ARA Finance
Last changed 2026-10-10 · Score recalculated — Rescored under Scoring v2, the published formula (avoid.net/scoring): 14 → 50. Problems weighed by who is responsible: concerns that are not fraud −30, problems around the subject, caused by others −2.3; legitimacy credit long-running +8; no longer operating, so capped at 50. Version history →
Why this score
| Every page starts at | 65 |
| Concerns that are not fraud | -30 |
| Problems around it, caused by others | -2.3 |
| Long-running | +8 |
| Sum | 41 |
- No longer operating, so capped at 50.
Score: 50/100 (kept between 0 and 100)
How scoring works →Summary
ARA Finance is an Avalanche-based DeFi project that launched in December 2021, combining a yield farm (Goose/Masterchef fork) with a decentralized reserve currency protocol modeled on Olympus DAO (OHM). The project underwent a failed v1 launch, published a postmortem acknowledging market collapse, and pivoted to a v2 with minimal transparency. As of 2026, the protocol is effectively defunct with a TVL of approximately $1,500, a token classified as a dead coin, and an anonymous team that ceased meaningful communication.
Connected Entities
5 entities · 60 linked investigations- ARA Finance→mentioned with→Goose Finance(80%)
- ARA Finance→mentioned with→Avalanche(70%)
- ARA Finance→mentioned with→OlympusDAO(70%)
- ARA Finance→mentioned with→ZachXBT(70%)
Connected Through
4 shared actors · 426 investigationsDistinct actors this investigation shares with others — holders, traders, and named parties. Shared infrastructure (exchanges, pools) is excluded.
- □ZachXBTorganization
- □Avalancheorganization
- □OlympusDAOorganization
- ⌂Goose Financeprotocolalso in
Timeline(7 events)
20 December 2021
ARA token launched on Avalanche. RugDoc review conducted prior to launch flagged no Masterchef timelock and per-block emission antipattern.
RugDoc project reviews (AraFinance, AraFinance Token)21 December 2021
ARA Finance DApp (farm and reserve currency protocol) launched on Avalanche.
RugDoc project review2022
OlympusDAO and its Avalanche-based forks began suffering cascading losses as the DeFi 2.0 bull market reversed; OHM halved within hours after a major token holder dumped $11 million.
Protos — DAO Leader Causes Cascade Across Rebase Tokens2022
ARA Finance v1 Postmortem published on Medium, acknowledging the ARA market had 'turned down' and the v1 farm had failed despite fee-free structure.
Ara Finance — Medium2022
ARA Finance team announced transition to v2 via Medium article 'ARA aka ARA v2,' with no detailed accounting of v1 treasury or developer actions.
Ara Finance — Medium28 December 2022
ARA token recorded a variant all-time high of $0.003674 on CoinPaprika, after which price declined to effectively zero.
CoinPaprika — ARA TokenMay 2026
Protocol TVL stands at approximately $1,500 with no change over 30 days. Token has zero active exchange listings and is classified as a dead coin on CoinRanking.
AlphaGrowth; CoinRankingDecision Log
- slot 455359940 · hash HZoTanwKECLDdbqR6DgAeL1zNTsPsUqNASZmapAERGZf
- slot 423155338 · hash 4QSMrNWv82LkgEvjV9RJBEnreCYuLqFKsrEcZqcXmSA5
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (2 decisions). 10 of 16 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-sonnet-4-5
generated: 5/4/2026, 2:54:40 AM
last updated: 10/10/2026, 6:41:07 PM
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