Institutional-grade risk ratings for DeFi protocols

A proprietary, three-tiered due diligence framework that evaluates and scores the operational, technical, and financial health of DeFi protocols — surfaced directly to your customers before they invest.

Methodology

Risk evaluated across the full stack

ShredPay Ratings doesn't just look at the protocol. We evaluate three distinct layers — protocol, vault, and market — to give a complete picture of risk.

Tier 1

Protocol Due Diligence

Focuses on the foundational security and governance of the core decentralized application itself. Evaluates the robustness of the protocol's underlying technology and management to assess core infrastructure and compliance effectiveness.

Tier 2

Vault & Curator Due Diligence

The Vault/Curator layer shifts focus to the entity or team responsible for managing the specific investment strategy or vault parameters. This assessment is critical for understanding the human and organizational factors that influence risk. This determines the level to which the entity entrusted with strategic oversight possesses the requisite expertise, transparency, and technical knowledge to effectively manage the allocated capital responsibly.

Tier 3

Market Due Diligence

Provides the final layer of risk assessment, focusing on the real-time financial and on-chain health of specific underlying asset pools and deployments. Uses quantitative metrics to determine market financial stability and risk appetite.

Rating Scale

A scale your customers understand

Every protocol and vault is assigned a clear, color-coded rating that surfaces directly in your white-labeled product UI.

Low
Demonstrates strong performance across all key evaluation areas.
Medium-Low
Strong across most criteria, with minor areas for improvement.
Medium
Meets most standards, with some areas that are less robust.
Medium-High
Meets baseline expectations, but several areas may require strengthening.
High
Meets basic requirements, but presents elevated risk across multiple areas. Use with caution.
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Built for Institutions

Why ratings matter

Compliance, transparency, and informed decision-making — the standard for offering DeFi to your customers.

Institutional Alignment

Designed for financial institutions, treasury management teams, and structured product offerings — built to meet the standards your compliance team requires.

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Full Transparency

Each rating reflects technical risk, strategy and curator risk, and market risk — surfaced to your customers so they make informed decisions before investing.

Programmable Controls

Set risk thresholds at the institution level. Restrict customers to "Low" and "Medium-Low" rated vaults, or open access tier-by-tier as you scale.

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Important Disclosure

In issuing and maintaining its ShredPay DeFi Ratings, ShredPay relies on factual information it obtains from the third-party DeFi protocols and other publicly available sources that ShredPay believes to be credible. ShedPay conducts a reasonable investigation of the factual information relied upon by it in accordance with its ratings methodology, and obtains reasonable verification of that information from independent sources, to the extent such sources are available. A ShredPay DeFi Risk Rating does not constitute an individualized recommendation that a DeFi protocol deposit/transaction is appropriate for you. You agree not to hold ShredPay liable for any losses, lost profits or other damages resulting from your use of - or reliance upon - any ShredPay DeFi Rating. For further information, please see Section 13 of the ShredPay Terms of Service.