Prior rug/exit-scam affiliation
stHYPE (Valantis Labs)'s assessment for RD-F-115 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
Web searches for 'Thunderhead Addison Spiegel rug exit scam' and 'Valantis Labs Deven Matthews Eduardo Carvalho rug hack incident' returned no relevant results. Thunderhead's profile (profitable since inception, no external funding, $90–400M AUM peak) is inconsistent with typical rug-deployer characteristics. Valantis Labs received institutional investment from SevenX, Cyber Fund, Kraken — these investors conduct due diligence that provides additional screening. REKT database confirmed empty for stHYPE/Thunderhead/Valantis per pipeline data cache.
Sources #
- Internal00-data-cache.json — rekt.incidentsrekt.incidents: [] — no incidents in REKT for stHYPE; no rug/exit-scam history recordedretrieved 2026-05-17
- Valantis Acquires stHYPE (Chainwire 2025-08-19)Thunderhead background — profitable since inception, team of 6, no external funding; consistent with legitimate operatorretrieved 2026-05-17
Methodology #
Determine whether any team member is linked via verified OSINT to a prior rug or exit-scam-labeled protocol.
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