Rho Protocol

Description sourced from DeFiLlama's protocol metadata; teams submit their own copy when listing.

Rho Protocol is published as a versioned release inside the Rho protocol family. Releases inside the same family typically share governance, brand, and large parts of the audit history, but each version can run materially different contract logic — a release labelled v2 or v3 is not just a UI refresh. Newer versions inside a family typically launch with their own audit cycle and parameter set, so do not assume the previous release's safety record carries over without checking the linked audit reports.

Fork lineage and parent-protocol relationships are tracked by DeFiLlama for security and audit-history attribution; a fork inherits the upstream design but not necessarily the upstream audits or governance.

Rho Protocol is a versioned release inside a larger protocol family. View the parent for combined TVL and all sibling versions.

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1. May 23, 2025
   Listed on DeFiLlama

Rho Protocol is a Derivatives protocol where traders open leveraged, perpetual, or option positions priced off oracle feeds and settled in collateral held by the contract. It is deployed on Arbitrum. The codebase has been independently audited (1 report on file).

Rho Protocol is a single-chain protocol, deployed exclusively on Arbitrum — this concentrates execution risk but simplifies the trust model. Only one audit report is currently listed; users should weigh that against the protocol's TVL before depositing significant amounts.

Verified external resources for Rho Protocol — use these to read the source code, follow governance discussions, or cross-check on-chain data against the original team's channels.

Rho Protocol is one of 7 Derivatives protocols Mantapex tracks in this category. Direct peers ranked by total value locked include Jupiter Perpetual Exchange, Hyperliquid HLP, Drift Trade, and 3 more. These peer protocols collectively secure $2.3B in deposits, giving you a frame of reference for whether Rho Protocol's own TVL is at the top, middle, or tail of the category.

Jupiter Perpetual Exchange

TVL $910.6M · 24h -0.27%

Hyperliquid HLP

TVL $431.7M · 24h +0.11%

Drift Trade

TVL $334.4M · 24h +0.22%

GMX V2 Perps

TVL $267.5M · 24h -0.08%

Extended

TVL $196.4M · 24h +0.06%

dYdX V4

TVL $125.3M · 24h +0.58%