Kelp DAO Alternatives: Similar Restaking Protocols Compared

Kelp DAO carries a risk grade of D (67/100) and ranks #26 of 26 rated Restaking protocols. Below are 25 Restaking protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 25 of these protocols score lower (safer) than Kelp DAO, and 0 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Mellow Protocol (B-, 29/100 — 38 points safer than Kelp DAO). See the Kelp DAO vs Mellow Protocol comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

Current Protocol

Restaking

Risk

D

Value

D+

TVL

$1.3B

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AlternativeRiskValueTVL

1

Mellow ProtocolSafer

B-

C-

$3,000

2

SwellSafer

B-

C-

$67M

3

b14gSafer

B-

D

$245M

4

Mantle RestakingSafer

B-

C-

$76M

5

B-

C

$23M

6

B-

D

$13M

7

EigenLayerSafer

C+

D+

$8.6B

8

Jito RestakingSafer

C+

C

$17M

9

OpenGDP Shared SecuritySafer

C+

D-

$8M

10

SolvBTC LSTsSafer

C+

D

$72M

11

Pell NetworkSafer

C+

C

$292,000

12

C+

D

$423M

13

Bedrock uniETHSafer

C+

D

$22M

14

EigenCloudSafer

C+

C+

$6.3B

15

FragmetricSafer

C+

D-

$10M

16

KarakSafer

C+

D

$40M

17

Swell Liquid RestakingSafer

C

C-

$28M

18

Lombard LBTCSafer

C

D+

$714M

19

C

D+

$1M

20

Puffer FinanceSafer

C

D

$58M

21

Babylon ProtocolSafer

C-

B-

$3.8B

22

C-

B-

$3.4B

23

C-

C

$3.8B

24

Solv ProtocolSafer

D+

D+

$466M

25

Lombard FinanceSafer

D+

D+

$1.5B

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