to investors | 3.6% of supply |
| Who can mint more | Fixed supply — no one can mint more |
| Fundraising | Private or venture funding |
About 1.3B (43%) was allocated at launch in Aug 2020: 30% shareholders, 3% employees, 5% community reserve and 5% pre-CRV LPs. The remaining 57% is emitted to liquidity providers.
Investors sit inside the 30% 'shareholders' tranche. MEXC splits it as about 801M core team and about 108.1M investors (3.6%). No round sizes or names have been officially disclosed.
CRV (0xD533…cd52) can be minted only by the Minter contract on a hardcoded decaying schedule capped at 3.03B. The minter is set once, and the DAO admin cannot raise the rate.
The investor share (soldPct) comes from a secondary aggregator; Curve's own page does not split team from investors. Emissions are scheduled, not discretionary.
Sources: resources.curve.finance · mexc.com · etherscan.io. Researched 2026-10-23, medium confidence.
It is issued on 9 chains, which means 9 separate issuances of the same claim. Linked names are chains that are themselves cryptocurrencies with a page here.
CoinSpectrum counts an asset once. A token has neither its own blockchain nor its own consensus mechanism, so it fails both of the site's two conditions — it is a thing issued on a chain, and the chain is what is counted. The methodology states the rule, and the argument for it is set out in full.
Listed, not hidden. The point is that it is measured as what it is.