Solana Protocol Risk Ranking

A neutral, evidence-backed view across 15 Solana protocols. Updated regularly. No protocol affiliation, no paid placement.

15 protocols trackedLast updated 2026-04-28100% Pyth oracle dependency
Active ExploitDriftACTIVE EXPLOIT — $280M drained April 2026. Score overridden to 0. Assume 100% loss. Do not allocate.Details →

Risk vs Yield — Solana DeFi

Higher score = lower risk. Higher up = higher APY. The corner you want to live in is top-right; the corner to avoid is bottom-right (high yield, broken risk).

Low risk (80+) Medium risk (60–80) High risk (<60)
100%
of tracked protocols depend on the same Pyth oracle cluster.A treasury holding Marinade, Jito, Pyth, Jupiter looks diversified. It is not — these positions share a single price-feed infrastructure. This is the kind of overlap Ventura's Hidden Dependency Engine surfaces.

All 15 protocols

Click any row for the full breakdown — eight signals, dependencies, and supporting evidence.

#ProtocolScoreAPYRisk BandConfidenceOraclesMax Alloc
1Marinade
81.7
7.0%Low72%Pyth30%
2Jito
80.1
7.5%Low72%Pyth30%
3Pyth
79.8
5.0%Low67%Pyth30%
4Jupiter
79.7
6.5%Low67%Pyth + Switchboard30%
5Orca
77.4
12.0%Medium72%Pyth20%
6Meteora
76.4
10.0%Medium67%Pyth + Switchboard20%
7Raydium
76.3
8.0%Medium67%Pyth + Switchboard20%
8Marginfi
75.2
5.0%Medium72%Pyth20%
9Kamino
74.2
5.5%Medium72%Pyth + Switchboard20%
10Jito Restaking
70.9
8.5%Medium62%Pyth20%
11Sanctum
67.8
7.5%Medium62%Pyth20%
12Save
67.1
4.5%Medium72%Pyth + Switchboard20%
13Tensor
65.2
Medium62%Tensor Floor Oracle + Pyth20%
14Solend
64.5
4.0%Medium67%Pyth + Switchboard20%
15Drift
0.0
6.0%Critical100%Pyth + Switchboard5%

How scores are built.

Each protocol is scored on eight signals. Weights are fixed and public. No manual overrides, no protocol relationships factor into the rating.

Clean Exploit History 20%

Historical incidents, severity, recovery quality, and time since last event.

Audit Quality 16%

Reviewer reputation, audit recency, scope coverage, and findings remediation.

Liquidity Health 14%

Pool depth, exit liquidity under stress, concentration of LPs.

Oracle Resilience 13%

Number of oracle sources, deviation handling, fallback behavior.

Governance Distribution 12%

Token distribution, upgrade authority, multisig threshold, timelocks.

Withdrawal Speed 11%

Unbonding periods, queue mechanics, observed exit times under stress.

Operational Transparency 7%

Public dashboards, incident disclosures, treasury reporting.

Documentation Quality 7%

Risk docs, parameter explanations, failure-mode descriptions.

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