Nucleus Alternatives: Similar Yield Protocols Compared

Nucleus carries a risk grade of B- (32/100) and ranks #33 of 116 rated Yield protocols. Below are 115 Yield protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 32 of these protocols score lower (safer) than Nucleus, and 83 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Idle (B+, 16/100 — 16 points safer than Nucleus). See the Nucleus vs Idle comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

Current Protocol

Yield

Risk

B-

Value

D+

TVL

$32M

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AlternativeRiskValueTVL

1

IdleSafer

B+

D

$5M

2

sDAISafer

B+

D-

$79M

3

Spark SavingsSafer

B

C-

$1.9B

4

Carrot LiquiditySafer

B

D

$827,630

5

Veda ProtocolSafer

B

C+

$1.1B

6

B

D-

$6M

7

Aura FinanceSafer

B

B-

$69M

8

Kamino LiquiditySafer

B

C+

$172M

9

LuloSafer

B

D-

$90M

10

B

C

$170M

11

TermFinance VaultsSafer

B

D+

$14M

12

B

D

$44M

13

EquilibriaSafer

B

D+

$13M

14

B-

D

$11M

15

B-

D+

$98M

16

Beefy FinanceSafer

B-

C+

$135M

17

dHEDGE VaultsSafer

B-

D+

$21M

18

B-

D+

$72M

19

Overnight FinanceSafer

B-

D

$11M

20

Sanctum ReserveSafer

B-

C

$54M

21

B-

D+

$237,000

22

Felix USDhlSafer

B-

D+

$17M

23

Seamless VaultsSafer

B-

D

$3M

24

Carrot LendSafer

B-

D-

$1M

25

Fluid LiteSafer

B-

C-

$167M

26

B-

B+

$1.4B

27

B-

C+

$315M

28

RockSolid NetworkSafer

B-

D+

$29M

29

B-

D

$31M

30

UltraYield VaultsSafer

B-

D

$29M

31

Yield Yak AggregatorSafer

B-

D

$16M

32

YO ProtocolSafer

B-

C-

$55M

33

B-

D+

$49M

34

CIAN Yield Layer

B-

D

$358M

35

B-

C

$38M

36

B-

D+

$49M

37

B-

F

$39M

38

Concrete Protocol

B-

C+

$1.1B

39

B-

D+

$8M

40

B-

D

$143M

41

Origami Finance

B-

D

$41M

42

Spark Liquidity Layer

B-

C-

$2.4B

43

B-

C

$607M

44

B-

C-

$59M

45

B-

C+

$47M

46

Origin Protocol

B-

B-

$52M

47

Zircuit Staking

B-

D-

$167M

48

B-

D

$82M

49

Lazy Summer Protocol

B-

D-

$32M

50

Solv Basis Trading

B-

C

$198M

51

Solv Strategies

B-

D+

$65M

52

C+

D

$157M

53

C+

D

$119M

54

C+

D

$87M

55

C+

D

$40M

56

C+

C

$367M

57

C+

D

$14M

58

C+

D+

$11M

59

C+

D

$4M

60

C+

D+

$21M

61

C+

D-

$73M

62

C+

D

$40M

63

Extra Finance Vaults

C+

D

$3M

64

C+

C-

$63M

65

C+

D-

$311M

66

C+

C-

$41M

67

C+

B-

$208M

68

C+

C

$28M

69

C+

D

$1M

70

C+

B-

$80M

71

C+

D-

$66M

72

C+

C+

$500M

73

BounceBit Prime

C+

C-

$12M

74

DeSyn Basis Trading

C+

D-

$11M

75

C+

D-

$8M

76

C+

D

$37M

77

C+

C

$11M

78

C+

D

$20M

79

ether.fi Liquid

C+

C

$379M

80

C+

C-

$35M

81

C+

D-

$80M

82

C+

D-

$90M

83

C+

D

$83M

84

C+

D+

$119M

85

C+

D-

$13M

86

BounceBit CeDeFi

C+

C-

$369M

87

C+

D

$313M

88

Factor Leverage Vault

C+

C+

$10M

89

C+

D-

$1M

90

C

D+

$107M

91

C

D

$4M

92

C

C-

$55M

93

C

D

$21M

94

ZEROBASE CeDeFi

C

D

$55M

95

C

D-

$80M

96

C

C+

$40M

97

C

C

$14M

98

C

D-

$13M

99

C

D-

$40M

100

C

C

$72M

101

Moonwell Vaults

C

C-

$26M

102

C

C+

$3M

103

C

C-

$27M

104

Main Street Finance

C

C

$55M

105

Plasma Saving Vaults

C

C-

$44M

106

C

C-

$17M

107

Doppler Finance

C

D-

$132M

108

Harvest Finance

C

C-

$12M

109

C

C-

$11M

110

C-

C

$176M

111

C-

D

$83,000

112

C-

F

$82M

113

C-

C+

$82M

114

Alpaca Leveraged Yield Farming

C-

F

$31M

115

D+

C-

$16M

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