Flash loan >$10M targeting protocol tokens
BENQI's assessment for RD-F-100 — scored gray on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
Flash-loan targeting signal applicable to BENQI qiToken markets (Compound-fork lending; Avalanche has Aave V3 as flash-loan source). Signal is v1 phase 2; protocol-token map + flash-loan-source allowlist not yet configured. Chainlink oracle usage substantially increases the cost of flash-loan oracle manipulation (vs DEX spot oracle). No flash-loan anomaly on BENQI markets observed in public data as of 2026-05-16. Borrow utilization 18.08% (normal range). Pipeline not implemented.
Sources #
- URLBENQI Chainlink integration announcement — flash-loan manipulation mitiganthttps://benqifinance.medium.com/benqi-will-use-chainlink-price-feeds-natively-on-avalanche-to-secure-its-protocol-c5d682cb05c8retrieved 2026-05-16
- BENQI data cache — lending utilization and borrow datarisk-dashboard/.research/protocols/benqi/00-data-cache.json — lending_protocol:true; total_borrowed_usd:50190000; utilization 18.08%retrieved 2026-05-16
Methodology #
Detect whether a flash loan >$10M denominated in protocol tokens or LP tokens has originated, likely to interact with this protocol.
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