Kelp DAO Alternatives: Similar Restaking Protocols Compared

Kelp DAO carries a risk grade of D (71/100) 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, 27/100 — 44 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

$1.6B

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AlternativeRiskValueTVL

1

Mellow ProtocolSafer

B

C-

$3,000

2

SwellSafer

B-

C-

$73M

3

b14gSafer

B-

D

$255M

4

Mantle RestakingSafer

B-

C-

$173M

5

B-

C

$26M

6

EigenLayerSafer

B-

D+

$9.1B

7

B-

D

$15M

8

Jito RestakingSafer

C+

C

$17M

9

Pell NetworkSafer

C+

C

$309,000

10

KarakSafer

C+

D

$40M

11

SolvBTC LSTsSafer

C+

D

$76M

12

OpenGDP Shared SecuritySafer

C+

D-

$29M

13

Bedrock uniETHSafer

C+

D

$25M

14

EigenCloudSafer

C+

C+

$9.1B

15

FragmetricSafer

C+

D-

$11M

16

C+

D

$478M

17

C

D+

$1M

18

Swell Liquid RestakingSafer

C

C-

$34M

19

Lombard LBTCSafer

C

D+

$791M

20

Puffer FinanceSafer

C

D

$70M

21

C-

C

$4.8B

22

Babylon ProtocolSafer

C-

B-

$4.1B

23

C-

B-

$5.2B

24

Solv ProtocolSafer

D+

D+

$496M

25

Lombard FinanceSafer

D+

D+

$1.5B

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