Protocol social channel has scam-coordinator flag

Aave v3's assessment for RD-F-165 — scored yellow on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

Elevated social scam risk during organizational transition (BGD Labs and ACI departures). Aave Discord and Telegram channels likely experienced elevated impersonation activity during and after the incident. No formally curator-flagged scam-coordinator detected in public sources as of April 27. Yellow as standing risk given organizational flux.

Sources #

URL
Aave Governance: BGD leaving Aave — organizational transition riskBGD leaving Aaveretrieved 2026-04-27

Methodology #

Determine whether a protocol-adjacent social channel admin is flagged on the curator scam-coordinator watchlist.

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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol aave-v3 factor RD-F-165 score yellow collected_at 2026-04-27 23:28:46