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The protocol also began supporting native Bitcoin swaps and deposits with the help of Ren Protocol with both protocols being widely credited for the advancement of Bitcoin on Ethereum.
The protocol also began supporting native Bitcoin swaps and deposits with the help of Ren Protocol with both protocols being widely credited for the advancement of Bitcoin on Ethereum.


It was at the same time Kain Warwick of the Synthetix protocol suggested incentivizing the sUSD pool with the SNX token, a move that marked the creation of yield farming.
It was at the same time Kain Warwick of the [[Synthetix]] protocol suggested incentivizing the sUSD pool with the SNX token, a move that marked the creation of yield farming.


=== Curve DAO ===
=== Curve DAO ===
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=== Crypto Pools and multi-chain expansion ===
=== Crypto Pools and multi-chain expansion ===
In 2021, as Ethereum grew more expensive to use, Curve Finance focused on leaner pool implementation as its original lending pools became too costly to use. It launched on its first sidechain in February 2021<ref>https://curve.substack.com/p/curve-launches-on-fantom-?s=r</ref> as part of its long standing relation with [[Andre Cronje]]. It later launches on Polygon in April 2021<ref>https://thedefiant.io/curve-finance-launches-on-layer-2-solution-polygon/</ref>.  
In 2021, as Ethereum grew more expensive to use, Curve Finance focused on leaner pool implementation as its original lending pools became too costly to use. It launched on its first sidechain in February 2021<ref>https://curve.substack.com/p/curve-launches-on-fantom-?s=r</ref> as part of its long standing relation with [[Andre Cronje]]. It later launched on Polygon in April 2021<ref>https://thedefiant.io/curve-finance-launches-on-layer-2-solution-polygon/</ref>.  


In June 2021, as a major departure from the pegged assets space, the protocol launched a pool with volatile assets called tricrypto. In November 2021, more crypto pools appeared on Curve<ref>https://twitter.com/curvefinance/status/1463548830461448192</ref>.
In June 2021, as a major departure from the pegged assets space, the protocol launched a pool with volatile assets called tricrypto. In November 2021, more crypto pools appeared on Curve<ref>https://twitter.com/curvefinance/status/1463548830461448192</ref>.
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