PANews reported on April 3 that according to Cointelegraph, a spokesperson for the decentralized lending protocol and exchange Curve Finance revealed that in the first quarter of 2025, Curve Finance's transaction volume was close to US$35 billion, a record high. Curve said that the transaction volume increased by more than 13% from the first quarter of 2024, mainly due to a significant increase in the number of transactions, from about 1.8 million in the first quarter of 2024 to about 5.5 million in the first quarter of 2025. The strong growth in transaction volume in the first quarter was achieved against the backdrop of an overall decline in the cryptocurrency market. According to Coingecko data, as of March 31, the total market value of cryptocurrencies has fallen by more than 20% this year.