Harvest FinanceMicro-cap

Harvest Finance receives a C risk grade (48/100) from Hindenrank, where lower scores indicate lower risk. Moderate risk — scarred by a $24M exploit that crashed its TVL by two-thirds, with structural oracle vulnerability still present A yield aggregator that automatically moves your deposits between DeFi protocols to chase the highest returns. It manages $43M, down dramatically from $1B before its $24M hack in October 2020. Its C grade reflects that devastating exploit and the structural risk of depending on every protocol it connects to.

The key risks identified for Harvest Finance are: (1) Harvest lost $24M in October 2020 when an attacker manipulated Curve pool prices with a flash loan. Its TVL crashed from $1B to $335M. The same type of attack remains a structural concern (2) Your deposits are spread across Curve, Aave, Compound, and others. If any of those gets hacked, Harvest's automatic reinvestment can amplify your losses before anyone hits the pause button (3) 30% of all vault profits go to FARM token buybacks, not to you. During low-yield periods, this tax can make your actual returns worse than alternatives

Harvest Finance scores 48/100 across eight risk dimensions: Mechanism Novelty: 0/15, Interaction Severity: 10/20, Oracle Surface: 5/10, Documentation Gaps: 4/10, Track Record: 15/15, Scale Exposure: 3/10, Regulatory Risk: 2/10, Vitality Risk: 9/10. The highest risk area is Track Record at 15/15.

Among 112 rated Yield protocols on Hindenrank, Harvest Finance ranks #106 by safety (lowest risk score = safest). Its 48/100 risk score and C grade place it among the riskier Yield protocols.

Harvest Finance scores 15/15 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.