Research

The Modern Role of Crypto Oracles: From Price Messengers to Intelligent Feeds

The recent oracle incident involving the deUSD Euler market reignited a critical debate: What’s the purpose of an oracle, and where should its responsibilities begin and end?

Introducing Pendle PT Risk Oracle

Chaos Labs has developed the Principal Token Risk Oracle, a purpose-built framework that reimagines how PTs are priced and risk-managed in DeFi protocols such as Aave. This unlocks a new paradigm of capital-efficient, resilient lending infrastructure.

Staking Penalties on Ethereum's Consensus Layer: Implications for wstETH and Other LSTs and LRTs

Chaos Labs Smart Value Recapture (SVR) Monitoring Platform

Chaos Labs is pleased to announce the launch of the Smart Value Recapture (SVR) monitoring platform, enabling granular monitoring of SVR liquidation performance within the Aave Protocol.

Ethena Integrates Edge Proof of Reserves

Ethena has officially integrated Edge Proof of Reserves (PoR). With this integration, reliable, independent reserve verification is now live for USDe—providing a higher-frequency, programmatic alternative to traditional attestations.

USD₮0 Mechanism Design Review

We conducted a comprehensive risk assessment of USD₮0—an omnichain stablecoin backed 1:1 by USDT on Ethereum.

Pendle PT Risk Framework

Pendle v2 Mechanism Risk Assessment

AVS Risk Assessment Methodology

This model quantifies maximum slashing risk, referred to here as Value at Risk (VaR), by analyzing slashing behavior across multiple node operators and AVSs. Notably, slashing one operator on a particular AVS does not guarantee that others will be slashed simultaneously, nor does slashing on one AVS imply slashing on all AVSs secured by the same operator.

dydx Re-launch Rewards Explainers

Market makers and traders can earn dydx rewards based on their activity and contributions, with traders earning points through taker fees and market makers earning points by fulfilling orders and providing liquidity. Points are weighted differently across markets, and rewards are distributed proportionally based on a 7-day TWAP of the dydx price.

Edge AI Alpha Release

The alpha release of Edge AI Oracle brings a new standard of truth-seeking and transparency to decentralized ecosystems. Powered by LangChain and LangGraph, it delivers scalable, impartial data resolutions for prediction markets and beyond. Upcoming releases will focus on decentralization, developer tools, and high-integrity data products, paving the way for next-gen on-chain applications.

Trusting Trust in the Age of AI

While resources are heavily invested in improving frontier models and optimizing prompts, the true challenge lies in how AI systems retrieve and rank information. Chaos Labs identifies the greatest risk in AI-generated misinformation infiltrating the data pipeline. If AI agents are unknowingly trained on manipulated or sybilled content, it becomes nearly impossible to trust their outputs. This vulnerability is exacerbated by unreliable document ranking systems, which prioritize popularity and commercial interests over accuracy. The Dead Internet Theory, which warns of a future where human-created content is drowned out by machine-generated noise, serves as a chilling reminder of what’s at stake if these systems are not carefully safeguarded.