Is Sanctum Safe?
Risk Grade: B- (28/100)
Sanctum is rated as moderate risk — some novel mechanisms, generally well-understood.
Moderate risk — powerful liquidity aggregation, but the pooled design means one rotten staking token can spoil the entire basket
A Solana liquid staking hub that pools dozens of different staking tokens into one diversified token (INF) and lets you swap between them instantly. It holds $1B in deposits after growing 4,900% in a year. Its B- grade reflects that mixing many staking tokens together means one bad token can poison the entire pool.
TVL
$1.2B
Mechanisms
7
Interactions
6
Value Grade
D+
Key Risks for Sanctum Users
If any single staking token in the pool loses value, arbitrage traders will dump the bad token into the pool and take out good ones -- your share gets diluted with the toxic asset
Instant redemptions use a reserve of 400,000 SOL. During a panic, early withdrawers drain the reserve and latecomers face a one-epoch waiting period
Growing 4,900% in one year means the system has never been tested at this scale during real market stress
Top Risk Factors
- •Multi-LST Infinity pool aggregates risk from all supported LSTs; a single LST depeg can poison the entire pool through arbitrage-driven toxic asset accumulation
- •Reserve pool of ~400,000 SOL enables instant LST-to-SOL redemption but can drain rapidly during stress, leaving remaining holders with one-epoch withdrawal delays
- •Explosive 4900% TVL growth from 2024 outpaces battle-testing; protocol mechanisms are untested at current scale during a real LST depeg event
Risk Score Breakdown
Sanctum's highest risk area is Vitality Risk (6/10). Here's how each dimension contributes to the overall 28/100 score:
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This protocol has 2 collapse scenarios. 2 high-severity interaction risks identified. See the full mechanism classification, interaction matrix, and deep-dive recommendations.
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