Prior rug/exit-scam affiliation

Hyperlane'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 #

Targeted web search for 'Hyperlane rug exit scam fraud developer team' returned only generic rug-pull educational articles — no Hyperlane-specific adverse results. No team member linked via verified OSINT to a prior rug or exit-scam-labeled protocol. Rekt database shows no incidents. Founding team all have verifiable prior-employer histories (Galaxy Digital, cLabs, Google) inconsistent with rug-deployer class.

Sources #

URL
Rug/scam OSINT search — HyperlaneWeb search 'Hyperlane rug exit scam fraud developer team' 2026-05-17 — returned only generic rug-pull articles, no Hyperlane adverse resultsretrieved 2026-05-17
Internal
Hyperlane data cache — Rekt incidents empty00-data-cache.json rekt.incidents=[] — Rekt database confirms no exploits attributed to Hyperlaneretrieved 2026-05-17

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 hyperlane factor RD-F-115 score green collected_at 2026-05-16 23:03:56