Curve

Curve's annual CRV emission schedule drops again with the start of Epoch 6, cutting issuance from roughly 115.5M to 97.2M CRV/year (~15.9%). The reduction marks the first time annual emissions fall below 100 million CRV. Like prior August cuts, the change reflects Curve's fixed schedule of periodic emission reductions rather than a one-off adjustment.

Curve is asking the community to select a new risk provider for its lending and crvUSD infrastructure, calling it crucial for how fast and safely Curve lending and crvUSD can grow. The vote is a signal vote where only "yes" votes are summed and "no" votes are ignored, with one vote per provider made.

Curve is reminding users to withdraw funds from CrossCurve pools, as withdrawal functionality has been restored for several additional networks during the CrossCurve bridge recovery process. Funds still remain in the old bridge contracts across multiple networks.

Curve's July 2026 recap highlights Llamalend V2 reaching Ethereum mainnet, a big step for its lending stack. Average crvUSD borrow rates fell by nearly two-thirds over the month, and borrower-minted crvUSD grew 29%. The figures point to deeper lending activity and cheaper borrowing as the new Llamalend architecture expands beyond its earlier deployments.

Zerion is introducing an AI-assisted way to exit Curve DeFi positions, where an agent works out the route while users review and sign every transaction. Withdrawals are run via Zerion CLI with a prompt in Claude Code.

CRV rewards go live tomorrow on three new Curve Llamalend v2 gauges via Stake DAO. Users can deposit their LP on Stake DAO for the maximum boost and claim CRV instantly with no delay.

Tangent has launched its first Bitcoin market, cbBTC/WBTC, allowing users for the first time to borrow against a wrapped BTC Curve LP token while keeping their CRV rewards. Up to 250k $USG is available to borrow.

Curve is transitioning the USDC/sUSDat pool on Curve Finance to FxSwap, with both Gravity and Orbital points moving exclusively to the new pool. The previous USDC/sUSDat pool will no longer be eligible for points. Saturn announced the transition.