Prior rug/exit-scam affiliation

Aave v3's assessment for RD-F-115 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

No team member linked to prior rug or exit-scam via verified OSINT. ETHLend is a legitimate predecessor. BGD Labs and ACI are professional service organizations with clean records.

Sources #

URL
REKT News — search for Aave team membersT-10 §2.3.1; REKT news (no Aave team attribution); hacksdatabase (no team EOA hits)retrieved 2026-04-27

Methodology #

Determine whether any team member is linked via verified OSINT to a prior rug or exit-scam-labeled protocol.

See the full factor methodology and distribution across all protocols →

rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol aave-v3 factor RD-F-115 score green collected_at 2026-04-27 23:28:46