★ Deployer linked within 3 hops to DPRK/Lazarus

Ondo Finance's assessment for RD-F-125 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

No DPRK/Lazarus proximity found. OFAC SDN: no Ondo address in public designations. Chainalysis KelpDAO April 2026 report identifies Kelp as the DPRK target; Ondo's 4-DVN architecture was explicitly not affected. Team is fully doxxed Goldman/McKinsey alumni with US regulatory clearance (SEC probe closed Nov 2025 without charges). No Chainalysis or Elliptic public report links Ondo to Lazarus cluster.

Sources #

URL
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/12/08/ondo-token-gains-as-sec-ends-investigation-into-rwa-tokenization-platformretrieved 2026-04-28
URL
https://decrypt.co/364872/layerzero-pins-292m-kelpdao-bridge-hack-on-north-koreas-lazarus-groupretrieved 2026-04-28
URL
https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/kelpdao-bridge-exploit-april-2026/retrieved 2026-04-28
URL
https://ondo.finance/blog/ondo-security-philosophyretrieved 2026-04-28

Methodology #

Determine whether the deployer address has an on-chain path of ≤3 hops to a Chainalysis/OFAC DPRK-labeled cluster address.

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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol ondo-finance factor RD-F-125 score green collected_at 2026-05-14 12:01:55