Venus Protocol is BNB Chain's leading decentralized lending and stablecoin protocol, combining Compound-style money markets with Maker-style CDP issuance (VAI), with ~$1.21B TVL across Core Pool, eight isolated pools, and seven supported chains.
Core Pool · 8 Isolated Pools · VAI Stablecoin — tap any pool to inspect it
Each isolated pool has an independent risk budget and Risk Fund. A collateral failure in the Meme Pool (e.g., the 2026 THE donation attack) cannot drain the Core Pool or adjacent pools.
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The Core Pool is Venus's original shared Compound-fork market. It holds the highest-quality assets (BNB, BTCB, ETH, USDT, USDC) and has the highest TVL (~$1.18B). Bad debt here affects all Core Pool suppliers.
~$2.15M bad debt from the March 2026 THE donation attack is still outstanding. The Risk Fund accrues from reserve interest and liquidation bonuses.
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BNB Chain users historically lacked a fully on-chain money market with a native stablecoin under one application; siloed lending and minting added friction and trust requirements.
Venus combines Compound-style algorithmic lending with Maker-style VAI minting in one dApp, plus isolated pools for risk segmentation and a per-pool Risk Fund for shortfall coverage.
Largest lending market on BNB Chain (~$1.18B BSC TVL), multi-chain expansion (Ethereum, Arbitrum, zkSync, Base, Unichain, Optimism, opBNB), native CDP stablecoin (VAI), three-tier timelock governance with three scoped Guardian multisigs, and Chaos Labs-managed Risk Stewards.
Venus Protocol is a Lending protocol operating on BNB Chain, Ethereum, Arbitrum, zkSync Era, Base, Unichain, Optimism, opBNB. Venus Protocol is BNB Chain's leading decentralized lending and stablecoin protocol, combining Compound-style money markets with Maker-style CDP issuance (VAI), with ~$1.21B TVL across Core Pool, eight isolated pools, and seven supported chains.
DeFi Sentinel rates Venus Protocol AA with a safety score of 82/100, indicating very low risk. The score reflects five risk dimensions: smart contract & technical risk, economic design & market risk, governance & centralization, sustainability & competitive position, and reputation & social trust. Venus Protocol has 9 audits on record. As with all DeFi protocols, residual risk remains and users should review the full risk breakdown before depositing.
Venus Protocol has a DeFi Sentinel safety score of 82/100 (rating AA), last updated May 21, 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%).
Venus Protocol is deployed on BNB Chain, Ethereum, Arbitrum, zkSync Era, Base, Unichain, Optimism, opBNB.
Yes. Venus Protocol has 9 audit reports on record from firms including OpenZeppelin, Quantstamp, Certik. Audit reports and dates are linked under the Resources tab on this page.
