Yield Aggregators evaluated across inherited dependency surface, loss record, own code and inherited, total take-rate and whether it is published, and strategy change control.
Convex Finance
#1 of 7 · published ranking
Convex Finance
81ChainChoice Score
4199
Why it leads
Best in the pool on dependency surface and inherited exploit record
Cost
Not priced· No published rate on this basis
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Ranked on 4 published criteria weighted 30/30/20/20, which set goal alignment — 30 of the 86 points. The rest: regional access 20, evidence depth 18, ease of use 10, institutional trust 8. Profile match is shown in breakdowns but carries no weight.
Audit
Infrastructure
Methodology
2026.09.15
published 2026-09-16
Providers tracked
980+
across 119 categories
Last verified
2026-09-15
newest dated pricing or sentiment read
Named on the roster
2 people
managing directors · 6 automated processes
Decision guide
What matters most before choosing in this category
The best aggregator depends on how many protocols you are willing to be exposed to, because an aggregator is a claim on everything its strategies route into — you hold its risk plus theirs. Losses count whether the bug was in its own code or in something it integrated, since the depositor loses either way. And retirement rate says more about strategy durability than any APY: one provider here has retired 3,471 of the 4,028 vaults it ever launched.
What matters most before choosing in this category
The best aggregator depends on how many protocols you are willing to be exposed to, because an aggregator is a claim on everything its strategies route into — you hold its risk plus theirs. Losses count whether the bug was in its own code or in something it integrated, since the depositor loses either way. And retirement rate says more about strategy durability than any APY: one provider here has retired 3,471 of the 4,028 vaults it ever launched.
How many underlying protocols are you willing to inherit risk from?
Has this aggregator ever lost funds — including through a protocol it merely integrated?
How quickly can the strategy change under you, and who authorises it?
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Convex Finance
Convex FinanceData checked Sep 2026
Boosted Curve LP staking; deposits route into Curve gauges
Boosted Curve LP staking; deposits route into Curve gauges. Strongest on inherited dependency surface (9/10): A Curve LP deposit is staked into its own Curve gauge. Convex names exactly two inherited platforms — "users are also beholden to any risks that pertain to the Curve.fi platform and Frax Finance platform, as Convex integrates directly with them" — and states "Convex is price agnostic and thus does not require oracles." Weakest on strategy change control (6/10): Routing is fixed per Curve pool, the 3-of-5 multisig "does NOT have direct access to user deposits" and shutdown paths leave withdrawals open. Against that, no timelock stands on any admin action by design, the only timelock (30 days) guards a force-shutdown path, and the multisig can add pools and move fees within ranges instantly. Published price: Curve LP deposits: 17% total fee on CRV revenue — 10% to cvxCRV stakers (paid as CRV), 4.5% to CVX stakers (paid as cvxCRV), 2% to treasury (paid as CRV), 0.5% to the harvest caller (paid as CRV).
Best forInherited dependency surface — 9/10
Main tradeoffTVL was $455.2M on 5 Aug 2026 against a peak of $21.17B on 5 Jan 2022 — a 97.9% drawdown. You are buying concentrated, undiversified exposure to Curve's continued existence, from a protocol whose own docs still describe an integration (Prisma) that died two years ago.
Verify before signupCurve LP deposits: 17% total fee on CRV revenue — 10% to cvxCRV stakers (paid as CRV), 4.5% to CVX stakers (paid as cvxCRV), 2% to treasury (paid as CRV), 0.5% to the harvest caller (paid as CRV). "Fees are taken only from CRV revenue; no fees are taken from tokens from incentivized Curve pools, nor from veCRV admin fees". The multisig can move each share only within hard-coded ranges (10-15%, 3-6%, 0-2%, 0.1-1.0%) under "an absolute fee ceiling of 20%". Convex's LP page states zero deposit and withdraw fees. Frax LPs pay 20% of FXS revenue; FXN-boosted LPs pay 17%.
Methodology
How this category is reviewed
Reviewed on inherited dependency surface, loss record, own code and inherited, total take-rate and whether it is published, and strategy change control.
The order on this page is the published ranking for this category. Every criterion, weight and source behind it is on the methodology page.
Frequently asked
Questions people ask before choosing yield aggregators
What is the difference between staking and yield aggregator in crypto?
Staking secures a network and pays rewards for doing so. An aggregator routes your deposit through other protocols and compounds the result, which means the yield is real but so is every dependency it picked up on the way.
What is an inherited loss?
A loss that originated in a protocol the aggregator routed into rather than in its own contracts. It is scored the same as a first-party loss, because the depositor's outcome is identical and the routing decision was the aggregator's.
What matters most when choosing a yield aggregator?
The dependency surface and the loss record — 60% of the weight between them. Then the full take-rate, and how fast a strategy can change under you.
Why is a high retirement rate a warning?
Because it shows how many strategies stopped working. Vaults are retired when the underlying incentive dries up or the integration breaks, so a very high retirement rate tells you the shelf life of what you are about to deposit into.
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