DeFiPunk'd

Stargate Finance

2 deployments · $210.4M aggregate TVL · Cross Chain Bridge

Deployments

Each deployment is rated independently. Pick one to see its rating, risk analysis, and stage.

TVL $199.3M
Type Cross Chain Bridge
Chains Ethereum, Binance, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism +19
View on DeFiLlama ↗
Control criteria
Upgradeability Unknown Bug bounty immunefi.com Governance forum — Docs docs.stargate.finance
About

Stargate V2 is a cross-chain bridge and liquidity protocol built on LayerZero V2, enabling native asset transfers (USDC, USDT, ETH, and others) across 20+ EVM chains. Users transfer assets by depositing into unified liquidity pools (StargatePool) on the source chain; an off-chain Planner allocates credits and a TokenMessaging contract routes the transaction via LayerZero. V2 introduces 'Bus' batching (up to 91% gas reduction), 'Taxi' immediate mode, 'Hydra' wrapped-OFT bridge-as-a-service for chains without native asset pools, and JIT liquidity intents. The governance token is STG, with veSTG (vote-escrowed) used for DAO voting.

Risk analysis

One card per dimension, sorted by severity. Only Verifiability and Autonomy carry automated signals in Phase 0. See methodology for scope.

Audit a dimension yourself · DEFI@home Contribute an LLM-run assessment — any model, any dimension. Three agreeing runs merge automatically into the public record.

DEFI@home is a distributed audit network modeled on SETI@home: instead of CPU cycles, it crowdsources LLM reasoning. Paste a slice prompt into Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or any browsing-capable model, and submit the JSON output as a pull request. The quorum bot merges it once ≥3 independent runs (from different models) reach the same grade — no single model, and no single contributor, can move the needle alone. How it works →

  • Address discovery 89 addresses on file · 1 run Submit run ↗
  • Verifiability Unverified Submit run ↗
  • Control Unverified Submit run ↗
  • Ability to exit Unverified Submit run ↗
  • Autonomy Unverified Submit run ↗
  • Open Access Unverified Submit run ↗
  • Audit all 5 dimensions · one prompt Submit run ↗
  1. Verifiability tentative
    Open source + 3 audits

    Protocol publishes a GitHub repository and has at least one audit on record. This is a coarse Phase-0 signal only: auditor reputation, scope, and post-audit review coverage are not yet weighted.

    Run your own prompt Submit run ↗
  2. Autonomy tentative
    External message validators reduce autonomy

    Bridges rely on an external validator set, guardian signatures, or light-client proofs — a category-level autonomy risk independent of any specific implementation.

    Run your own prompt Submit run ↗
3 dimensions not yet assessed (Control, Ability to exit, Open Access)
  1. Control unknown Unverified
    Not yet assessed

    Who holds admin privileges, how contracts can be upgraded, and how quickly. No automated heuristic grades this at Phase 0; a real assessment arrives when onchain discovery reads roles, owners, and timelocks.

    No model has graded this dimension yet. Run the slice prompt through any LLM and submit the JSON — once ≥3 independent runs agree, the quorum bot merges the verdict here.

    Submit run ↗
  2. Ability to exit unknown Unverified
    Not yet assessed

    Whether users can exit on their own terms if the team disappears or acts adversarially. Requires per-protocol review; not available at Phase 0.

    No model has graded this dimension yet. Run the slice prompt through any LLM and submit the JSON — once ≥3 independent runs agree, the quorum bot merges the verdict here.

    Submit run ↗
  3. Open Access unknown Unverified
    Not yet assessed

    Whether the protocol depends on privileged operators, whitelists, geo-restrictions, or off-chain infrastructure. This is not a signal DeFiLlama carries in a usable form; crawler-based detection lands in a later phase.

    No model has graded this dimension yet. Run the slice prompt through any LLM and submit the JSON — once ≥3 independent runs agree, the quorum bot merges the verdict here.

    Submit run ↗

Stage

Preview of the Phase-3 maturity framework. DeFiPunk'd will adopt DeFiScan v2's stages verbatim; the section is rendered below in its intended shape so the structure is visible today.

Stargate V2 has not yet been assessed under the DeFiScan v2 stage framework.
The walkaway test is the central criterion. Once stages land, protocols reach Stage 1 only if users can exit in the presence of malicious operators even when the emergency council disappears.
Scope of assessment
Stages are assessed per-protocol against DeFiScan v2's criteria: governance structure, upgradeability path, timelock durations, emergency-council scope, and the walkaway test. The analysis depends on onchain discovery (roles, owners, timelocks) and deeper review of deployed contracts — neither of which DeFiPunk'd automates at Phase 0.
Stage 0 requirements pending
Governance is largely off-chain, contracts are upgradeable with short or no timelock, and the protocol depends on a multisig or team with full discretion. At Phase 0 DeFiPunk'd does not automatically evaluate these; the assessment lands with crawler-based onchain discovery.
Stage 1 requirements pending
Users can exit or opt out on their own terms even if the team disappears. Upgrades run through a meaningful timelock with an emergency security council clearly scoped. The walkaway test is the headline criterion.
Stage 2 requirements pending
Protocol is fully permissionless and immutable, or upgrades require a supermajority of token holders with a long timelock and no emergency override. This is the terminal stage of the DeFiScan v2 framework.
Learn more about DeFiScan v2 stages →
Stages are an opinionated assessment of maturity, not a rating of security or safety. A protocol can sit at Stage 2 and still carry substantial technical or economic risk; the framework exists to incentivize decentralization, not to rank protocols.

Contract surface

Every contract in scope for this protocol — pooled from DeFiLlama's TVL adapter (mechanical) and DEFI@home discovery submissions (LLM-curated). Verified-source flags come from Etherscan + Sourcify; owner / multisig metadata is read on-chain when available. Reviewer audit context, not a slice score. A lending protocol's adapter set will list third-party collateral tokens alongside its own contracts; attribution is the grader's job.

  • 106addresses
  • 26verified source
  • 0proxies
  • 0of 1 owners are Safes

TVL adapter pinned at 683d369. Sourcecode fetched 2026-05-06. Control fetched 2026-05-28.

abstractpool (StargatePoolNative ETH Abstract)0x221f…527dTVL + disc————
Abstractrouter (TokenMessaging Abstract)0x183d…7b25discovery———router
Abstracttreasury (Treasurer Abstract)0x9535…5599discovery———treasury
arbitrumStargatePoolNative0xa45b…5f7fTVL + disc✓———
arbitrumStargatePoolUSDC0xe8cd…d0d3TVL + disc✓———
arbitrumStargatePoolMigratable0xce8c…b7d0TVL + disc✓———
Arbitrumother (StargateStaking Arbitrum)0x3da4…7c4cdiscovery————
Arbitrumrouter (TokenMessaging Arbitrum)0x19cf…07dddiscovery———router
Arbitrumtreasury (Treasurer Arbitrum)0x146c…bb3adiscovery———treasury
aurorapool (StargatePoolUSDC Aurora)0x81f6…b075TVL + disc✗———
Aurorarouter (TokenMessaging Aurora)0x5f68…2feddiscovery———router
Auroratreasury (Treasurer Aurora)0xf5f7…6152discovery———treasury
Avalanchepool (StargatePoolUSDC Avalanche)0x5634…6e47discovery————
Avalanchepool (StargatePoolUSDT Avalanche)0x12dc…2ceediscovery————
Avalancherouter (TokenMessaging Avalanche)0x17e4…9a34discovery———router
Avalanchetreasury (Treasurer Avalanche)0xc2b6…0583discovery———treasury
avax—0x12dc…2ceeTVL✗———
avax—0x5634…6e47TVL✗———
baseStargatePoolNative0xdc18…f7c7TVL + disc✓———
baseStargatePoolUSDC0x27a1…5d26TVL + disc✓———
Baseother (StargateStaking Base)0xdfc4…0b80discovery————
Baserouter (TokenMessaging Base)0x5634…6e47discovery———router
Basetreasury (Treasurer Base)0xd47b…d4d7discovery———treasury
Binanceother (StargateStaking BNB Chain)0x2672…3098discovery————
Binancepool (StargatePoolUSDC BNB Chain)0x962b…6057discovery————
Binancepool (StargatePoolUSDT BNB Chain)0x138e…bc63discovery————
Binancerouter (TokenMessaging BNB Chain)0x6e3d…7e2bdiscovery———router
Binancetreasury (Treasurer BNB Chain)0x0a6a…d97cdiscovery———treasury
bscStargatePoolMigratable0x138e…bc63TVL✓———
bscStargatePoolUSDC0x962b…6057TVL✓———
domaUSDC_e0x31ee…c477TVL————
ethereumStargatePool0xcdaf…ecd3TVL✓———
ethereumStargatePool0x268c…931dTVL + disc✓———
ethereumStargatePoolNative0x77b2…7931TVL + disc✓———
ethereumStargatePoolUSDC0xc026…89c7TVL + disc✓———
ethereumStargatePoolMigratable0x9335…3973TVL + disc✓———
Ethereummultisig (admin)0x65bb…9705discovery———multisig
Ethereumother (FeeLibV1ETH)0x3e36…8a06discovery————
Ethereumother (FeeLibV1mETH)0x6d55…73ebdiscovery————
Ethereumother (FeeLibV1USDC)0x52b3…4087discovery————
Ethereumother (FeeLibV1USDT)0xe171…b311discovery————
Ethereumother (StargateMultiRewarder)0x5871…e881discovery————
Ethereumother (StargateStaking)0xff55…a6bddiscovery————
Ethereumrouter (TokenMessaging)0x6d66…a980discovery———multisig
Ethereumtoken (STG governance token)0xaf51…2cd6discovery———governance
Ethereumtreasury (Treasurer)0x1041…6918discovery———treasury
fuseWETH_30x2f6f…7590TVL————
Hemipool (StargatePoolNative ETH Hemi)0x2f6f…7590discovery————
Hemirouter (TokenMessaging Hemi)0xaf51…2cd6discovery———router
Hemitreasury (Treasurer Hemi)0x8731…1e98discovery———treasury
kavapool (StargatePoolUSDT Kava)0x41a5…420bTVL + disc✗———
Kavarouter (TokenMessaging Kava)0x6b73…594bdiscovery———router
Kavatreasury (Treasurer Kava)0xb7a0…ae58discovery———treasury
LightLinkpool (StargatePoolNative ETH Lightlink)0x8731…1e98discovery————
LightLinkrouter (TokenMessaging Lightlink)0x6936…2341discovery———router
LightLinktreasury (Treasurer Lightlink)0x3052…ab47discovery———treasury
lightlink_phoenix—0x8731…1e98TVL————
lineaStargatePoolNative0x81f6…b075TVL + disc✓———
Linearouter (TokenMessaging Linea)0x5f68…2feddiscovery———router
Lineatreasury (Treasurer Linea)0xf5f7…6152discovery———treasury
manta—0x9895…32cbTVL✗———
mantleStargatePool0x4c1d…7463TVL + disc✓———
mantleStargatePool0xf762…f3f1TVL + disc✓———
mantleStargatePoolUSDC0xac29…acdcTVL + disc✓———
mantleStargatePoolMigratable0xb715…57fcTVL + disc✓———
Mantlerouter (TokenMessaging Mantle)0x41b4…0aefdiscovery———router
Mantletreasury (Treasurer Mantle)0x4e8c…9ce1discovery———treasury
metis—0xd905…31f0TVL✗———
metispool (StargatePoolETH Metis)0x36ed…7d08TVL + disc✗———
metispool (StargatePoolUSDT Metis)0x4dcb…5125TVL + disc✗———
Metisrouter (TokenMessaging Metis)0xcbe7…588adiscovery———router
Metistreasury (Treasurer Metis)0x3da4…7c4cdiscovery———treasury
optimismStargatePoolMigratable0x19cf…07ddTVL✓———
optimismStargatePoolNative0xe8cd…d0d3TVL + disc✓———
optimismStargatePoolUSDC0xce8c…b7d0TVL + disc✓———
Optimismother (StargateStaking OP Mainnet)0xfbb5…6443discovery————
Optimismrouter (TokenMessaging OP Mainnet)0xf1fc…27e6discovery———router
Optimismtreasury (Treasurer OP Mainnet)0x644a…87e9discovery———treasury
polygonStargatePoolUSDC0x9aa0…7fe4TVL + disc✓———
polygonStargatePoolMigratable0xd47b…d4d7TVL + disc✓———
Polygonrouter (TokenMessaging Polygon)0x6ce9…0eacdiscovery———router
Polygontreasury (Treasurer Polygon)0x36ed…7d08discovery———treasury
scrollpool (StargatePoolNative ETH Scroll)0xc2b6…0583TVL + disc✗———
scrollpool (StargatePoolUSDC Scroll)0x3fc6…14e4TVL + disc✗———
Scrollrouter (TokenMessaging Scroll)0x4e42…4038discovery———router
Scrolltreasury (Treasurer Scroll)0xcbe7…588adiscovery———treasury
sei—0x0db9…b10aTVL————
sei—0x45d4…ac2eTVL————
Seirouter (TokenMessaging Sei)0x1502…5d3ddiscovery———router
Seitreasury (Treasurer Sei)0x873c…ed22discovery———treasury
soneium—0x45f1…263bTVL————
Soneiumpool (StargatePoolNative ETH Soneium)0x2f6f…7590discovery————
Soneiumrouter (TokenMessaging Soneium)0xaf54…9398discovery———router
Soneiumtreasury (Treasurer Soneium)0x06d5…173ediscovery———treasury
sonicStargatePoolUSDC0xa272…d8f9TVL + disc✓—0x313b…1bae—
Sonicrouter (TokenMessaging Sonic)0x2086…9b0fdiscovery———router
Sonictreasury (Treasurer Sonic)0xa7f3…2455discovery———treasury
stable—0x0829…970bTVL————
swellchain—0xcc05…6e74TVL————
unichainStargatePoolNative0xe9ab…7de7TVL + disc✓———
Unichainrouter (TokenMessaging Unichain)0xb1ee…86c3discovery———router
Unichaintreasury (Treasurer Unichain)0x6d20…2c35discovery———treasury
xdaiStargatePoolUSDC0xb1ee…86c3TVL✓———
xdaiStargatePool0xe9ab…7de7TVL + disc✓———
xDairouter (TokenMessaging Gnosis/xDai)0xaf36…bebfdiscovery———router
xDaitreasury (Treasurer Gnosis/xDai)0xf181…5d14discovery———treasury

Protocol Info

Links

[defillama] Source: DeFiLlama [:] Source: DEFI@home quorum

Security

[:] Source: DEFI@home quorum
Audits
16 audits
Security contact
unknown

Technical

[:] Source: DEFI@home quorum
Voting token
STG Ethereum: 0xaf5191b0de278c7286d6c7cc6ab6bb8a73ba2cd6
Upgradeability
Unknown

Provenance

[defillama] Source: DeFiLlama
Review status
listed
Updated
2026-09-28 12:50 UTC