Curve Finance Reaches Record Peak: $7B in 24 Hour Trading Volume

14. März 2023   |   by admin

• Curve Finance reached $7 billion in trading volume on March 11, smashing previous records.
• The event was triggered by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the depegging of USD Coin (USDC).
• MakerDAO submitted an „urgent executive proposal“ to try and limit risks to the protocol by restricting the ability to mint DAI using USDC.

Curve Finance Achieves Record Trading Volume

Curve Finance experienced its highest daily trading volumes ever on March 11, surpassing $7 billion in a single day. This record is due to crypto whales competing for assets after the USDC depeg caused by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVF).

Imbalanced Currency Pools

The sell-off of USDC has caused imbalanced currency pools in Curve Finance, resulting in the stablecoin dropping below its $1 peg. This news spreads fear and uncertainty across cryptocurrency markets as USDC had a market capitalization of over $42 billion as of Jan. 31 and is used as collateral in several different stablecoin ecosystems.

MakerDAO Proposal

In response to this development, MakerDAO submitted an „urgent executive proposal“ to try and limit risks to the protocol by restricting the ability to mint DAI using USDC. MakerDAO holds reserves worth approximately $2.85 billion USDC (3.1 billion USDC), making it one of the most significant holders overall.

USDC Bulls Active

Despite these developments, USDC bulls are active as it gained over 4.5% in price valuation at the time of writing, trading at $0.99 with a market cap increase of 4%, taking it to $40,826,989,539 as of March 13th .

Uniswap Takes Lead

At this time, Uniswap surpassed Curve’s daily trade volumes according to DefiLlama with TUSD being supported by three prominent stablecoins; USD Coin (USDC), Tether (TUSD), and TrueUSD (TrueUSD).