Curve Finance wants to promote euro stablecoins in DeFi
New pool allows European and Asian users to avoid US dollar exposure. Decentralized stablecoin exchange Curve Finance has added the euro as a secondary currency option following demand from users.As announced in a Dec. 20 tweet, Curve now has a liquidity pool for switching between the Stasis euro stablecoin (EURS) and a synthetic euro (sEUR) on the Synthetix derivatives platform. Currently the stablecoin market is dominated by currencies pegged to the U.S. dollar, meaning that European and Asian users often have no option but to take on some USD exposure whether they wish to or not.Curve....
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