Growth DeFi
Last changed 2026-11-02 · Fact-check review — Fact-check review (verdict: revise): the reviewer checked the page's claims against its sources; the trust score did not change. Version history →
Why this score
| Every page starts at | 65 |
| Concerns that are not fraud | -3.2 |
| Incidents it suffered (e.g. hacks) | -3.2 |
| Problems around it, caused by others | -1.6 |
| Long-running | +10 |
| Sum | 67 |
- No longer operating, so capped at 50.
- 2 sections set aside: the claims did not hold up in a fact-check, pending correction.
Score: 50/100 (kept between 0 and 100)
How scoring works →Page reliability: Fact-checked 2026-11-02 · 1 of 6 claims confirmed · 3 need better sources · 2 disputed
anchored·4F9pyr…dam2Summary
Growth DeFi is a Binance Smart Chain (BSC) yield aggregator and DeFi ecosystem founded in 2020, offering the GRO governance token, the WHEAT yield optimizer, and the MOR overcollateralized stablecoin. On February 8, 2021, the protocol suffered a flashloan price oracle exploit targeting its stkGRO/rAAVE staking contract, resulting in approximately $1.3–1.4 million in stolen funds with no full recovery. As of 2026, the protocol has an extremely low TVL of roughly $22,000 and the GRO token trades at near-zero valuations, indicating near-complete abandonment.
Connected Entities
7 entities · 60 linked investigations- ZachXBT→mentioned with→Ethereum(70%)
- ZachXBT→mentioned with→Binance(60%)
- Fantom (Sonic Labs)→mentioned with→Binance(60%)
- Binance→mentioned with→Ethereum(65%)
- Growth DeFi→mentioned with→Fantom (Sonic Labs)(60%)
- Uniswap→mentioned with→Ethereum(80%)
- Chainlink→mentioned with→Ethereum(65%)
- Growth DeFi→mentioned with→ZachXBT(70%)
- Growth DeFi→mentioned with→Binance(65%)
- Growth DeFi→mentioned with→Uniswap(60%)
- + 2 more
Connected Through
6 shared actors · 572 investigationsDistinct actors this investigation shares with others — holders, traders, and named parties. Shared infrastructure (exchanges, pools) is excluded.
- □Ethereumorganization
- □ZachXBTorganization
- □Binanceorganization
- ⌂Uniswapprotocol
Timeline(10 events)
26 August 2020
GRO token launches at approximately $19.66; Growth DeFi protocol goes live on Ethereum.
23 November 2020
Consensys Diligence begins V1 smart contract audit, completed December 11, 2020. Audit raises concerns about owner role permissions and DAO transition planning.
8 February 2021
Critical flashloan price oracle exploit drains approximately $1.3–1.4 million (~801 ETH) from the stkGRO/rAAVE staking contract. Attacker: 0x5e05bc89ae5f21b48500d9685526e0dab421a04b. No funds recovered.
9 February 2021
Growth DeFi team announces SAFE token airdrop compensation plan for affected stkGRO/rAAVE holders and announces migration from rAAVE to gROOT on BSC.
June 2021
Consensys Diligence completes second audit covering GrowthDeFi WHEAT protocol.
September 2021
Growth DeFi integrates Chainlink price feeds on BSC for MOR stablecoin collateral pricing and liquidation processing.
18 November 2021
CertiK delivers audit of the Growth DeFi MOR contract.
20 January 2022
Growth DeFi onboarded to CertiK security leaderboard; Skynet trust score not activated.
25 May 2023
Multiple price aggregators report last received price data for GRO token, indicating near-complete cessation of trading activity.
28 May 2026
Protocol TVL stands at approximately $22,249 (DefiLlama); GRO and xGRO tokens trade at near-zero valuations with negligible volume.
Decision Log
- slot 464380339 · hash J6ro89g7abwhmtnxCefebMi5TxGypZkyN7H5nk432spi
- slot 464380336 · hash EhRLByfStMmdjKS6fy5TRPY264h6XewsJZtHyrNGE1GY
- slot 461953940 · hash 4fuzMUKKiEGmpgmYS9BB7uF7nBcJwkzNK7gMjoYRPhN9
- slot 422777494 · hash 6YLjnYQ583RH9SwV6aMGNz6zPa2e29jyt25JicaqjU3o
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (4 decisions). 13 of 15 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 5/4/2026, 2:54:59 AM
last updated: 11/2/2026, 5:37:47 AM
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