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COMPCompound: history, founders and key events
From Jun 15, 2020 to today, every major rally, crash and upgrade, each with a dated, sourced price.
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3years covered
2305daily closes charted
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Latest close in our data: $22.74 (Coinbase Exchange COMP/USD daily close, 2026-10-14).
LaunchedJun 15, 2020
Consensus or platformGovernance token on Ethereum
Circulating supply10.0 million (CoinGecko, Oct 14, 2026)
Max supply10.0 million (CoinGecko)
Origin story
Compound is a lending protocol on Ethereum founded by Robert Leshner and Geoffrey Hayes in 2017. When it began handing out the COMP governance token to users on June 15, 2020, it kicked off yield farming and the DeFi summer of 2020.
Founders: Robert Leshner and Geoffrey Hayes.
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Source: Coinbase Exchange COMP/USD daily closes 2020-06-23 to 2026-10-14. Fetched Oct 14, 2026 from free public APIs. Click a dot for the event and its price on that day.
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Key events
- Jun 15, 2020launch
COMP distribution begins
Liquidity mining starts DeFi summer. - Jun 23, 2020milestone
First daily close in our data $240.80 (Coinbase Exchange COMP/USD daily close, 2020-06-23)
Our sourced COMP price history begins on this day. - May 11, 2021rally
Highest close in our data $855.02 (Coinbase Exchange COMP/USD daily close, 2021-05-11)
The highest daily close for COMP in our price history. - Jun 30, 2026crash
Lowest close after the peak $15.18 (Coinbase Exchange COMP/USD daily close, 2026-06-30)
The lowest COMP close in our data after its highest close.
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Sources
Facts written in our own words. Last checked Oct 14, 2026.