YieldTruth · stake-dao · Ethereum · as of 2026-08-18 02:11 UTC
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Is the CRVUSD yield on stake-dao real?

About 80% of this 5.23% APY is decaying token emissions. The real staking / lending yield is ~1.06%. It is single-asset, so there is no impermanent loss to drag you below holding.

REAL 20%
EMISSIONS 80%

Real fee/staking yield: 1.06% · token emissions: 80% 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 ~1.06% of real yield — the rest is fading emissions, not income.

Headline APY
5.23%
Real yield (fees)
1.06%
TVL
$1.8M
Impermanent-loss risk
none (single-asset)
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