Yield Yak Aggregator

Yield Yak Aggregator receives a B- risk grade (30/100) from Hindenrank, where lower scores indicate lower risk. Moderate risk — proven auto-compounder with 3+ years of operation and no exploits, but unaudited contracts and dependency on underlying protocol security are notable concerns. Yield Yak is an auto-compounding yield aggregator primarily on Avalanche that automatically reinvests DeFi farming rewards to maximize returns. Users deposit into vaults that compound yields from underlying protocols like DEXs and lending platforms. With ~$16M TVL and a fixed supply of 10,000 YAK governance tokens, it has operated since 2021 but remains unaudited.

The key risks identified for Yield Yak Aggregator are: (1) The protocol's smart contracts have not been formally audited — while in production since 2021 without incident, this increases the risk of undiscovered vulnerabilities (2) Your deposited funds are invested into other DeFi protocols — if any of those are hacked, your vault could lose money (3) Auto-compounding means your position size grows over time, so potential loss amount increases

Yield Yak Aggregator scores 30/100 across eight risk dimensions: Mechanism Novelty: 0/15, Interaction Severity: 4/20, Oracle Surface: 0/10, Documentation Gaps: 4/10, Track Record: 9/15, Scale Exposure: 3/10, Regulatory Risk: 4/10, Vitality Risk: 6/10. The highest risk area is Track Record at 9/15.

Among 112 rated Yield protocols on Hindenrank, Yield Yak Aggregator ranks #26 by safety (lowest risk score = safest). Its 30/100 risk score and B- grade place it among the safer Yield protocols.

Yield Yak Aggregator scores 9/15 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.