Vol. I, No. 1 Monday, August 31, 2026 Curve — Governance Rights Report
The daily governance brief for DAO tokenholders

Probity Institute

Curve — Governance Rights Report

Verdict

Curve

CRV — Governance Rights Report
Tier 1 S5 — Contract-Native Rights + Distribution Assessment as of 2026-08-31
GSA-1 pass GSA-2 near-miss GSA-3 pass GSA-4 fail GSA-5 near-miss GSA-6 fail GSA-7 fail GSA-8 fail

Why this rating: Aragon + DAO Vault with hard weekly crvUSD fee distributions to veCRV via the Fee Distributor contract — real economic rights, but conditional on locking and historically capturable (Curve Wars / Convex). GSA-3 pass conditional on ve-model acceptance — liquid CRV holders get nothing; Severe delegate capture: Convex/vlCVX meta-governance layer documented

Where to Vote

Proposal History

ProposalTitleOutcomeClosed
0x0eb23ea0b8… Proposal to add XSTUSD-3CRV to the Gauge Controller Closed May 6, 2022
0x43c689ef6b… Add a new base pool implementation as an alternative to 3Pool (DAI/USDC/USDT) Closed April 5, 2022
0xa11d4d1800… Proposal to Launch Curve on Celo Closed March 21, 2022
0x026a69e5c9… Did you lock CRV for 4 years? Closed February 19, 2022
0xc22db2c066… Launch RocketPool rETH pool to promote decentralization. Closed February 8, 2022

History from the Institute scanner and the 2026-08-31 recheck pulls (Snapshot Hub GraphQL / OpenSquare). Outcomes marked from recheck determinations where the proposal is named; otherwise the recorded state is shown.

Metrics

Treasury$600.0M (gross; curated estimate)
Treasury (liquid)$318.0M
Revenue (annual)$60.0M
Token incentives (annual)$45.0M
Net earnings (annual)$15.0M
Distribution enforcementhard
Distribution mechanismhard_buy_burn
Burn mechanismfee_buyback_to_veCRV (contract)
Revenue path50% of trading fees -> buy CRV -> distribute to veCRV lockers via FeeDistributor
RecourseHARD — contract enforces distribution; holders have on-chain claim.

Model and audit state reads as of 2026-08-31 (Institute governance model / distribution audit state files). Not a Token Terminal license; curated figures update quarterly.

Structure & History

Structure: S5 — Contract-Native Rights + Distribution.

S1-S5 protocol business structure taxonomy, as-of 2026-08-27 (structure taxonomy date); scores as-of 2026-08-31 (first scored 2026-07-23)

2026-08-31 recheck verdict: UNCHANGED.

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