Social-media impersonation scam spike

stHYPE (Valantis Labs)'s assessment for RD-F-109 — scored gray on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

Social-media impersonation scam-spike signal. ValantisLabs has active X (@ValantisLabs) and Discord. No confirmed impersonation spike detected via OSINT. General risk for any DeFi protocol at ~$144M TVL. T-09 v2/deferred signal; social-media monitoring not wired.

Sources #

URL
ValantisLabs on X (Twitter)Valantis X profile — @ValantisLabs active; no impersonation spike detected via web searchretrieved 2026-05-17

Methodology #

Detect a sharp uptick in Discord/Telegram/X accounts impersonating the protocol team or announcing fake airdrops.

See the full factor methodology and distribution across all protocols →

rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol staked-hype factor RD-F-109 score gray collected_at 2026-05-17 13:02:38