YieldTruth · curve-dex · Ethereum · as of 2026-08-15 02:09 UTC
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Is the USDC-WBTC-WETH yield on curve-dex real?

You're being paid 2.83% to absorb price risk. Only ~0.90% of it is real fees (the other ~68% is decaying emissions) — and they stop covering impermanent loss if USDC-WBTC-WETH diverges more than ±31%.

REAL 32%
EMISSIONS 68%

Real fee/staking yield: 0.90% · token emissions: 68% of the headline.

👜 Would you be better off just holding?

Break-even fact: a ±31% move in USDC-WBTC-WETH erases a full year of the fees you actually keep (~0.90%). Whether that move happens is up to the market — but any emissions inflating the headline will fade regardless.

Headline APY
2.83%
Real yield (fees)
0.90%
TVL
$3.9M
Impermanent-loss risk
yes
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