YieldTruth · curve-dex · Ethereum · as of 2026-07-01 05:18 UTC
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Is the USDC-USDT yield on curve-dex real?

About 79% of this 1.62% APY is decaying token emissions. The real fee yield is ~0.34%. It is single-asset, so there is no impermanent loss to drag you below holding.

REAL 21%
EMISSIONS 79%

Real fee/staking yield: 0.34% · token emissions: 79% of the headline.

👜 Would you be better off just holding?

No impermanent loss here, so you keep the same price exposure either way. The honest number is the ~0.34% of real yield — the rest is fading emissions, not income.

Headline APY
1.62%
Real yield (fees)
0.34%
TVL
$8.4M
Impermanent-loss risk
none (single-asset)
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Source: DefiLlama. Verdict is a heuristic over public data, not financial advice.

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