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Convex Finance

A protocol built on top of Curve Finance that boosts CRV rewards for liquidity providers without requiring them to lock CRV themselves.

Definition

A protocol built on top of Curve Finance that boosts CRV rewards for liquidity providers without requiring them to lock CRV themselves. Convex became a major player in the Curve Wars by accumulating massive CRV voting power. CVX holders control where Curve emissions go.

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The competition between DeFi protocols to accumulate voting power on Curve Finance to direct token emissions to their pools.

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