Gain

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A hands-off yield product for users who prefer managed strategies over DIY DeFi. The convenience comes with meaningful trust assumptions — you are relying on vault managers' skill and integrity, and the limited transparency makes it hard to assess your actual risk exposure. The single audit from a smaller firm is below the security standard of leading vault protocols. Consider this higher risk than self-custodied yield strategies.

Limited public documentation — analysis may be incomplete.

Top Risks

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Actively managed vault strategies introduce manager discretion risk — the quality and integrity of vault managers directly determines fund safety and performance

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Limited public documentation and transparency about vault strategies, risk parameters, and fund allocation makes independent risk assessment difficult

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As an onchain capital allocator, Gain depends on multiple downstream DeFi protocols for yield, creating layered smart contract risk exposure

Risk Breakdown

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Gain safe to use?
Gain receives a B- risk grade (34/100) from Hindenrank, where lower scores indicate lower risk. A hands-off yield product for users who prefer managed strategies over DIY DeFi. The convenience comes with meaningful trust assumptions — you are relying on vault managers' skill and integrity, and the limited transparency makes it hard to assess your actual risk exposure. The single audit from a smaller firm is below the security standard of leading vault protocols. Consider this higher risk than self-custodied yield strategies. Gain is an onchain capital allocator that deploys your deposited assets across various DeFi protocols to generate yield through actively managed vaults. Instead of picking individual DeFi opportunities yourself, you deposit into a vault and the Gain team manages the allocation strategy. The GAIN token offers automatic rewards distributed based on your holdings. The protocol has been audited by Solidity Finance, and manages over $62M in total deposits.
What are the main risks of using Gain?
The key risks identified for Gain are: (1) You are trusting vault managers to make good allocation decisions with your funds (2) Limited transparency on exactly where your funds are deployed and what risks they face (3) If any of the downstream DeFi protocols get hacked, your vault loses money
What is Gain's risk score breakdown?
Gain scores 34/100 across eight risk dimensions: Mechanism Novelty: 5/15, Interaction Severity: 6/20, Oracle Surface: 3/10, Documentation Gaps: 5/10, Track Record: 3/15, Scale Exposure: 3/10, Regulatory Risk: 2/10, Vitality Risk: 7/10. The highest risk area is Vitality Risk at 7/10.
How does Gain compare to other Yield protocols?
Among 112 rated Yield protocols on Hindenrank, Gain ranks #47 by safety (lowest risk score = safest). Its 34/100 risk score and B- grade place it in the middle tier of Yield protocols.
Has Gain ever been hacked or exploited?
Gain scores 3/15 on the Track Record risk dimension, indicating some history of security incidents or exploits. Higher scores reflect more severe or frequent incidents. Review the full risk report for details.

Incident History

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Last scanned 2026-02-26