Convex Finance CVX
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CM Profile: Convex Finance
Cryptominium Profile. What we have established, measured and written about CVX, and what we have not.
- Measured
- Selling $100,000 of CVX on Ethereum returned 1.0% less than the quoted price, on 15 October 2026.
- Selling $100,000 on 2 exchange order books lost between 4.31% and 7.01%, on 15 October 2026.
- Its price, recorded by us every day since 9 August 2026.
- Written, with sources
Read from our own records when this page was made. It describes what we know, and is not a view on whether to hold CVX. How each part is worked out
What changed
Week to 15 October- Price down 5.0% since 8 October.
- Selling $100,000 on Ethereum now loses 0.98%, against 2.8% over the previous month.
The price fell while selling got cheaper.
From our own measurements only, each against the month before. We do not say why a price moves. How this is worked out · Every coin this week
What it actually costs to sell CVX
Selling $100,000 of CVX returned 1.0% less than the quoted price — Deep. Measured 2026-10-15 on Ethereum.
Selling CVX on exchanges
Selling $100,000 of CVX into each exchange’s resting bids, measured against the mid price:
| Exchange | Lost | Got back | Measured |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kraken CVX/USD | 4.31% | $95,693 | 2026-10-15 |
| Coinbase CVX/USD | 7.01% | $92,992 | 2026-10-15 |
Exchange figures need an account there (and KYC, a permitted country, the tokens already deposited), are before trading fees, and are never averaged with the on-chain figure. Binance is not included: it refuses requests from the region our servers are in. How this is measured →
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What Convex Finance is
Convex Finance (CVX) is a protocol built on top of Curve Finance that simplifies the process of boosting Curve liquidity provider rewards. It lets Curve liquidity providers earn trading fees and claim boosted CRV without having to lock up CRV themselves. It also lets CRV holders stake their tokens through Convex to receive trading fees and a share of the boosted CRV earned by liquidity providers, without going through Curve's own locking mechanism directly.
The mechanism separates two roles that would otherwise require the same action. Curve liquidity providers deposit their LP tokens into Convex, which pools them to secure a more efficient CRV boost than most individual providers could achieve alone. Separately, CRV holders stake into Convex rather than locking CRV in Curve's own vote-escrow system, and in return receive a portion of the boosted CRV plus CVX tokens. The stated aim is to balance incentives between liquidity providers and CRV stakers while improving overall capital efficiency across the two positions.
Convex is not a liquidity venue in its own right — it is a layer of aggregation dependent on Curve's pools, fee structure and CRV emission rules continuing to function as designed. It runs on Ethereum only, so its scope is limited to that chain's Curve ecosystem. CoinGecko classifies it as DeFi, yield farming, yield aggregation, metagovernance and governance — CVX itself is a governance and reward-sharing token, not a claim on Convex's underlying assets or a guarantee of any particular yield. Nothing in the source describes who created it or when it launched, and no revenue, fee, or performance figures are supplied here.
What Convex Finance can do
Selling $100,000 through the pools on Ethereum returned 1.0% less than the quoted price. The full measurement →
Our own measurement · measured 15 October 2026
CVX staked on Convex Finance earns a share of the platform's fees, paid as cvxCRV, a token that stands for CRV locked on Curve. CVX that is locked to vote, for 16 weeks or more, receives additional fees.
Sources: Convex docs: understanding CVX, Convex docs: tokenomics · checked 2 October 2026
CVX has a maximum supply of 100 million. It is minted as rewards alongside the CRV that Curve liquidity providers claim through Convex, at a ratio that falls as more CVX exists.
Source: Convex docs: tokenomics · checked 2 October 2026
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Where CVX lives
On Ethereum, Base and BNB Chain, GoPlus's analysis of each contract is read weekly: whether it has a function to block addresses or pause transfers, and whether an owner holds it. That is GoPlus's reading, not ours. Where a token exists on several chains, one copy's settings say nothing about the original coin.
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Price change
Convex Finance data synced 2m ago from CoinGecko. Figures shown in USD. This page is market information, not financial advice — and nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell CVX.