★ Deployer linked within 3 hops to DPRK/Lazarus
Aerodrome Finance's assessment for RD-F-125 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
No DPRK/Lazarus cluster proximity found. 1-hop funder (Synapse Bridge) is not DPRK-labeled in any public Chainalysis report or OFAC SDN list. OSINT search 'Velodrome Aerodrome team DPRK Lazarus North Korea developer' returned zero relevant results. Team members (Alex Cutler, Stas, Jack Dishman, Zoomer) not identified in any DPRK-cluster research. OFAC SDN list: no designations for identified addresses. No DPRK/Lazarus proximity confirmed through available OSINT methodology.
Sources #
- EtherscanAerodrome: Deployer | BaseScanBaseScan deployer — Synapse Bridge as 1-hop funder, not DPRK-labeledretrieved 2026-05-04
- Lazarus DPRK research — no Aerodrome connection foundWebSearch: Velodrome Aerodrome team DPRK Lazarus North Korea — zero relevant resultsretrieved 2026-05-04
Methodology #
Determine whether the deployer address has an on-chain path of ≤3 hops to a Chainalysis/OFAC DPRK-labeled cluster address.
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