Prior rug/exit-scam affiliation

StakeWise v3'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 #

No OSINT evidence linking Tsumak or Kutakov to prior rugged or exit-scam protocols. Web search 'StakeWise rug exit scam fraud team' returned only generic rug-pull education articles with zero StakeWise-specific results. Protocol has operated since 2021 (~5 years) with ~$795M peak TVL. Hacksdatabase: rekt.incidents: []. No handle or wallet reuse linking team to prior failed projects found.

Sources #

URL
Rug-pull generic education — no StakeWise results in searchWeb search 'StakeWise rug exit scam fraud team' — returned no StakeWise-specific results (generic rug-pull education only)retrieved 2026-05-16
Internal
StakeWise protocol profile §10 — no rekt incidents.research/protocols/stakewise/00-profile.md §10 — rekt.incidents: []retrieved 2026-05-16

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 stakewise factor RD-F-115 score green collected_at 2026-05-16 01:03:28