# Curve DAO (CRV) — crypto price, market cap and strength versus Bitcoin

> Curve DAO trades at $0.2081 with a market capitalisation of $316.7M (rank 133). Over 90 days it is +8% against Bitcoin and sits below its 200-day average. DEX as a theme is +11.3% against Bitcoin over 13 weeks. Price readings run through 2026-07-31.

## Agent research brief

- What this coin is: Curve DAO (CRV), a DEX token of $316.7M at market-cap rank 133. On-chain activity is sourced from protocol.
- What the tape says: +8% versus Bitcoin over 90 days; below its 200-day average. DEX as a theme is +11.3% against Bitcoin over 13 weeks.
- What the evidence supports: 65.6/100 inside DEX on 95% evidence (90% of it native activity). Evidence is mixed. Keep normal research priority and wait for two pillars to agree.
- What is missing: There is no valuation band for any coin on this site: historical market capitalisation is not held, so no PE-style range can be built. Curve DAO does publish network fees, protocol revenue, total value locked, dex volume.

Theme: DEX (/mla/crypto/sector/dex). Price 2026-07-31; market-cap snapshot 2026-07-04.

## Price, returns and risk

Curve DAO is -77.8% over one year, -12.2% over 90 days and +1.5% over 30 days. Annualised 30-day volatility is 42%. Its deepest fall from a high inside the last 90 days is 36%. It trades below its 200-day average, which is falling.

- Price: $0.2081
- Market cap: $316.7M (rank 133)
- Returns: 7d +2.2%; 30d +1.5%; 90d -12%; 180d -26%; 1y -78%
- RS versus Bitcoin, 90d: +8.0%
- 30-day volatility: 42% annualised; deepest 90-day fall 36%
- 200-day average: $0.2409, trading below it

## Protocol economics

Curve DAO publishes 4 of the six network-economics series this site tracks: network fees, protocol revenue, total value locked, dex volume. Network fees over the last four complete quarters is $63.4M. Network activity is evidence about the protocol, not earnings owed to the token. Readings run to the Q2 2026 quarter.

- Network fees: trailing four quarters $63.4M; change +334%; covered 20/20 quarters
- Protocol revenue: trailing four quarters $37.1M; change +399%; covered 20/20 quarters
- Total value locked: latest quarter $1.2B; change -33%; covered 20/20 quarters
- DEX volume: trailing four quarters $93.4B; change -3.9%; covered 16/20 quarters

## Research score

Curve DAO: 65.6/100 — Constructive watch · market gate closed; 19.5 + 22.6 + 10.3 + 13.2 = 65.6; evidence 95%; native evidence 90%; rank 2 of 33 rated DEX coins
Decision use: Evidence is mixed. Keep normal research priority and wait for two pillars to agree.
This weakens if: The read weakens if 90-day RS versus BTC falls below zero with two weekly closes below the 200-DMA, or native activity contracts for two complete calendar quarters.

No valuation band exists for any coin on this site: historical market capitalisation is not held, so no company-style valuation range can be built.

## DEX scorecard

Curve DAO is one of 48 DEX coins here, 33 of which carry enough evidence to be rated and ranked. Curve DAO ranks 2 of those 33 on 95% evidence. The table below is the theme's own scorecard, in its own order, with this coin marked.

- 1. PancakeSwap (CAKE): score 76.6; evidence 95%; Priority research · market gate closed
- 2. Curve DAO (CRV) [this coin]: score 65.6; evidence 95%; Constructive watch · market gate closed
- 3. DODO (DODO): score 57.3; evidence 50%; Tape-led · on-chain proof incomplete
- 4. Hydration (HDX): score 57; evidence 95%; Illiquid · research only
- 5. CoW Protocol (COW): score 56.5; evidence 48%; Illiquid · research only
- 6. Velodrome Finance (VELO): score 56.4; evidence 50%; Illiquid · research only
- 7. Frax (prev. FXS) (FRAX): score 54.8; evidence 50%; Illiquid · research only
- 8. Magma Finance (MAGMA): score 54.4; evidence 50%; Illiquid · research only
- 9. 1INCH (1INCH): score 54.2; evidence 55%; Tape-led · on-chain proof incomplete
- 10. Aster (ASTER): score 51; evidence 12%; Illiquid · research only
- 11. VVS Finance (VVS): score 50.6; evidence 42%; Illiquid · research only
- 12. Uniswap (UNI): score 49.6; evidence 51%; Mixed · market gate closed
- 13. Bancor Network (BNT): score 49; evidence 50%; Illiquid · research only
- 14. Sushi (SUSHI): score 48.2; evidence 95%; Mixed · market gate closed
- 15. Falcon Finance (FF): score 47.1; evidence 12%; Illiquid · research only
- 16. Pendle (PENDLE): score 46.4; evidence 95%; Mixed · market gate closed
- 17. Orca (ORCA): score 45.6; evidence 75%; Mixed · market gate closed
- 18. Momentum (MMT): score 44.5; evidence 33%; Illiquid · research only
- 19. Meteora (MET): score 44.3; evidence 65%; Illiquid · research only
- 20. Synthetix (SNX): score 43.3; evidence 50%; Tape-led · on-chain proof incomplete
- 21. 0x Protocol (ZRX): score 43.2; evidence 50%; Illiquid · research only
- 22. HumidiFi (WET): score 43.2; evidence 50%; Tape-led · on-chain proof incomplete
- 23. Raydium (RAY): score 42.1; evidence 95%; Lagging · market gate closed
- 24. Gnosis (GNO): score 41.4; evidence 55%; Illiquid · research only
- 25. dYdX (DYDX): score 41; evidence 55%; Tape-led · on-chain proof incomplete
- 26. Kyber Network Crystal (KNC): score 37.7; evidence 50%; Illiquid · research only
- 27. THORChain (RUNE): score 36.9; evidence 95%; Illiquid · research only
- 28. Baseline (B): score 36.8; evidence 55%; Tape-led · on-chain proof incomplete
- 29. WOO (WOO): score 36.1; evidence 50%; Illiquid · research only
- 30. Cetus Protocol (CETUS): score 35.7; evidence 50%; Illiquid · research only
- 31. Tokenlon (LON): score 35.1; evidence 50%; Illiquid · research only
- 32. CoinEx (CET): score 30.9; evidence 55%; Illiquid · research only
- 33. Osmosis (OSMO): score 26; evidence 95%; Illiquid · research only

## Limitations

- Crypto network activity is not company earnings. Protocol revenue does not automatically accrue to token holders.
- Market capitalisation is a dated snapshot, not a point-in-time historical supply series, so yields computed against it inherit that lag.
- No valuation band exists for any coin: historical market capitalisation is not held at all.
- Funding rates, open interest, liquidations, exchange flows, unlock schedules and developer activity are not held and are not inferred.
- The research score is relative to this coin's own theme only. It is not comparable across themes and is not an entry signal.

## FAQs

### What is Curve DAO (CRV)?

Curve DAO is a DEX cryptocurrency tracked here by price, market capitalisation and strength against Bitcoin, with on-chain activity from protocol. It is one of 48 DEX coins on this site. Readings are as of 2026-07-31.

### What is the market cap of Curve DAO?

Curve DAO's market capitalisation is $316.7M, ranking it 133 in the top-1,000 crypto universe. That figure is a dated snapshot from 2026-07-04, refreshed separately from the daily price series, so it can lag the price shown above.

### Is Curve DAO beating Bitcoin?

Curve DAO is +8% against Bitcoin over 90 days, and its own theme, DEX, is +11.3% over 13 weeks. It trades below its 200-day average as of 2026-07-31.

### Does Curve DAO have a P/E ratio?

No. There is no company-style P/E or PEG for a crypto token, and no valuation band is shown on this page because the data to build one honestly does not exist: historical market capitalisation is not held, only a current snapshot. Where a protocol publishes fees or revenue, this page shows the yield against that dated snapshot instead.

### What is Curve DAO's research score?

65.6/100 within DEX, ranked 2 of 33 rated DEX coins, on 95% evidence: 19.5 + 22.6 + 10.3 + 13.2 = 65.6. It is labelled “Constructive watch · market gate closed”. The score ranks research attention inside one theme, never portfolio action.

### How much Curve DAO history does this page show?

Five years of weekly closes where they exist, plus 20 complete calendar quarters of on-chain activity for the metrics Curve DAO actually publishes. Here that is network fees, protocol revenue, total value locked, dex volume.

### Does Curve DAO generate network fees?

Curve DAO's trailing twelve-month network fees is $63.4M, up 333.7% on the year-earlier period. Network activity is not token-holder earnings: whether it accrues to the token depends on the protocol's own burn, buyback and distribution rules.