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Every state-changing event for YO Protocol: moderation decisions on community submissions, plus corrections and updates from the news pipeline. URL-based decisions carry three independent witnesses — the original source, an Internet Archive snapshot taken at submission time, and a Solana memo signed by our publicly-disclosed publisher key.

  1. #1publishby system:backfill
    2026-05-27 19:45:53Z
    Score: ?? (no score change)
    anchoranchored
    chain
    mainnet-betaslot 422,568,357
    sig
    PJk9dyXzV6Kv…2wxevJtdexplorer ↗
    hash
    7fyS8S8cn8tp…87FKroDpsha256 → base58
    verifying row…full verify ↗
    canonical bytes (5674 B) ▸
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Independent security research published in September 2025 identified significant centralization risks, MEV attack vectors, and EIP-4626 compliance gaps that existing audits had not fully addressed. No hacks, exploits, or regulatory actions have been publicly confirmed against the protocol; a claimed ZachXBT flag has not been corroborated by any findable public source as of May 2026.","timeline":[{"date":"2022-10-01","event":"Exponential (later rebranded to YO Labs) raises $14 million seed round led by Paradigm, with FTX Ventures, Haun Ventures, Polygon, Solana Ventures, and Circle participating.","source":""},{"date":"2022-11-11","event":"FTX, a seed-round investor via FTX Ventures, collapses and files for bankruptcy amid fraud charges against founder Sam Bankman-Fried.","source":""},{"date":"2024-07-11","event":"Exponential.fi launches an all-in-one DeFi investing platform, setting the foundation for the YO Protocol rebrand.","source":""},{"date":"2025-01-15","event":"Offbeat Security completes audit of the yoVault contract, finding no critical or high-severity vulnerabilities.","source":""},{"date":"2025-01-21","event":"Hunter Security completes audit of the yoVault contract.","source":""},{"date":"2025-05-05","event":"YO Protocol's Immunefi bug bounty program goes live with a $10,000 maximum bounty for critical vulnerabilities.","source":""},{"date":"2025-05-29","event":"Spearbit completes audit of yoVault; audit confirms the onUnderlyingBalanceUpdate function can be sandwiched by MEV bots.","source":""},{"date":"2025-09-16","event":"Independent researcher Parlan publishes 'Yo Protocol's Unseen Dangers: Why Code Audits Aren't Enough,' identifying centralization, MEV, accounting, and EIP-4626 compliance risks.","source":""},{"date":"2025-12-13","event":"YO Labs raises $10 million Series A led by Foundation Capital, with Coinbase Ventures, Scribble Ventures, and Launchpad Capital participating, bringing total funding to $24 million.","source":""},{"date":"2026-01-30","event":"YO Protocol announces $YO token and tokenomics: 1 billion total supply, 8% genesis airdrop, 24% to core contributors, 16.5% to investors.","source":""},{"date":"2026-02-05","event":"Genesis airdrop claim portal opens for early depositors and points program participants.","source":""},{"date":"2026-02-24","event":"Zellic completes security audit of the yoVault Solana deployment.","source":""},{"date":"2026-04-13","event":"Accretion completes second audit of the yoVault Solana deployment.","source":""},{"date":"2026-05-06","event":"Genesis airdrop claim window closes.","source":""}]},"v":1}
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