# xerberus

> Risk ratings for safer DeFi vaults

Xerberus is a risk rating protocol for DeFi vaults that maps structural mechanism dependencies and scores risk factors using an open methodology and on-chain data.

Xerberus provides risk ratings for DeFi vaults, assets, protocols, and organizations for investors and capital allocators seeking structured risk analysis. The methodology maps each rated object into a mechanism tree, scoring risk factors against evidence-backed safeguards to produce a traceable, verifiable output. Xerberus accepts no payment from rated entities, funding ratings through investor subscriptions rather than issuer fees.

- Type: Protocol
- Sector: Data & Analytics
- Status: Active
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/xerberus

## Products

- [Xerberus Terminal](https://thegrid.id/profiles/xerberus): Xerberus Terminal is a web application providing risk ratings for DeFi vaults and protocols. The platform maps each vault into a dendrogram of active mechanisms covering security, economics, and governance domains, and scores risk factors using incident-backed evidence across multiple subscores. The service operates independently from the protocols it rates, funded by investors rather than the entities being assessed. (Rating & Safety Scoring, Open Beta, Main Product)
- [Xerberus Public API](https://thegrid.id/profiles/xerberus): Xerberus Public API is a REST API providing programmatic access to risk scores, wallet screening, and registry data for DeFi assets and protocols. Endpoints cover unified asset risk scores across Cardano, Ethereum, and Polygon, suspicious wallet flagging, known scam wallet identification via the SIREN service, and vault-level dendrogram reports. Access is authenticated through API keys issued on request. (OnChain Data API, Live)

## Links

- [Main](https://xerberus.io)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/Xerberus)
- [Telegram](https://t.me/xerberus_news)
- [Discord](https://discord.gg/5fEt2BbGAq)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/XerberusTeam)

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- [TGS Field Descriptions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-field-descriptions.md): Schema field definitions for The Grid's data model
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