Staking & DeFi Risk Ratings and Due Diligence Reports

Institutional-grade, independent risk ratings and due diligence reports covering staking infrastructure providers, DeFi yield protocols, and on-chain yield strategies from Staking Rewards.

Service Overview

Using a standardized AAA–D scoring methodology, Staking Rewards equips capital allocators, wallets, custodians, and institutional investors with structured third-party assessments to satisfy internal governance, investment committee, and compliance requirements. The service spans DeFi yield protocol ratings, Verified Staking Provider (VSP) ratings, and bespoke capital allocator risk reports.

What's Included

• DeFi Yield Protocol Ratings: Independent risk assessments for DeFi vaults, liquid staking tokens (LSTs), yield strategies, and on-chain yield products, covering smart contract design, oracle dependencies, liquidity dynamics, and financial backstops
• Verified Staking Provider (VSP) Ratings: Standardized three-dimension framework assessing business operations, reliability (slashing events, uptime), and security setup (infrastructure resilience, key policy) with AAA–D graded profiles and VSP badge
• Capital Allocator Risk Reports: Bespoke reports for hedge funds, asset managers, family offices, DAOs, and treasuries surfacing mispriced leverage, dependencies, and failure modes in a format ready for LP decks, IC memos, and compliance files
• API-Accessible Ratings: All infrastructure and DeFi ratings accessible programmatically via the Staking Rewards Data API for embedding standardized risk context into third-party platforms and workflows

Why Choose Staking Rewards

Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Switzerland, Staking Rewards operates as a fully independent neutral third party—unlike exchange-affiliated data providers. Trusted by Coinbase, Kraken, 21Shares, BitGo, Binance, Kiln, and Chorus One, its standardized rating methodology enables defensible due diligence that integrates directly into compliance workflows and investment committee processes.