Curve Finance: The Operating Model Behind the Stablecoin AMM
I. IntroductionCurve Finance is one of the most influential Automated Market Makers (AMMs) in DeFi, specifically optimized for stablecoin and like-asset trading. Unlike general-purpose AMMs such as Uniswap, Curve focuses on low-slippage, low-fee swaps between assets that are expected to trade near parity (e.g., USDC, DAI, USDT, or staked ETH derivatives).II. Core Operating Principles1. Specialized AMM AlgorithmCurve uses a StableSwap invariant instead of the constant product formula (x * y = ...
Curve Finance: The Operating Model Behind the Stablecoin AMM
I. IntroductionCurve Finance is one of the most influential Automated Market Makers (AMMs) in DeFi, specifically optimized for stablecoin and like-asset trading. Unlike general-purpose AMMs such as Uniswap, Curve focuses on low-slippage, low-fee swaps between assets that are expected to trade near parity (e.g., USDC, DAI, USDT, or staked ETH derivatives).II. Core Operating Principles1. Specialized AMM AlgorithmCurve uses a StableSwap invariant instead of the constant product formula (x * y = ...
