Frequently Asked Questions

1. Does Curvance expose users to bridge risk?

No, Curvance does not expose users to bridge risk in lending positions or vault strategies. Vault deposits and lending positions remain on their respective chains, and users are never forced to bridge assets. Bridging via Wormhole is utilized when a user uses a crosschain plugin to migrate liquidity across chains.

2. How does Curvance optimize yield compared to other DeFi protocols?

Curvance auto-compounds yield-bearing assets and routes liquidity through additional reward layers, ensuring maximum yield efficiency. Unlike traditional lending protocols, Curvance allows collateralized assets to continue earning while being used within DeFi strategies.

3. What makes Curvance’s lending markets unique?

Curvance features risk-isolated, intent-based lending markets, blending elements of shared pools and isolated markets. This enables flexible risk management, higher LTVs for safer assets, and innovative lending opportunities tailored to different DeFi strategies.

4. How does Universal Balance benefit protocols and users?

Universal Balance lets protocols passively earn a yield on idle assets without disrupting the user experience. Users benefit by earning passive rewards while retaining full control over their funds. While protocols can integrate native yield generation with minimal friction.

5. How does the Plugin System improve composability?

Curvance’s Plugin System allows developers to extend protocol functionality with custom integrations, automated strategies, and third-party applications. It enhances composability by enabling seamless yield routing, lending automation, and governance tools—all within Curvance.

6. What makes Curvance’s vote-escrow system different?

Curvance’s multichain vote-escrow system removes liquidity fragmentation present in all other traditional vote-escrow models. Allowing native token lockers to direct platform emissions to vaults on any supported chain. Protocol fees are distributed pro-rata across all chains, ensuring efficient capital flow.

7. Is Curvance non-custodial?

Yes. Curvance is fully non-custodial, meaning users always maintain control of their assets. Funds are never held by Curvance, and users interact with permissionless smart contracts for deposits, lending, and withdrawals.

8. How does Curvance handle liquidations?

Curvance leverages MEV-optimized liquidations to minimize costs for borrowers while ensuring market stability. With dynamic liquidation incentives and order flow auctions (OFAs), Curvance enhances efficiency and reduces slippage for liquidated positions.

9. What security measures are in place?

Curvance prioritizes security with:

• Dual-oracle protection to prevent price manipulation.

• Circuit breakers to halt abnormal market activity detected by the Dual Oracle system.

• Third-party audits from leading smart contract security firms such as: Spearbit, Cantina, Trail of Bits, Trust Security, and yAudit.

• Collateral caps and risk-adjusted lending pools to mitigate systemic risks.

10. What types of assets does Curvance support?

Curvance supports both yield-bearing and non-yield-bearing assets, including LSTs, LRTs, stablecoins, LP tokens, and popular assets like WETH and WBTC. Yield-bearing assets continue generating rewards even when used as collateral, while non-yielding assets benefit from enhanced capital efficiency through lending, borrowing, and liquidity incentives.