# User Types and Benefits

The Curvance protocol empowers a wide range of DeFi users, each with specific needs. By delivering tailored solutions to each customer type, the platform drives growth, capital efficiency, and revenue generation through diverse mechanisms.

### **Individual Users (Retail)**

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**Why They Use Curvance:**\
Retail users seek accessible, simplified ways to maximize yields and manage their assets across multiple chains.

**How Curvance Benefits Them:**

* Unified position management tooling for an easy, seamless DeFi experience.
* Access to optimized yield strategies, enhancing yield on deposits.
* Collateralized loans and one-click leverage that improve financial flexibility.
* Visibility into top opportunities across chains, supporting well-informed investment decisions.

### **Token Issuers / Treasury Managers**

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**Why They Use Curvance:**\
Token issuers and Treasury Managers seek to maximize treasury performance, liquidity management efficiency, and liquidity depth for their tokens.

**How Curvance Benefits Them:**

* Auto-compounding of LP tokens to optimize yields on protocol-owned assets and flywheel bribing.
* Increased ROI via the CVE Gauge System, stacking on top of yield from underlying strategies.
* Access to collateralized loans to enhance treasury efficiency.
* Flexible veCVE tokens are adaptable to existing flywheels, providing additional flexibility when expanding to new networks.

### **Institutional Investors (Liquid Funds)**

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**Why They Use Curvance:**\
Institutional investors can use the Curvance platform for custom-built strategies, capital efficiency for their existing liquidity provisioning deals, and peace of mind with permissioned pools, which align with their overall compliance requirements.

**How Curvance Benefits Them:**

* Access to customized structured products tailored to institutional needs.
* Compliance infrastructure integrations ensure that strategies align with regulatory standards.
* Access to spot leverage maximizes investment power and potential returns.
* Enhanced capital efficiency via optimized strategies designed for high liquidity.

### **Chains / Networks**

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**Why They Use Curvance:**\
Chains and networks can leverage the platform to drive ecosystem growth, increase TVL (total value locked), and foster a vibrant DeFi environment.

**How Curvance Benefits Them:**

* Predictable, measurable TVL inflows, bolstering network activity and liquidity.
* Enhanced transaction volumes, promoting sequencer revenue.
* Marketing and ecosystem exposure, amplifying their reach and user base.
* A multichain vote-escrow system enables networks to "siphon" liquidity from other chains.


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