Aries Markets

Aries Markets receives a B risk grade (27/100) from Hindenrank, where lower scores indicate lower risk. Moderate risk — standard lending design on Aptos with 3.7-year clean track record and dual-oracle redundancy, but aggressive LTV parameters and frozen contracts since December 2024 warrant caution A lending protocol on Aptos where you deposit crypto to earn interest or borrow against your holdings. It holds ~$2.5M in deposits with standard lending mechanisms. Its B grade reflects clean 3.7-year operation and dual-oracle redundancy (Pyth + Switchboard fallback), offset by aggressive 90% LTV in e-mode and contracts frozen since December 2024 that prevent any future security patches.

The key risks identified for Aries Markets are: (1) The efficiency mode allows borrowing up to 90% of your collateral value. A 10% price drop can trigger liquidation, leaving very little safety margin. (2) Contracts have been frozen since December 2024, meaning no security fixes or improvements can be deployed — any future vulnerability has no mitigation path. (3) All deposits are concentrated in Aptos assets. If APT crashes, every market gets hit at the same time.

Aries Markets scores 27/100 across eight risk dimensions: Mechanism Novelty: 0/15, Interaction Severity: 10/20, Oracle Surface: 3/10, Documentation Gaps: 2/10, Track Record: 0/15, Scale Exposure: 0/10, Regulatory Risk: 3/10, Vitality Risk: 9/10. The highest risk area is Vitality Risk at 9/10.

Among 99 rated Lending protocols on Hindenrank, Aries Markets ranks #9 by safety (lowest risk score = safest). Its 27/100 risk score and B grade place it among the safer Lending protocols.

Aries Markets scores 0/15 on the Track Record risk dimension, indicating no significant exploits or security incidents in its history. However, past performance does not guarantee future security.