Team other-protocol involvement history
stHYPE (Valantis Labs)'s assessment for RD-F-113 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
Addison Spiegel: prior work on Pocket Network liquid staking (leanPOKT core-client, -95% cost reduction); Thunderhead operated ~2021–2025, peaked $90–400M AUM, profitable since inception with no external funding — no documented rug or exit scam. Deven Matthews: Nethermind CSO 2021–2023, Valantis Labs 2023–present. Eduardo Carvalho: Nethermind DeFi protocol engineering director, Valantis Labs CTO. Valantis DEX product line (Valantis Core, HOT AMM, STEX, Validly) has 6+ third-party audits, no documented rug or exploit attributable to team conduct. No negative protocol history found for any named individual via REKT database search or web OSINT.
Sources #
- Internal00-data-cache.json — rekt.incidentsrekt.incidents: [] — no stHYPE/Thunderhead/Valantis incidents in REKT databaseretrieved 2026-05-17
- Valantis Acquires stHYPE (Chainwire 2025-08-19)Acquisition announcement — Thunderhead profitable since inception, no external funding, team of 6retrieved 2026-05-17
- About Addison SpiegelAddison Spiegel background — Pocket Network leanPOKT, Thunderhead history, profitable since inceptionretrieved 2026-05-17
Methodology #
Document current or prior protocol roles for team members (conflicts of interest, prior rugs, prior successful launches).
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