Curve takes StableSwap to Stellar in first non-EVM launch

Curve Finance launched StableSwap on Stellar mainnet on Oct. 29, 2026, bringing its trading protocol to a network outside the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) ecosystem for the first time. The release gives Stellar users a way to swap assets designed to hold similar prices and provide liquidity in pools.

• Launch date: Oct. 29, 2026.
• Curve launched on Ethereum in 2020.
• The interface opened with its first pool.

Curve said in its launch announcement that swaps and deposits are live through its beta interface. The Block also reported that users can create pools without permission, browse existing pools and add liquidity.

How did Curve bring StableSwap to Stellar?

Curve rebuilt StableSwap for Soroban, Stellar’s smart-contract platform, with support from the Stellar Development Foundation. Soroban is the system that runs smart contracts on Stellar. Curve said its existing Vyper contracts could not simply be copied over because Stellar does not run the EVM.

StableSwap is designed for assets that should trade at nearly the same price, such as stablecoins pegged to the same currency. The pool’s liquidity is concentrated around that shared price, which can reduce the price impact of a trade compared with a pool for assets whose prices move independently.

The product has run on Ethereum since Curve launched in 2020, according to Curve. Its move to Stellar marks a change in how the protocol is built: the team adapted the implementation for Soroban while keeping StableSwap’s underlying math, the company said.

What can users do on the Stellar deployment?

Users can browse the first pool, swap assets and deposit tokens to provide liquidity through Curve’s beta interface. Depositors can earn a share of swap fees, according to Curve; the value of their deposits still depends on the assets maintaining their pegs.

Pool creation is permissionless, though Curve said self-service pool deployment is due to reach the interface in a later update. That leaves issuers and other builders a way to launch pools, but they may need to contact Curve while the interface lacks that feature.

Curve’s pools could also serve other financial apps. Lending protocols could use them to sell collateral during liquidations, for example, but Curve said those uses depend on deeper liquidity and apps integrating the pools.

When will FXSwap arrive on Stellar?

Curve plans to bring FXSwap to Stellar after its audit is complete, but it has not given a launch date. The product is designed for assets whose prices move relative to one another, including stablecoins pegged to different currencies.

Curve said development is nearly complete and the audit is the next step. It will share timing and the first currency pairs when confirmed, so the launch date and supported pairs remain unknown.

Curve described the Stellar release as a limited first deployment. It plans to add pool creation to the interface, improve pool pages and build a router with more data. Curve also said Stellar is its only non-EVM focus for the foreseeable future.

Sources and documents

• launch announcement — news.curve.finance