Growth DeFi
Summary
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
1 entities · 10 linked investigationsTimeline(10 events)
2020-08-26
GRO token launches at approximately $19.66; Growth DeFi protocol goes live on Ethereum.
2020-11-23
Consensys Diligence begins V1 smart contract audit, completed December 11, 2020. Audit raises concerns about owner role permissions and DAO transition planning.
2021-02-08
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.
2021-02-09
Growth DeFi team announces SAFE token airdrop compensation plan for affected stkGRO/rAAVE holders and announces migration from rAAVE to gROOT on BSC.
2021-06-01
Consensys Diligence completes second audit covering GrowthDeFi WHEAT protocol.
2021-09-01
Growth DeFi integrates Chainlink price feeds on BSC for MOR stablecoin collateral pricing and liquidation processing.
2021-11-18
CertiK delivers audit of the Growth DeFi MOR contract.
2022-01-20
Growth DeFi onboarded to CertiK security leaderboard; Skynet trust score not activated.
2023-05-25
Multiple price aggregators report last received price data for GRO token, indicating near-complete cessation of trading activity.
2026-05-28
Protocol TVL stands at approximately $22,249 (DefiLlama); GRO and xGRO tokens trade at near-zero valuations with negligible volume.
Decision Log
- hash: 6YLjnYQ583RH9SwV6aMGNz6zPa2e29jyt25JicaqjU3o
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain and source URLs are archived via the Internet Archive.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 5/4/2026, 2:54:59 AM
last updated: 5/28/2026, 6:46:29 PM
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