DeFi

Run your protocol at
the DeFi standard

Ground every decision, deployment, and incident response in verified outcomes.

Governance simulation · Live
Aave V3 · vnet
GIP-247
simulated against live state
Raise USDC reserve factor
15% → 45%
Position book · liveawaiting…
Positions at risk47
Projected user exposure$11.6M
Invariants broken4
Recommendation
The value promise

Operate at the standard institutional capital demands

Validate governance proposals, test cross-chain execution, and monitor onchain behavior to maintain protocol integrity in production.

01

Test protocol execution before production

Validate cross-chain protocol logic and behavior, test complex strategies for optimal yield, and verify every protocol decision against the real state to surface production risks.

02

Run confidently in production

Maintain protocol reliability and intended execution by monitoring core invariant behavior, tracking liquidity movements, and detecting onchain issues before they become incidents.

03

Demonstrate operational maturity to partners & customers

Attract institutional capital allocation by demoing custom protocol integrations to strategic partners while enabling customers to run strategies on top of your protocol with confidence.

How Tenderly makes this possible

How leading DeFi teams run protocol operations

Cross-chain deployment and testing

Test, stage, and validate before production

Simulate every contract change, integration, and cross-chain flow in a production-synced environment for a single or multiple chains. Stage entire applications on a shared state, test bridge failures and oracle edge cases against real conditions, and validate end-to-end across every chain your protocol runs on.

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Test, stage, and validate before production
Institutional sandbox environments

Demo integrations to institutional partners

Model protocol integrations for financial institutions before they commit capital. Create custom integration demos with real contracts, positions, and oracle prices so partners can simulate allocations into vaults and strategies, test integration flows, and verify outcomes. Provide proof with documented execution, shareable transaction traces, and reproducible outcomes.

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Demo integrations to institutional partners
Vault & strategy validation

Validate parameter changes against the live position book

Simulate vault performance and optimize yield-generating strategies for optimal returns. Preview the impact of parameter updates across every chain, uncovering cascading effects across positions. Stress-test strategy execution under oracle deviations, liquidity drains, and depeg scenarios.

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Validate parameter changes against the live position book
Protocol health and invariant monitoring

Catch invariant breaks and oracle staleness before they cascade

Monitor oracle freshness, invariant behavior, and asset movements across every market and chain. Detect the conditions that lead to a cascade before they trigger one and respond with simulation-verified actions so no automated response executes without a known outcome.

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Catch invariant breaks and oracle staleness before they cascade
Governance impact validation

Preview governance votes before they pass

Predict the cascading effect of governance proposals before they reach real markets. Simulate governance execution to preview first-order liquidations and exposure across addresses and positions. Identify unwanted consequences on markets across chains in seconds.

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Preview governance votes before they pass
By protocol type

How different protocol teams use Tenderly

Lending protocols

Simulate every parameter change against the live position book before governance votes pass. Stress-test markets under oracle deviations, liquidations, and depegs to surface bad-debt scenarios early, and demonstrate institutional-grade risk controls to lenders and capital partners with simulation-verified outcomes.

Cascade risk modeling
Oracle deviation testing
Liquidation stress tests
Bad-debt surfacing
Per-address exposure
Cross-chain governance
Invariant checking
Historical replay
Proven in production

The simulation engine behind DeFi's key protocols