Drift
AuditedVerifiedRisk AlertDrift is Solana's largest open-source perpetual futures DEX, offering cross-margined perps (up to 101x), spot/margin trading, lending, vaults, prediction markets, and dSOL liquid staking. Recovering from a $285M admin-key exploit in April 2026.
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The Problem
Perpetual futures and cross-margined trading on Solana required either CEX-style trust assumptions or fragmented liquidity across multiple DEX venues with poor execution.
The Solution
Drift unifies orderbook, vAMM, and JIT-auction matching into a single cross-margined engine where one collateral pool backs perps, spot margin, and lending — delivering CEX-like UX on-chain.
Why it Matters
The largest perp DEX on Solana by open interest and cumulative volume, with the deepest cross-product collateral integration on the chain. Currently recovering from the April 2026 admin-key exploit.
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What is Drift?+
Drift is a DEX protocol operating on Solana. Drift is Solana's largest open-source perpetual futures DEX, offering cross-margined perps (up to 101x), spot/margin trading, lending, vaults, prediction markets, and dSOL liquid staking. Recovering from a $285M admin-key exploit in April 2026.
How does Drift work?+
Drift unifies orderbook, vAMM, and JIT-auction matching into a single cross-margined engine where one collateral pool backs perps, spot margin, and lending — delivering CEX-like UX on-chain.
Is Drift safe?+
DeFi Sentinel rates Drift BB with a safety score of 61/100, indicating elevated risk. The score reflects five risk dimensions: smart contract & technical risk, economic design & market risk, governance & centralization, sustainability & competitive position, and reputation & social trust. Drift has 3 audits on record. DeFi Sentinel's analysis flagged 2 high, 8 medium, 2 low risk alerts across Smart Contract & Technical Risk, Economic Design & Market Risk, Governance & Centralization, Sustainability & Competitive Position and Reputation & Social Trust. As with all DeFi protocols, residual risk remains and users should review the full risk breakdown before depositing.
What is the safety score of Drift?+
Drift has a DeFi Sentinel safety score of 61/100 (rating BB), last updated September 16, 2026. The score is computed across smart contract & technical risk (30%), economic design & market risk (25%), governance & centralization (20%), sustainability & competitive position (15%), and reputation & social trust (10%).
Which chains does Drift support?+
Drift is deployed on Solana.
Has Drift been audited?+
Yes. Drift has 3 audit reports on record from firms including Trail of Bits, Neodyme, OtterSec. Audit reports and dates are linked under the Resources tab on this page.