Preview surface — demo data. Where real data exists today (e.g. RealT, BlackRock BUIDL, Lift Dollar) we render it; everywhere else we render synthetic enrichment generated deterministically from public signal and clearly marked Demo or Inferred. The Phase 3 roadmap replaces every synthetic source with live ingestion — see Methodology → Exposure Graph & Similarity Engine.

Kelp DAO

Liquid Staking & Restakinghigh·risk 0.5357·TVL $1.5B·blast $1.5B·active
Static profile (Identity / Contract / Dependency / Governance / Reputation)

Identity

Sector
Liquid Staking & Restaking
Subsector tags
general_defi, infra_toolingDemo
Chain deployments
Arbitrum, Base, Berachain, Blast, Ethereum, Hemi, Linea, Manta, Mode, Optimism, Scroll, Sonic, Swellchain, X Layer, Zircuit, zkSync Era
Website
https://www.kelp-dao.xyzDemo
Launch date
Dec 21, 2023
Immutable
noDemo
Permissionless
yesDemo

Contract

Primary address
Proxy pattern
UNKNOWN
Upgrade authority
UNKNOWN
Multisig threshold
Compiler
0.8.13
Uses assembly
noDemo
Bug bounty
immunefiDemo
Contract addresses
0x46e740dabf15d9c986dfca4eb925c4aaa4cb5b27, 0x5749a1e9b7f3fd396de518cf9ca7cc919d2a64fbDemo
Audits tier
2

Dependency

Oracle providers
Chainlink
Bridge dependencies
Stablecoin dependencies
LST / LRT deps
Demo
DEX liquidity venues
uniswap_v3Demo
CEX listings
bitget, okx, krakenDemo
Custodian
Demo
KMS provider
internal_hsmDemo
RPC provider
alchemyDemo
Frontend host
vercelDemo
npm lockfile sha
sha256:d1900a50971f8dca1b5482afe3c57c6cba5c75bb097b510103beb67dc83dd182Demo

Governance

Governance type
multisig_councilDemo
Governance token
Demo
Treasury size
$45.8MDemo
Team size
23Demo
Jurisdiction
AEDemo
Incorporated entity
Kelp DAO Pte. Ltd.Demo
Anonymous team
yesDemo
Security disclosure
yesDemo
IR SLA (hours)
2Demo

Reputation

GitHub
https://github.com/kelp-dao/kelp-daoDemo
Commit velocity (30d)
2Demo
Contributors
34Demo
Twitter
@kelp-daoDemo
Discord
https://discord.gg/1e1bllfDemo
Last incident
Sep 22, 2024Demo
KYT screening
cleanDemo

Threat History

4 recorded incidents
rug pull hardsocialunknownDemo
$11.4M

On 2024-09-22, Kelp DAO suffered a rug pull hard incident resulting in approximately $11,395,453 in losses. The exploit targeted the social layer. Attribution: unknown. This is a demonstration entry — not a real incident.

DEMO:AADAPT.TA0040DEMO:AADAPT.TA0010
ice phishing approvalhuman opunknownDemo
$254K

On 2023-10-05, Kelp DAO suffered a ice phishing approval incident resulting in approximately $254,024 in losses. The exploit targeted the human_op layer. Attribution: unknown. This is a demonstration entry — not a real incident.

DEMO:AADAPT.TA0001DEMO:AADAPT.TA0040
reentrancyprotocolmev_searcherDemo
$24.3M

On 2021-12-27, Kelp DAO suffered a reentrancy incident resulting in approximately $24,283,439 in losses. The exploit targeted the protocol layer. Attribution: mev_searcher. This is a demonstration entry — not a real incident.

DEMO:AADAPT.TA0004DEMO:AADAPT.TA0040
rug pull hardsocialmev_searcherDemo
$3.5M

On 2020-05-22, Kelp DAO suffered a rug pull hard incident resulting in approximately $3,451,170 in losses. The exploit targeted the social layer. Attribution: mev_searcher. This is a demonstration entry — not a real incident.

DEMO:AADAPT.TA0040DEMO:AADAPT.TA0010

Peer Incidents · Method B

10 root-cause predicate matches

Vulnerable to: reentrancy

Matches the reentrancy predicate

27 historical peer events
  • SommelierDemo
    $30.7M
  • Kyber NetworkDemo
    $2.1M
  • DeribitDemo
    $936K
  • Zora NetworkDemo
    $4.7M
  • Stader LabsDemo
    $16.1M
  • + 22 more

Vulnerable to: rug pull hard

Matches the rug pull hard predicate

20 historical peer events
  • SushiSwapDemo
    $25.6M
  • AlliumDemo
    $110.6K
  • HTX (Huobi)Demo
    $23M
  • Aptos FoundationDemo
    $1.2M
  • EtherscanDemo
    $633.1K
  • + 15 more

Vulnerable to: phishing drainer

Matches the phishing drainer predicate

18 historical peer events
  • GoldfinchDemo
    $1M
  • BitgetDemo
    $739.9K
  • OrcaDemo
    $180.8K
  • Ether.fiDemo
    $443.4K
  • Alchemy PayDemo
    $334.2K
  • + 13 more

Vulnerable to: ice phishing approval

Matches the ice phishing approval predicate

15 historical peer events
  • deBridgeDemo
    $7.5M
  • EulerDemo
    $87.9K
  • Bend DAODemo
    $968.9K
  • Maple FinanceDemo
    $1.4M
  • BlurDemo
    $6.5M
  • + 10 more

Vulnerable to: rug pull soft

Matches the rug pull soft predicate

14 historical peer events
  • Euler FinanceDemo
    $3.2M
  • KlimaDAODemo
    $100.8K
  • Governed protocol (monetary policy–driven)Demo
    $174K
  • R3 (Ethereum interop only)Demo
    $79.1K
  • ViaBTCDemo
    $805.5K
  • + 9 more

Vulnerable to: frontend dns hijack

Matches the frontend dns hijack predicate

12 historical peer events
  • Bridge.xyz / StripeDemo
    $10.4M
  • UK FCA Digital SandboxDemo
    $3.6M
  • Three SigmaDemo
    $2.7M
  • CryptoQuantDemo
    $517.3K
  • Celsius (defunct)Demo
    $22M
  • + 7 more

Vulnerable to: supply chain npm

Matches the supply chain npm predicate

10 historical peer events
  • Beefy FinanceDemo
    $176.2K
  • PowerledgerDemo
    $7.4M
  • UnichainDemo
    $8.8M
  • MEXCDemo
    $1M
  • Mango MarketsDemo
    $915.6K
  • + 5 more

Vulnerable to: dvn collapse

Matches the dvn collapse predicate

8 historical peer events
  • Blast, Blockdaemon Wallet +2Demo
    $93.6M
  • Fordefi, XSGDDemo
    $17M
  • Element Finance, QuantozDemo
    $1.1M
  • Mercado Bitcoin, SwellDemo
    $15.3M
  • Internet Computer (DFINITY), Mantle +1Demo
    $10.3M
  • + 3 more

Vulnerable to: signature malleability

Matches the signature malleability predicate

8 historical peer events
  • Ether.fiDemo
    $17.2M
  • Swell NetworkDemo
    $1.2M
  • Immutable protocolDemo
    $4M
  • The SandboxDemo
    $3.9M
  • PancakeSwapDemo
    $656.7K
  • + 3 more

Vulnerable to: counterparty default

Matches the counterparty default predicate

8 historical peer events
  • BlackRock BUIDLDemo
    $808.2M
  • CoinDCXDemo
    $20.7M
  • AxelarDemo
    $30.5M
  • Liquity USDDemo
    $19.3M
  • BinanceDemo
    $167M
  • + 3 more

Dependency Twins · Method A + B + C ensemble

Top 10 of 25 precomputed
#1

Radiant Capital

Lending, Money Markets & CDPs · medium
Ensemble
0.471
A · Jaccard0.28
B · Overlap2
C · Cosine0.76
Matches on
  • frontend_host = vercel
  • subsector_tags = general_defi, infra_tooling
  • oracle_providers = Chainlink
  • chain_deployments = Arbitrum, Base, Ethereum
#2

Governed protocol (monetary policy–driven)

Stablecoin Issuers & Synthetic Dollars · medium
Ensemble
0.446
A · Jaccard0.27
B · Overlap2
C · Cosine0.68
Matches on
  • frontend_host = vercel
  • subsector_tags = general_defi, infra_tooling
  • oracle_providers = Chainlink
  • chain_deployments = Ethereum
#3

Ether.fi

Liquid Staking & Restaking · high
Ensemble
0.443
A · Jaccard0.18
B · Overlap2
C · Cosine0.76
Matches on
  • frontend_host = vercel
  • subsector_tags = general_defi, infra_tooling
  • oracle_providers = Chainlink
  • chain_deployments = Arbitrum, Base, Ethereum
#4

Sanctum

Liquid Staking & Restaking · critical
Ensemble
0.435
A · Jaccard0.25
B · Overlap2
C · Cosine0.66
Matches on
  • frontend_host = vercel
  • subsector_tags = general_defi
  • oracle_providers = Chainlink
  • method_b_root_causes = reentrancy
#5

Immutable protocol

Stablecoin Issuers & Synthetic Dollars · medium
Ensemble
0.432
A · Jaccard0.23
B · Overlap2
C · Cosine0.68
Matches on
  • subsector_tags = general_defi, infra_tooling
  • oracle_providers = Chainlink
  • chain_deployments = Ethereum
  • method_b_root_causes = signature_malleability
#6

Euler

Lending, Money Markets & CDPs · low
Ensemble
0.429
A · Jaccard0.24
B · Overlap2
C · Cosine0.65
Matches on
  • subsector_tags = general_defi, infra_tooling
  • oracle_providers = Chainlink
  • chain_deployments = Ethereum
  • method_b_root_causes = signature_malleability, ice_phishing_approval
#7

Aptos Foundation

L1 & L2 Network Operators · medium
Ensemble
0.429
A · Jaccard0.03
B · Overlap3
C · Cosine0.60
Matches on
  • subsector_tags = general_defi, infra_tooling
  • method_b_root_causes = rug_pull_hard, rug_pull_soft
#8

Usual Money (USD0)

Stablecoin Issuers & Synthetic Dollars · high
Ensemble
0.416
A · Jaccard0.18
B · Overlap2
C · Cosine0.67
Matches on
  • frontend_host = vercel
  • subsector_tags = infra_tooling, general_defi
  • oracle_providers = Chainlink
  • chain_deployments = Ethereum
#9

Lift Dollar (USDL)

Stablecoin Issuers & Synthetic Dollars · high
Ensemble
0.413
A · Jaccard0.22
B · Overlap2
C · Cosine0.63
Matches on
  • subsector_tags = general_defi
  • oracle_providers = Chainlink
  • chain_deployments = Ethereum
  • method_b_root_causes = reentrancy, counterparty_default
#10

Binance

Centralized Exchanges & Brokerages · critical
Ensemble
0.403
A · Jaccard0.07
B · Overlap2
C · Cosine0.74
Matches on
  • frontend_host = vercel
  • subsector_tags = general_defi
  • chain_deployments = Arbitrum, Base, Ethereum, Manta, Optimism, Scroll, Sonic, zkSync Era
  • method_b_root_causes = reentrancy, counterparty_default