DeFi Vaults - Yields & Risk Ratings

Compare live APY and AAA-D risk ratings across the top 50 DeFi yield vaults. Together they hold $18.53b in assets, 32 of them carry a Staking Rewards DeFi rating, median APY 3.74%. Graded AAA-D on the Staking Rewards DeFi framework. Rating Methodology

#Protocol
Assets
Network
Report
BB+
3.57%0.28%
$4b0.43%
4k0.13%
to
Ethereum
CCC+
4%4.38%
$2b13.63%
591.72%
Ethereum
CCC+
4.71%1.95%
$1b1.18%
7k0.25%
to
Ethereum
CCC+
3.71%3.69%
$1b1.04%
1k0.81%
Ethereum
CCC-
7.77%1.66%
$507m2.35%
4k2.56%
to
Arbitrum
B-
3.77%3.01%
$496m6.12%
55k2.17%
to
robinhood-chain
BB
4.36%1.4%
$416m0.92%
6k11.63%
Base
BB
3.37%3.37%
$390m1.59%
4061.93%
to
Ethereum
BB-
3.18%1.6%
$375m9.5%
7k0.56%
to
Ethereum
BB
3.58%0.56%
$305m2.99%
1k1.03%
Ethereum
BB
4.35%1.4%
$160m19.5%
2k4.55%
to
Base
BB-
3%0%
$141m0.81%
1681.75%
to
Ethereum
B-
5.7%8.04%
$135m0.61%
4k2.19%
Solana
CCC+
3.33%2.63%
$127m10.82%
470%
Ethereum
BB-
4.29%0.7%
$123m4.97%
6043.6%
to
Ethereum
BB
4.29%0.7%
$99m4.52%
5562.21%
Ethereum
BB+
3.03%3.41%
$86m0.86%
2602.26%
Ethereum
BB-
3.24%5.19%
$70m19.33%
18112.42%
to
Ethereum
BB+
4.08%0.74%
$67m3.05%
7980.87%
Ethereum
BB+
1.63%2.98%
$31m8.55%
1381.43%
Ethereum
B
5.71%3.07%
$24m3.19%
1965.38%
Ethereum
BB+
4.23%0.24%
$23m12.36%
7160.83%
Ethereum
B
4.58%10.92%
$20m1.35%
3k0.64%
Solana
B
0%0%
$16m34.43%
180%
Ethereum
BB-
5.11%0.59%
$14m1.37%
3261.51%
Ethereum
CCC+
3.31%0.9%
$14m42.52%
90%
to
robinhood-chain
BB
1.42%2.74%
$4m8.6%
11k4.55%
to
Base
BB
3.91%1.3%
$4m30.88%
4k0.38%
to
Base
B-
4.33%3.35%
$4m0.11%
2070%
to
Ethereum
BB-
1.54%3.14%
$3m7.76%
900%
to
Ethereum
CCC+
0%0%
$2m0%
1010%
Ethereum
BB-
2.46%6.49%
$1m0.79%
921.08%
to
Ethereum
0%0%
$824m10.16%
10%
to
Ethereum
3.96%5.32%
$556m0.96%
-
Ethereum
2.87%0.35%
$433m6.31%
38k8.33%
to
Base
5.65%0.18%
$427m2.06%
5022.03%
to
Ethereum
4.35%1.4%
$423m2.58%
4k2.75%
to
Base
6.01%1.64%
$377m1.56%
3191.92%
to
Ethereum
3.57%0.28%
$363m0.06%
2k0.37%
to
Arbitrum
3.91%1.03%
$311m2.86%
7k0.05%
to
Base
0.03%0%
$250m0.02%
20%
to
Ethereum
1.31%18.02%
$221m10.35%
6350%
to
Ethereum
0.87%4.82%
$219m10.69%
2k0%
to
Ethereum
2.85%1.04%
$206m10.27%
1k0.97%
Ethereum
1.25%0%
$202m0.19%
-
Ethereum
5.34%1.66%
$194m2.58%
5142.28%
to
Ethereum
4.69%12.2%
$184m3.04%
1104.35%
to
Ethereum
5.51%0.18%
$173m0.48%
-
Ethereum
13.21%0.08%
$167m3.25%
1k0%
Ethereum
1.25%0%
$164m0.17%
2k0.12%
to
Ethereum

AAA - D Ratings Scale

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