Curve Finance has publicly accused PancakeSwap of using its proprietary code to power its StableSwap feature without obtaining proper authorization.
In a Friday statement on X, Curve Finance called the move a violation of the software’s license and warned that it could create legal risks.
Dear @PancakeSwap. Looks like you copied our code without asking. It is violation of its license. Not only it is illegal: historically it showed to be unwise for those who did it this way in other regards.
In any case. If you want to enjoy using stableswap without legal… https://t.co/HkWWAQGXfs pic.twitter.com/UbIi7dpfkB
— Curve Finance (@CurveFinance) March 6, 2026
In response, PancakeSwap said it had reached out privately to discuss the issue.
The Curve team later softened its stance and indicated that it would be better for the two projects to “be friends and buidl together.”
PancakeSwap runs a multichain decentralized exchange where users can trade tokens, provide liquidity, farm yields, access perpetual markets, and participate in prediction markets.
The platform recently rolled out its StableSwap feature on Infinity, aimed at providing ultra-low slippage trades and dynamic fee mechanisms for stablecoin pairs.
Curve Finance has established itself as a leading platform for stablecoin liquidity.
Its StableSwap pools employ a hybrid bonding curve design that allows traders to efficiently exchange assets with similar values, helping keep slippage low for stablecoin swaps across DeFi markets.