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Raydium

DEX · RAY · $0.95B TVL. Screen grades as of November 12, 2026: Solvency BBB, Legitimacy BBB, Growth B. Memecoin-cycle revenue beta; LaunchLab response to pump.fun exit.

Data As Of November 12, 2026 Methodology v1.1 (screen, provisional) Previous Screen July 27, 2026 Caps Triggered 0
SolvencyCREDIT GRADE
BBB
64.8 / 100
Will it survive and pay users back?
Legitimacy
BBB
63 / 100
Is it real, credible, delivering its stated aim?
GrowthOUTLOOK
B
34.8 / 100
Adoption toward the protocol's own goal, peer-relative.
Re-screen · November 12, 2026

What Changed Since July 27, 2026

Input / GradeJuly 27, 2026November 12, 2026
TVL$1.5B$0.95B
12-month TVL change-45%-44%
Worst 90-day drawdown50%31%
Drawdown scored50% (90-day only, v1.0)44% (worse of 90-day and 12-month, v1.1)
Solvency (credit grade)BBB · 64.8BBB · 64.8
GrowthB · 34.8B · 34.8

TVL figures: DefiLlama, parent-level listing. The July 27, 2026 TVL was an analyst estimate and may have used a narrower definition, so part of the TVL difference can be definitional. Only these three inputs were refreshed in the re-screen; sustainability, unlocks, risk, audits, team, delivery, governance, category share and momentum were left as the July 27, 2026 estimates.

Axis I · Credit Grade

Solvency — BBB

Solvency screens at BBB (64.8 / 100), unchanged from the July 27, 2026 screen. The worst 90-day TVL drawdown is 31% and 12-month TVL change is -44%. TVL stability is scored on the 12-month decline of 44%, because it is worse than the latest 90 days. Sustainability ratio (4x), unlock pressure (3%) and risk quality (6 / 10) are carried over from July 27, 2026.

Solvency ScorecardBBB
MetricRawNormalizedWeightWeighted
Sustainability ratio (revenue / emissions)4x
30%24
Does it earn more than it prints? Above 1x is self-sustaining.
TVL stability (worse of 90-day drawdown and 12-month decline)44%
25%10
Bank-run indicator. Worst 90-day drawdown 31%, 12-month TVL change -44%; the worse of the two is scored, so a calm quarter cannot erase a long decline.
Unlock pressure (next 12 months)3%
15%12.8
Incoming insider sell pressure vs circulating supply.
Risk quality (collateral, oracle, exploit posture)6 / 10
30%18
Combined collateral quality, price-feed dependence, and loss history.
FINAL DIMENSION SCORE64.8 → BBB
Axis II · Legitimacy Score

Legitimacy — BBB

Legitimacy screens at BBB (63 / 100). No Legitimacy input was refreshed in the November 12, 2026 re-screen, so the grade is unchanged from July 27, 2026.

Legitimacy ScorecardBBB
MetricRawNormalizedWeightWeighted
Audit coverage7 / 10
25%17.5
Code credibility: firms, recency, findings resolved.
Team & transparency7 / 10
25%17.5
Doxxed vs anonymous; track record; disclosure quality.
Delivery vs stated roadmap8 / 10
20%16
Does shipped product match the promise? The core legitimacy test.
Governance & decentralization4 / 10
30%12
Real distributed control vs theater; participation quality.
FINAL DIMENSION SCORE63 → BBB
Axis III · Growth Outlook

Growth — B

Growth screens at B (34.8 / 100), unchanged from the July 27, 2026 screen. TVL is $0.95B, -44% over twelve months (it was -45% at the previous screen). Category share (12%) and momentum (4 / 10) are carried over from July 27, 2026.

Growth ScorecardB
MetricRawNormalizedWeightWeighted
TVL 12-month trend-44%
35%8.8
Adoption of the core product, in absolute terms.
Category market share12%
30%12
Peer-relative position: winning or losing its niche.
Momentum & users4 / 10
35%14
Usage trajectory and integration growth, filtered for incentives.
FINAL DIMENSION SCORE34.8 → B
Verdict

Where Raydium Lands

The credit grade is Solvency BBB. Legitimacy is BBB and the Growth outlook is B; the weakest axis is Growth. These grades use TVL data as of November 12, 2026 and qualitative inputs from July 27, 2026.

Credit Grade — Solvency
BBB
64.8 / 100

The credit grade answers one question: can Raydium survive stress and pay its users back. Legitimacy (BBB) and the Growth outlook (B) are published beside it and are never averaged into it. Weakest axis: Growth.

Analyst Note
Memecoin-cycle revenue beta; LaunchLab response to pump.fun exit.
Screen vs full rating. This is Methodology v1.1 applied in screening form: the same bands, weights, caps and grade scale as the full Aave workbook (with the v1.1 change to TVL stability described above), reduced to the highest-signal metrics per dimension so the whole universe stays comparable in one table. Screen grades are provisional. A full rating — per-metric sourcing plus four stress scenarios — is produced when a protocol is selected for publication. TVL, 12-month TVL change and 90-day drawdown are from DefiLlama, parent-level listing as of November 12, 2026; every other input is an analyst estimate as of July 27, 2026, drawn from public data (DefiLlama, protocol docs, governance forums, rekt.news) and judgment, and should be verified before being relied upon.
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Raydium (this page)BBBBBBB
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CurveBBBAB
PancakeSwapABBBBB
AerodromeBBBBBBB
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Analyst Commentary · July 27, 2026

Background From The Previous Screen

Dated commentary. Written for the July 27, 2026 screen under Methodology v1.0. Figures and grades quoted in it are as of that date. Where they differ from the scorecards above, the scorecards are current.

Overview

Raydium is Solana's incumbent AMM and was the primary liquidity venue of the memecoin boom — a position that produced spectacular fee revenue and equally spectacular revenue beta. When pump.fun internalized its own liquidity, Raydium lost its largest flow source overnight and answered with LaunchLab, its own launchpad.

Solvency

Solvency screens at BBB. The ~4x sustainability ratio is real but cyclical — it is memecoin-volume revenue, the most mean-reverting fee stream in DeFi. Halved TVL from peak and a 6/10 risk score (a 2022 exploit sits in the history) hold the score; minimal unlocks help it.

Legitimacy

Legitimacy screens at BBB: long operating history, steady shipping, adequate audits. Governance is thin (4/10) with RAY holding little practical authority over protocol direction.

Growth

Growth screens at B. A 45% TVL decline and fading momentum as the memecoin cycle cooled and its biggest customer became a competitor. LaunchLab is a rational counter-move that has yet to rebuild the lost flow.

Verdict

Composite B. The screen's read: a fee machine built on the most volatile order flow in crypto, now fighting for its distribution. Revenue durability is the entire question.