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ether.fi

3 placements on ChainChoice under ether.fi, each scored against its own category's pool and criteria — #1 in one of them. The placements are not averaged and not ranked against each other: a #1 exchange and a #6 crypto card are two different products in two different markets.

Crypto Cards
ether.fi Cash
Rank#1 OverallScore79

Leads the published order

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Restaking
ether.fi
Rank#3 OverallScore72

#1 in this category: EigenLayer (EigenCloud) native restaking

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Yield Vaults
ether.fi Liquid
Rank#6 OverallScore62

#1 in this category: Yearn (v3)

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Crypto Cards
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
  • Regulatory failure: no licence where you are, or a forced market exit.
    Scored by Whose licence is actually behind this card, and will they even tell me their name? · 21% (ether.fi Cash 4/10)
    Scored by Does buying a coffee create a taxable disposal, and will they hand me the record? · 20% (ether.fi Cash 8/10)
  • Exit failure (ether.fi Cash 7/10): you cannot get out at par, on time, or with what is yours.
    Scored by Will this card still work next month, and who has to fail for it to stop? · 26%
Not assessed by this ranking: Control failure, Liveness failure, Custody failure, Insolvency failure, Execution failure, Information failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means. Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: What does one swipe abroad actually cost me, and can I work that out before I sign up? (33%).
Restaking
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
  • Contract failure: the code holding the funds is exploited.
    Scored by What has actually gone wrong here, what did it cost, and did the vendor own it? · 26% (ether.fi 8/10)
    Scored by Does the wrapper tell me what it runs on, and is what it tells me still true today? · 14% (ether.fi 5/10)
  • Control failure (ether.fi 5/10): a key or vote changes the rules, freezes or mints.
    Scored by What exactly can be taken from me, and who gets to decide? · 34%
  • Exit failure (ether.fi 5/10): you cannot get out at par, on time, or with what is yours.
    Scored by How long until I actually have my ETH back on the worst day, not the good one? · 26%
Not assessed by this ranking: Insolvency failure, Regulatory failure, Execution failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means.
Yield Vaults
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
  • Contract failure (ether.fi Liquid 4/10): the code holding the funds is exploited.
    Scored by Strategy risk honesty · 24%
  • Control failure (ether.fi Liquid 3/10): a key or vote changes the rules, freezes or mints.
    Scored by Mandate accountability · 30%
  • Exit failure (ether.fi Liquid 4/10): you cannot get out at par, on time, or with what is yours.
    Scored by Exit mechanics under stress · 26%
Not assessed by this ranking: Regulatory failure, Execution failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means. Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: Fee transparency (20%).