★ Flash-loanable voting weight

Axelar Network's assessment for RD-F-036 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

Axelar uses Cosmos-SDK x/gov. Voting weight is staked AXL on Cosmos chain with ~21-day unbonding period. AXL staking is NOT flash-loanable (Cosmos PoS, not EVM token balance). Cross-chain gateway commands require ≥2/3 of validators by quadratic-weighted stake — not vulnerable to EVM flash loans. Structurally immune to Beanstalk-class attack.

Sources #

URL
Axelar Deep Dive — LI.FI BlogLI.FI deep dive: Axelar quadratic voting model — staked AXL on Cosmos chain, not flash-loanableretrieved 2026-05-17
Docs
Axelar Security Model — DocsAxelar security: threshold of validators weighted by square root of stakes coauthorize every cross-chain requestretrieved 2026-05-17

Methodology #

Determine whether governance voting power is a function of current token balance of a transferable token with no lock or checkpoint, making it flash-loan susceptible.

See the full factor methodology and distribution across all protocols →

rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol axelar factor RD-F-036 score green collected_at 2026-05-16 21:57:49