Curve Accuses PancakeSwap of Unlicensed Code Theft

Curve Finance has accused PancakeSwap (CAKE) of using its StableSwap code without authorization, calling the alleged violation illegal and potentially unwise. This dispute adds to a pattern of code-licensing tensions in DeFi.

The accusation came days after PancakeSwap launched a new StableSwap feature on March 1, designed to offer lower slippage on stablecoin pairs. Curve Finance posted on X: '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.'

Curve offered to engage PancakeSwap on licensing terms and potential collaboration. No further public statements had been made by either party as of the time of writing, nor has any legal action been announced.