yearn.finance

yearn.finance

YFI #307
A 80% Token Watch

Project Safety Score: 80%

Updated 16 minutes ago
yearn.financeYFI
Market Cap$76906197
24hr Volume$8326979
24hr Change1.5%
Price$2147.1763098110573
Coverage: 5 buckets · 100% resolved
Concerns raised - see Red Flags below
Scoring rubric: Smart-Contract Token - scored on contract safety, liquidity, holders, team, social
Liquidity
& Market
87 AA
100% · medium
Team
Credibility
74 BBB
80% · medium
Social
Behavioral
59 B
75% · low
Contract
Mechanics
95 AAA
100% · medium
Holder
Distribution
84 A
100% · medium

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YFI yearn.finance Details
Type
DEX
Launched
2020
Team
Unknown
Decentralized Finance (DeFi)Yield FarmingYield AggregatorYearn EcosystemAvalanche EcosystemPolygon EcosystemNear Protocol EcosystemGnosis Chain Ecosystem

Yearn Finance is a decentralized finance protocol established by Andre Cronje, operating on the Ethereum blockchain. Its primary offerings include lending aggregation, yield generation, and insurance. The protocol is governed by holders of its native token, YFI, and is supported by various independent developers.

The platform automates capital allocation across lending protocols such as dYdX, AAVE, and Compound to optimize yield, which fluctuates based on market conditions. Users can deposit major USD-pegged tokens like DAI, USDT, USDC, and TUSD, receiving yield-bearing tokens in return. Yearn also features vaults for automated yield farming, designed to reduce gas costs and facilitate passive investment strategies without requiring extensive knowledge of the underlying DeFi mechanisms.

Risk Report

Cryptocurrency carries risk. Every project listed on this site, regardless of its score, operates in a volatile and largely unregulated market. Tokens can lose most or all of their value. A high score reflects lower structural risk based on the data we can measure. It does not mean a project is safe, that the price will hold, or that losses are unlikely. Always research independently and never commit money you cannot afford to lose.

Liquidity and market dynamics score 85 out of 100. The asset shows strong exchange presence with listings across 77 exchanges, and liquidity depth supported by $5,990,667 in 24h volume. Volume-to-market-cap is high (90), with the provided ratio at 6.08%, suggesting relatively healthy market trading activity for this token.

Team credibility score 73 out of 100. The project is relatively mature at 4.9 years old, and there are 4 audit firms on record (audits score 100). Public development signal is mixed: the latest GitHub activity shows 0 commits in the last 4 weeks and 52 stars (github activity score 22). Agent could not determine whether team members are doxxed, but the deployer address is recorded (70).

Social and behavioral signals score 56 out of 100. Social audience data shows Twitter (linked, followers not provided), Telegram with 5,623, and Reddit (linked, follower count not provided), while sentiment is evenly split (50% up / 50% down). Security-related behavioral flags indicate scam allegations were found, with 1 allegation, 0 bad press, 0 regulatory flags, and 1 incidents, which keeps this bucket in the middle range.

Contract mechanics score 78 out of 100. The contract is verified (100), open source (100), and shows no honeypot behavior (100). Transfers/taxes are 0% for buys and sells (100), and a supply hard cap is defined (100) with 97% of total supply circulating (100). Key risks remain: the token is mintable (50), the owner can change balances (balance manipulation 20), there are hidden/pausable/blacklist-type functions (75), and the system is proxy upgradable (60), alongside a hidden owner flag.

Holder distribution score 79 out of 100. Concentration is relatively controlled: top 10 wallets hold 41.6% (88), and top 50 wallets hold 76.2% (68). The largest non-filtered holder holds 10.4% (69), and the holder base is large with 51,946 total holders (82). A risk flag notes a single wallet over 10%, but overall distribution still scores well.

Inherent crypto risk for yearn.finance: even with solid liquidity and contract verification, smart-contract platforms carry baseline risks from upgradeability, minting authority, and owner-controlled privileges. Here, the contract is upgradable and mintable, and owner balance-change capability is flagged, so stakeholders should treat governance and administrative risk as central to the asset’s safety profile despite a BBB overall rating.

  • Andre Cronje - Creator of yearn.finance / YFI (as described in profiles/articles)
    Named as creator of yearn.finance/YFI in third-party profiles and articles.
  • ChainSecurity unknown
    Found a ChainSecurity audit page for yearn – oYfi, but no direct auditor-owned PDF/URL was captured in search results.
  • CertiK unknown
    Found a CertiK incident/exploit explanation referencing a date and an exploit, but no standalone CertiK audit report URL was captured in search results.
  • EtherAuthority (PDF report) 2024-06-08 pass report ↗
    PDF report states overall audit result: PASSED; total findings included 0 critical/high/medium and 2 informational issues.
  • Veritas Protocol unknown
    Found a VeritasProtocol audit page, but no downloadable auditor-owned report URL was captured in search results.
Quality: unknown
Max supply: 36666
  • 0.3
    PSA: Scam alert! There is no YFI airdrop. All YFI has been distributed
    Reddit users (r/yearn_finance) · source ↗
  • misconfiguration exploit (yUSDT) 2023-04-13 · $10000000
    CertiK describes an attack on yearn.finance due to a misconfiguration of the yUSDT contract, resulting in a loss of approximately $10M.
  • Community-governed via YFI holders (described in multiple sources).
  • At least one auditor PDF report was found stating PASSED for a YFI contract scope (EtherAuthority report).
  • Token supply can be minted by the owner
  • No recent code commits
  • Public scam allegations have been raised

Price Chart - yearn.finance

Contract Security

ethereum · 0x0bc529c00c6401aef6d220be8c6ea1667f6ad93e
Open source
Not honeypot
Non-mintable
Ownership locked
Non-pausable
No blacklist
Visible owner
Fixed slippage
Source: GoPlus Security

On-Chain Facts

Total Holders
52349
Top 10 Hold
38.7%
Top 50: 74.3%
Top Holders
  • 0x86e6350cb5ae99def… 7.75%
  • 0xf977814e90da44bfa… 5.87%
  • 0x979d08767aee8bce3… 5.35%
  • 0x90c1f9220d90d3966… 4.19%
  • 0x5a52e96bacdabb82f… 3.45%
  • 0x15da7556d5ed88830… 2.83%
  • 0x42b25284e8ae427d7… 2.69%
  • 0x47ac0fb4f2d84898e… 2.45%
  • 0xfeb4acf3df3cdea73… 2.26%
  • 0x939d007d8ce3ac6f9… 1.82%
Source: ethplorer
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Profile Status
Data completeness
No missing data
High confidence

Technical Analysis

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Market Stats

All-Time High$90787.00
All-Time Low$31.6500
Circulating35816
Total Supply36666

Community Sentiment

👍 72% 28% 👎

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Developer Activity

GitHub stars⭐ 52
Forks99
PRs merged6
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