Curve Best Yields & Key Metrics | Week 10, 2026

Weekly yield and Curve ecosystem metric updates as of the 5th March, 2026

Curve Best Yields & Key Metrics | Week 10, 2026
Top Yields: 1st. frxUSD/USDp Pool on Avalanche with 43.1% Yield, 2nd. USDp/frxUSD Pool on Sonic with 40.0% Yield, 3rd. ynRWAx/ynUSDx Pool on Ethereum with 34.1% Yield

Market Overview

Curve TVL slipped 1.7% this week, currently at $2.08B. Here's the news:

As always, there are plenty of yield opportunities across Curve. See the highlights and weekly metrics below.

Top Yields

All yields shown below are the unboosted rates offered directly through Curve. However, projects such as Convex, StakeDAO and Yearn all offer boosting for these yields.

Premier crvUSD Pools

All highlighted markets below have more than $10M of TVL.

Chain Market TVL Yield
PYUSD
crvUSD
$67.9M 9.0%
scrvUSD
$31.9M 8.7%
pmUSD
crvUSD
$15.8M 7.5%
frxUSD
crvUSD
$13M 4.3%
USDT
crvUSD
$17.9M 4.2%

Other Top USD Yields

All yields are calculated assuming a minimum of $100k TVL.

Chain Market Type Yield
frxUSD
USDp
Pool 43.1%
USDp
frxUSD
Pool 40.0%
ynRWAx
ynUSDx
Pool 34.1%
xpUSD
sUSDS
Pool 31.2%
ynRWAx
USDC
Pool 22.9%
alUSD
USDC
Pool 20.9%
sdUSD
frxUSD
Pool 20.4%
ynRWAx
OUSD
Pool 16.8%

Top BTC & ETH Yields

All yields are calculated assuming a minimum of $100k TVL.

Note: alETH is currently about 5% off-peg and wasn't included on the banner, but is included here as it has been gradually returning to peg since 2023.

Chain Market Asset Yield
alETH
WETH
ETH 81.1%
cbBTC
WBTC
LBTC
BTC 13.5%
ynETHx
WETH
ETH 8.9%
msETH
OETH
ETH 6.5%
WBTC
cbBTC
hemiBTC
BTC 1.5%
tBTC
cbBTC
BTC 1.3%

Other Top Yields

All yields are calculated assuming a minimum of $100k TVL.

Chain Market Asset Yield
CRV
crvUSD
CRV 10.1%
CRV
vsdCRV
asdCRV
CRV 9.3%
crvUSD
CJPY
FOREX 6.8%
crvUSD
ZCHF
FOREX 5.5%
GHO
cbBTC
WETH
TRICRYPTO 4.6%
EURA
EURC
EUR 1.7%
XAUt
PAXG
GOLD 0.1%

Weekly Metrics

crvUSD & scrvUSD

crvUSD metrics improved this week. While minted supply fell 8.0% to $22.8M, the peg has recovered firmly back to $1.00, with PegKeepers deploying $6.42M of stability reserves, improving crvUSD stability if volatility returns.

The scrvUSD yield also rose, along with the borrowing rates finally coming back down.

Metric Value Change
crvUSD Minted
$22.8M -8.0%
scrvUSD Yield
8.7% +3.8%
crvUSD inscrvUSD
139.5% -20.7%
crvUSD Price
$1.0 +$0.0019
Avg. Borrow Rate
11.1% -2.4%
Peg Stability Reserves
$6.42M +$6.42M
PegKeeper Profit
$0 -

Llamalend

Llamalend cooled this week, with supplied, borrowed, and collateral balances all down and active loans declining by 57, mainly due to the unfortunate sDOLA lending market hack.

Metric Value Change
πŸ¦™ Llamalend TVL $118M -3.8%
πŸ¦™ Supplied $64.1M -6.8%
πŸ¦™ Borrowed $50.5M -23.1%
πŸ¦™ Collateral $82.1M -13.9%
πŸ¦™ Loans 941 -57

DEX

Curve's DEX saw stronger activity this week, with volume, swaps, and fees all increasing even as TVL declined.

Metric Value Change
πŸ”„ TVL $2.08B -1.7%
πŸ”„ Volume $1.14B +12.1%
πŸ”„ Swaps 472k +10.5%
πŸ”„ Total Fees $267k +37.5%

DAO

DAO metrics were steady overall, with veCRV distribution rising 41.4% to $110k as fee generation improved week over week.

Metric Value Change
CRV Circ. Supply
1.48B +0.2%
CRV Locked
857M -
Total veCRV
787M -0.1%
veCRV Distribution
$110k +41.4%
CRV Emissions
$551k (2.22M CRV) +5.2%
Inflation Rate
4.903% -0.004%

Top Stableswap Pools

The USDS pools stayed in the top spot, with crvUSD pools also climbing the rankings on stronger turnover.

πŸ“ πŸ”„ Chain Pool Volume Fees
1 +1
sUSDS
USDT
$466.6M $5.4k
2 -1
PYUSD
USDS
$421.6M $4.4k
3 -
USDC
USDT
$311.0M $3.4k
4 -
DAI
USDC
USDT
$116.1M $17.4k
5 +1
USDC
crvUSD
$77.6M $7.8k
6 +2
USDT
crvUSD
$59.8M $6.0k
7 -2
ETH
stETH
$55.3M $5.5k
8 -1
PYUSD
USDC
$53.2M $5.6k
9 +6
PYUSD
crvUSD
$42.8M $5.4k
10 +1
USDC
RLUSD
$33.2M $6.7k

Top Cryptoswap Pools

The top Cryptoswap leaderboard was stable this week, with the core Tricrypto pools holding the top four positions by volume.

πŸ“ πŸ”„ Chain Pool Volume Fees
1 -
USDC
WBTC
WETH
$24.1M $14.4k
2 -
USDT
WBTC
WETH
$21.2M $13.1k
3 -
USDT
WBTC
WETH
$16.4M $26.6k
4 -
crvUSD
WETH
CRV
$11.4M $6.7k
5 -
WETH
cbETH
$5.4M $1.7k
6 +1
ETH+
eUSD
RSR
$1.9M $1.5k

Gauge Winners & Losers

Gauge votes rotated meaningfully this week. msETH/WETH led emissions gains (+69.8k), while pmUSD pools saw the largest reduction (-140k).

πŸ“ Chain Pool TVL CRV Emissions Change
1
msETH
WETH
$16.9M 111k +69.8k
2
reUSD
scrvUSD
$9.73M 69.5k +37.9k
3
DOLA
sUSDe
$65.6M 38k +35.7k
... ... ... ... ... ...
-3
cUSDO
USDC
$9.74M 7.35k -34.9k
-2
pmUSD
crvUSD
$15.8M 190k -53k
-1
pmUSD
frxUSD
$13.6M 121k -140k

DEX Winners & Losers

Fees Winners & Losers

Fee gains were led by Tricrypto-1 and msETH/WETH, while stable pools including PYUSD/USDS and USDG/USDC saw the largest fee pullbacks.

πŸ“ Chain Pool Volume Fees Change
1
USDT
WBTC
WETH
$16.4M $26.6k +$9.99k
2
msETH
WETH
$28.2M $11.3k +$5.45k
3
alUSD
FRAX
USDC
$13.6M $5.45k +$5.44k
... ... ... ... ... ...
-3
sUSDai
USDC
$10.7M $1.12k -$1.6k
-2
USDG
USDC
$2.44M $245 -$1.8k
-1
PYUSD
USDS
$422M $4.38k -$2.95k

Volume Winners & Losers

USDC/USDT and sUSDS/USDT drove the largest volume increases this week. PYUSD/USDS was the biggest decliner after last week's spike.

πŸ“ Chain Pool Volume Fees Change
1
USDC
USDT
$311M $3.35k +$93.7M
2
sUSDS
USDT
$467M $5.38k +$81.3M
3
USDC
crvUSD
$77.6M $7.76k +$42.2M
... ... ... ... ... ...
-3
sUSDai
USDC
$10.7M $1.12k -$11.2M
-2
USDG
USDC
$2.44M $245 -$17.2M
-1
PYUSD
USDS
$422M $4.38k -$245M

TVL Winners & Losers

crvUSD pools saw the largest TVL increases this week, partly from the PegKeepers starting to deploy reserves, but also partly from the great yield available.

πŸ“ Chain Pool TVL Change
1
USDC
crvUSD
$27.7M +$6.81M
2
PYUSD
crvUSD
$67.9M +$6.8M
3
msETH
WETH
$16.9M +$3.24M
... ... ... ... ...
-3
USDC
RLUSD
$80.4M -$7.16M
-2
PYUSD
USDC
$44.4M -$7.84M
-1
DOLA
sUSDe
$65.6M -$26.3M

Llamalend Winners & Losers

crvUSD Minting Markets - Borrowing Winners & Losers

crvUSD minting markets outflows continued unfortunately, with the BTC markets having the largest outflows. However, now that crvUSD is back to peg and the peg stability reserves are being deployed, the borrowing rates should decline significantly.

πŸ“ Chain Market Collateral Borrowed Change
1
crvUSD
sfrxETH
$1.49M $857k +$3.67k
2
crvUSD
cbBTC
$1.26M $798k +$3.42k
3
crvUSD
sfrxETH
$341k $151k +$746
... ... ... ... ... ...
-3
crvUSD
WETH
$3.76M $2.35M -$259k
-2
crvUSD
WBTC
$30.4M $13.8M -$290k
-1
crvUSD
tBTC
$5.23M $3.05M -$1.38M

Lend Markets - Borrowing Winners & Losers

Borrow demand increased in WETH, WBTC, and CRV collateral markets, but those gains were outweighed by large paydowns in sDOLA and sreUSD, mostly due to the sDOLA market oracle exploit.

πŸ“ Chain Market Supplied Borrowed Change
1
crvUSD
WETH
$711k $521k +$224k
2
crvUSD
WBTC
$3.35M $2.54M +$163k
3
crvUSD
CRV
$4.18M $3.31M +$113k
... ... ... ... ... ...
-3
crvUSD
sUSDe
$1.71M $1.27M -$453k
-2
crvUSD
sreUSD
$32.3M $14.2M -$1.4M
-1
crvUSD
sDOLA
$13.5M $55.9 -$11.8M

Lend Markets - Supplying Winners & Losers

Supplied balances shifted strongly toward the sreUSD market (+$4.17M), while sDOLA and sUSDe saw the largest reductions in supplied liquidity due to the exploit of it's oracle.

πŸ“ Chain Market Supplied Borrowed Change
1
crvUSD
sreUSD
$32.3M $14.2M +$4.17M
2
crvUSD
WETH
$711k $521k +$215k
3
crvUSD
CRV
$4.18M $3.31M +$51.9k
... ... ... ... ... ...
-3
crvUSD
WBTC
$3.35M $2.54M -$203k
-2
crvUSD
sUSDe
$1.71M $1.27M -$264k
-1
crvUSD
sDOLA
$13.5M $55.9 -$8.23M

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Risk Disclaimer

References to specific pools or Llamalend markets do not constitute endorsements of their safety. We strongly encourage conducting personal risk analysis before engaging with any pools or markets. Please review our detailed risk disclaimers: Pool Risk Disclaimer, Llamalend Risk Disclaimer, crvUSD Risk Disclaimer.