Audit firm tier
Symbiotic's assessment for RD-F-005 — scored yellow on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
Five of six firms are top-tier independent specialists: Zellic (Tier-1 EVM), ChainSecurity (Tier-1, ETH Foundation-linked), Certora (Tier-1 FV leader), OtterSec (Tier-1), Cantina (major competition platform). Statemind was co-founded by Symbiotic founders Misha Putyatin and Algys Ievlev - creating a conflict of interest that reduces the independence value of that particular audit engagement. Yellow due to the Statemind COI despite strong overall firm portfolio.
Sources #
- GitHubSymbiotic Core Audits Directorysymbioticfi/core/tree/main/audits listing all 6 audit PDFsretrieved 2026-05-16
- Symbiotic Founders and Statemind ConnectionBlockworks article confirming Misha Putyatin and Algys Ievlev founded both Statemind and Symbioticretrieved 2026-05-16
Methodology #
Classify each auditing firm into: Tier-1 (Trail of Bits / OpenZeppelin / ConsenSys Diligence / Certora / Sigma Prime / Spearbit / Zellic) / Tier-2 (established, named firm with public track record) / boutique / unknown.
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