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The Curve DAO Token (CRV) is a governance token on the Curve platform that allows users to engage in time-weighted voting and value-accrual mechanisms. The Curve platform is a decentralised exchange and automated market maker (AMM) protocol that facilitates the exchange of comparable ERC-20 tokens, particularly stablecoins like USDC and DAI, as well as Ethereum-based Bitcoin tokens like WBTC and renBTC. CRV serves as a utility token that incentivizes liquidity providers, who can earn fees and boost their yield by up to 20x when staking CRV.

Curve DAO was established and launched in January 2020, making it one of the most recent projects in the decentralised finance industry. The inventor and creator of Curve DAO and CRV is Michael Egorov, a Russian scientist. When CRV was first introduced, it was meant to debut on 14 August 2020. However, on 13 August 2020, an unknown developer with a newly-formed Twitter account stated that they had installed Curve DAO smart contracts. The developer paid 19.9 ETH (US$8,000) to install the smart contracts on Ethereum.

When the contracts went live, some users began staking yCRV tokens, which represent shares in Curve’s liquidity pools. This caused some concern and allegations of 'pre-mine' amongst the DeFi community, as more than 80,000 CRV coins were pre-mined before the Curve Finance team could validate its deployed smart contract. Despite this, the Curve Finance team decided to accept the launch of CRV due to the traction it was receiving. CRV has an initial supply of around 1.3 billion, which is around 43% of the total supply of 3.03 billion.

The primary function of Curve is to connect users who wish to exchange ERC-20 tokens and stablecoins with exchange protocols. The platform is non-custodial, which means that users are in control of their tokens.

The Curve platform is based on a bonding curve mechanism, which allows for the creation of liquidity pools where users can deposit assets and earn a share of the trading fees generated by the pool. The bonding curve mechanism also ensures that the value of the CRV token is directly tied to the value of the liquidity pools on the platform.

The CRV token has several key functions within the Curve ecosystem. As a governance token, holders of CRV can vote on proposals to improve the platform, including changes to the fee structure, the addition of new assets, and the implementation of new features. CRV holders also have the ability to create and manage their own liquidity pools, and earn a share of the trading fees generated by their pool.

In addition, CRV holders can also earn a share of the platform's revenue through the token's value accrual mechanism. This mechanism distributes a portion of the platform's revenue to CRV holders in proportion to their stake in the protocol. This means that as the platform grows and generates more revenue, the value of the CRV token also increases.

The Curve platform also offers a unique feature that allows users to swap between stablecoins with minimal slippage, making it one of the most efficient and cost-effective ways to trade stablecoins. The use of CRV as the governance token and the liquidity pools as the backbone of the platform make it one of the most innovative projects in the DeFi space, with huge potential for growth in the future.