New ERC-20 approval to unverified contract from whale
Axelar Network's assessment for RD-F-096 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
No whale/high-TVL user approval to unverified contract interacting with Axelar detected. User-level signal; V2-deferred. Axelar's bridge architecture means user approvals are to the verified AxelarGateway contracts rather than unverified intermediaries in the core flow.
Sources #
- EtherscanAxelar: Gateway — Etherscan verifiedAxelarGateway proxy 0x4F4495243837681061C4743b74B3eEdf548D56A5 — verified contract; user approvals target verified contractretrieved 2026-05-17
Methodology #
Detect whether a top-TVL depositor grants a new token approval to an unverified contract that interacts with this protocol.
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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol axelar factor RD-F-096 score green collected_at 2026-05-16 21:57:49