Aftermath Staked SUI
AFSUI
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AFSUI (Aftermath Staked SUI) represents Aftermath Finance's liquid staking derivative on the Sui network. Active development is healthy (Score 7/10) with an actively maintained TypeScript SDK, recent documentation updates through early 2026, and SIP-6 participation. Tokenomics (Score 6/10) functions on an elastic receipt model with ~2.96M circulating tokens, though single-protocol risk and lack of a native governance token remain drawbacks. On the downside, community engagement is minimal with no dedicated DAO layer (Score 3/10), and market adoption is weak (Score 3/10) with a market cap of only $2.3M–$2.5M and limited liquidity. Team and governance (Score 5/10) remains centralized with a semi-public founder and no formal governance token. In Security and Audit History (Score 5.5/10), a qualifying red-flag exploit occurred: 'Aftermath Finance suffered a security exploit in its perpetual futures (perps) protocol. Per SlowMist's hacked-database entry, the vulnerability stemmed from a flaw in fee accounting logic allowing negative "builder code" fees, enabling the attacker to inflate synthetic collateral and drain approximately $1.14 million in USDC across 11 transactions in about 36 minutes.' (April 29, 2026). Although the liquid staking contract was not directly drained, the issuer-level accounting exploit of >$1M with undisclosed full remediation triggers the red-flag cap, limiting the overall score to 5.0.
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About Aftermath Staked SUI (AFSUI)
Aftermath Staked SUI (AFSUI, or afSUI) is a liquid staking receipt token issued by Aftermath Finance on the Sui blockchain. Operating under the Sui Improvement Proposal framework (SIP-6) for decentralized liquid staking, afSUI is minted when users deposit native SUI into the protocol. Stakers are able to select their own validators, and staking rewards accrue dynamically to the afSUI token by increasing its exchange rate relative to SUI across 24-hour epochs. The token allows holders to maintain liquidity and deploy their staked assets across various decentralized finance applications on Sui, including Scallop, Cetus, and Bucket Protocol.
The token functions under an elastic supply mechanism with no fixed cap or vesting schedule, where tokens are minted or burned upon staking and unstaking. Governance over the protocol remains centralized under a semi-public founder known as Kevin, without a dedicated decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) or native platform governance token. While Aftermath Finance actively maintains technical resources such as documentation and a TypeScript software development kit, afSUI maintains relatively low market traction and thin liquidity across decentralized exchange pools.
In terms of security, Aftermath Finance experienced a protocol-level exploit on April 29, 2026, when an attacker exploited a fee-accounting flaw involving negative builder code fees within its perpetual futures platform, resulting in the theft of approximately $1.14 million in USDC. Although the afSUI liquid staking smart contract was not directly breached or drained and afSUI did not depeg, partner protocols such as Bucket Protocol temporarily set the afSUI mint cap to zero as a risk-mitigation measure following the incident. While Aftermath Finance reports formal audits conducted by OtterSec, detailed audit report contents and complete post-incident forensic disclosures were not independently verified.