Zest V2

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

Zest V2 is published as a versioned release inside the Zest 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.

Zest V2 is a versioned release inside a larger protocol family. View the parent for combined TVL and all sibling versions.

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1. Feb 23, 2026
   Listed on DeFiLlama

Zest V2 is a Lending protocol that lets users supply assets as collateral, borrow against them, and earn interest from borrowers paying variable or stable rates. It is deployed on Stacks. No public audit reports are listed on DeFiLlama for this protocol.

Zest V2 is a single-chain protocol, deployed exclusively on Stacks — this concentrates execution risk but simplifies the trust model. Roughly 100% of its on-chain value sits on just three networks (Stacks, Stacks-borrowed, borrowed), so a fault on any one of them would affect a large slice of users. Price discovery relies on 2 oracle providers (Pyth, DIA), which diversifies the data-feed surface but also expands the set of third parties users implicitly trust. No public audit reports are linked from DeFiLlama for this protocol despite a non-trivial TVL — treat any deposit as carrying material smart-contract risk.

Verified external resources for Zest V2 — use these to read the source code, follow governance discussions, or cross-check on-chain data against the original team's channels.

Zest V2 is one of 7 Lending protocols Mantapex tracks in this category. Direct peers ranked by total value locked include Aave V3, Morpho V1, JustLend, and 3 more. These peer protocols collectively secure $43.4B in deposits, giving you a frame of reference for whether Zest V2's own TVL is at the top, middle, or tail of the category.

Aave V3

TVL $26.2B · 24h +0.16%

Morpho V1

TVL $7B · 24h +0.57%

JustLend

TVL $3.4B · 24h +1.86%

Maple

TVL $2.4B · 24h -1.17%

SparkLend

TVL $2.2B · 24h +3.62%

Kamino Lend

TVL $2.1B · 24h -0.02%