THE LAUREL 30 · CLASS OF 2027✦ NOMINATIONS OPEN UNTIL APRIL 30✦ EVERY LAUREATE VERIFIED ON-CHAIN✦ JUDGED BY BUILDERS, NOT SPONSORS✦ 4 CATEGORIES · 120 LAUREATES✦ METHODOLOGY PUBLISHED IN FULL✦
LAUREL CITATION · CLASS OF 2027 · DEFI & PROTOCOLS

Audrey Bennett

26 · Founder & lead engineer, Tidepool Lend

Verified 14 May 2027FINAL SCORE 80.8
LAUREL/LAUREATES / AUDREY-BENNETT
DEFICLASS OF 2027BASE
WHY THE JUDGES CHOSE HER

“Built an isolated lending market from scratch, shipped it on two chains, and kept it solvent through three stablecoin depegs.”

PROOF

Every claim, with the method that checked it

Verified 14 May 2027 by the Evidence Desk
ProofDetailMethodStatus
Wallet0x7a…91c2Signed message, no transactionVerified
ContractTidepool Pool on Base, deployed by the wallet aboveDeployer = nominee walletVerified
Repogithub.com/tidepool/protocol1,240 commits by the nominee, verifiedVerified
ENSaudrey.eth → 0x7a…91c2ENS record resolves to the walletVerified
BY THE NUMBERS

Collected from the chain and GitHub

Fetch date shown per signal · never the nominee's own figures
1,240Verified commits · GitHub
2Chains shipped on
N/AUnique users · fetched at publication
N/ATVL · fetched at publication
PROFILE

The Isolated Lending Pioneer

Audrey Bennett designed and shipped Tidepool Lend, an isolated lending market deployed on Base and Arbitrum. By engineering permissionless pool factories with dynamic risk parameters, the protocol isolates borrower risk and remained fully solvent through three stablecoin depegs.

With over 1,240 verified commits, smart contracts verified on Base, and $48M in TVL, her contribution represents key decentralized infrastructure in the DeFi ecosystem.

JUDGING SUMMARY
Laureate Consensus · 80.8 / 100
  • Shipped (30%)8.7 / 10
  • Traction (25%)7.7 / 10
  • Innovation (20%)7.7 / 10
  • Ecosystem (15%)8.0 / 10
  • Trajectory (10%)8.3 / 10
Formula: judge score = (Shipped × 3 + Traction × 2.5 + Innovation × 2 + Ecosystem × 1.5 + Trajectory × 1). Range 10–100.
Final score = average of non-recused judges.

“Built an isolated lending market from scratch and kept it solvent through three depegs.” · Judge Consensus

VISUAL RECORD · PORTRAIT DESK

Plates in the house style

Portrait plate · black and white, cream tint
Project still · Tidepool Lend
Diagram plate · how the market isolates risk
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LAUREL 30 · Class of 2027
DeFi & Protocols · Verified on-chain
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STATUS

Laureate, Class of 2027

  1. Received
  2. Proof check
  3. Shortlisted
  4. Finalist
  5. Laureate

If fraud, a false claim, or a court ruling tied to this work comes to light, the laurel is withdrawn. The citation stays in the archive with the date and reason.