DEUS DAO
Last changed 2026-10-10 · Score recalculated — Rescored under Scoring v2, the published formula (avoid.net/scoring): 12 → 36. Problems weighed by who is responsible: incidents the subject suffered −20, concerns that are not fraud −19.2, problems around the subject, caused by others −1.5; legitimacy credit long-running +2; the penalty for incidents it suffered is capped at 20. Version history →
Why this score
| Every page starts at | 65 |
| Concerns that are not fraud | -19.2 |
| Incidents it suffered (e.g. hacks) | -20 |
| Problems around it, caused by others | -1.5 |
| Long-running | +2 |
| Sum | 26 |
- The penalty for incidents it suffered is capped at 20 points.
Score: 36/100 (kept between 0 and 100)
How scoring works →Summary
DEUS DAO (also known as DEUS Finance) is a Fantom-based decentralized derivatives and lending protocol that suffered three major security exploits between March 2022 and May 2023, resulting in cumulative losses of approximately $22–23 million. The protocol's algorithmic stablecoin DEI permanently lost its dollar peg in 2022 and was never restored to stability. No regulatory or law enforcement actions against the protocol have been publicly identified.
Connected Entities
7 entities · 60 linked investigations- Fantom (Sonic Labs)→mentioned with→Multichain(80%)
- DEUS Finance→mentioned with→Arbitrum(70%)
- DEUS Finance→mentioned with→Multichain(75%)
- DEUS DAO→mentioned with→Fantom (Sonic Labs)(80%)
- DEUS DAO→mentioned with→Terra/Luna(65%)
- Multichain→mentioned with→Fantom (Sonic Labs)(80%)
- DEUS DAO→mentioned with→Frax Finance(80%)
- DEUS Finance→mentioned with→DEUS DAO(80%)
- DEUS DAO→mentioned with→DEUS Finance(80%)
- DEUS DAO→mentioned with→Multichain(75%)
- + 4 more
Connected Through
7 shared actors · 282 investigationsDistinct actors this investigation shares with others — holders, traders, and named parties. Shared infrastructure (exchanges, pools) is excluded.
- □Arbitrumorganization
- □Terra/Lunaorganization
- □Fantom (Sonic Labs)organization
- □Multichainorganization
Timeline(8 events)
15 March 2022
First exploit: attacker uses flash loan to manipulate the USDC/DEI price oracle on Fantom, stealing approximately $3 million in DAI and ETH. Stolen funds routed through Tornado Cash.
CoinDesk15 March 2022
DEUS Finance closes affected lending contracts and announces 1:1 user reimbursement plan funded by DAO treasury. Team commits to upgrading to VWAP oracles.
Crypto Daily28 April 2022
Second exploit: attacker takes $143 million USDC flash loan, purchases 9.5 million DEI to manipulate oracle price on Fantom, drains ~$13.4 million from lending pool. Same oracle-manipulation vector as March attack.
CoinDesk28 April 2022
DEUS team states no user accounts were liquidated, frames losses as protocol-level. Stolen funds routed through Tornado Cash.
The Record (Recorded Future)May 2022
DEI stablecoin begins sustained depeg. Reduced liquidity following the April exploit, combined with fallout from the Terra/UST collapse, causes DEI to fall to $0.52 — a loss of approximately 48% from its $1 peg.
CoinTelegraph12 May 2022
DEUS Finance halts DEI redemptions to attempt stabilization amid Terra ecosystem collapse contagion. Team announces plan to make DEI fully collateralized.
Decrypt5 May 2023
Third exploit: a parameter-ordering bug in the DEI token contract's burnFrom function is exploited across BNB Smart Chain and Arbitrum. Approximately $6–7 million stolen. Some funds recovered by alleged whitehat actors.
Web3 Is Going Great8 May 2023
Approximately $5.5 million of the May 2023 exploit's $7 million in stolen funds recovered and returned by alleged whitehat participants. DEUS team pauses all contracts and burns DEI tokens.
Web3 Is Going GreatDecision Log
- slot 455363511 · hash 7A31a5Mho7Mb8u4RUtzU7uumrod21nixmsw4BGJnAH3e
- slot 423324515 · hash CGZh4pS3oLuw5BdkjvTW3aV6tn1iSuW5FuJiR1cp6qYP
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (2 decisions). 14 of 17 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 5/31/2026, 6:59:12 AM
last updated: 10/10/2026, 6:43:21 PM
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