YieldNestMicro-cap

YieldNest receives a B- risk grade (31/100) from Hindenrank, where lower scores indicate lower risk. Moderate risk — well-audited liquid restaking with AI monitoring, but multi-AVS slashing exposure and layered strategy risk require informed participation. YieldNest is a liquid restaking protocol that lets users deposit ETH and receive ynETH, a token that earns yield from both Ethereum staking and EigenLayer AVS rewards. With $24M TVL across Ethereum and BSC, it simplifies restaking participation. The B- risk grade reflects strong auditing (ChainSecurity, Zokyo) and AI-driven monitoring, but notes slashing contagion risk from multi-AVS exposure.

The key risks identified for YieldNest are: (1) Your ETH is restaked across multiple blockchain services — if any misbehaves, your ynETH could lose value from slashing penalties. (2) The protocol team decides which services to restake with, so you trust their risk assessment. (3) The MAX LRT product adds DeFi strategies on top of restaking, compounding the number of things that could go wrong.

YieldNest scores 31/100 across eight risk dimensions: Mechanism Novelty: 6/15, Interaction Severity: 6/20, Oracle Surface: 2/10, Documentation Gaps: 2/10, Track Record: 6/15, Scale Exposure: 3/10, Regulatory Risk: 2/10, Vitality Risk: 4/10. The highest risk area is Mechanism Novelty at 6/15.

Among 23 rated Restaking protocols on Hindenrank, YieldNest ranks #3 by safety (lowest risk score = safest). Its 31/100 risk score and B- grade place it among the safer Restaking protocols.

YieldNest scores 6/15 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.