Volo Staked SUI
VSUI
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VSUI (Volo Staked SUI) is a liquid staking receipt token operating within the Sui ecosystem. The project demonstrates operational utility and ongoing development (6.5/10) alongside multiple published audits from OtterSec, MoveBit, and Hacken. Tokenomics (7.0/10) are structurally standard for liquid staking receipt tokens with dynamic supply and yield accrual. However, community infrastructure remains skeletal with inactive governance (2.5/10), trading liquidity is exceptionally thin with fragmented markets (5.0/10), and leadership remains anonymous with opaque governance processes (4.5/10).
Additionally, the protocol suffered a qualifying red-flag security incident: "On April 21–22, 2026, Volo Protocol suffered an exploit draining approximately $3.5 million from three of its vaults (WBTC, gold-backed XAUm, and USDC vaults)." While vSUI staking contracts did not share the exact vulnerability vector and the team pledged to absorb losses, the incident remains recent with remediation and compensation plans incomplete as of the reporting date. This triggers the red-flag cap, limiting the overall score to 5.0 (down from the mathematical weighted average of 5.18).
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Security & Audits
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About Volo Staked SUI (VSUI)
VSUI (Volo Staked SUI) is a liquid staking receipt token issued by Volo, a liquid staking and structured yield protocol on the Sui blockchain. In early 2024, Volo was acquired by the Sui-based lending protocol NAVI. When users deposit SUI into the protocol, they receive VSUI as a transferable receipt token. The token has no fixed supply cap or discretionary inflation schedules; instead, its supply expands and contracts dynamically in response to user deposits and withdrawals, with staking yields accruing through an adjusting exchange rate against SUI.
VSUI is integrated into Sui decentralized finance applications, including lending markets on NAVI. However, the token operates within a competitive landscape of Sui liquid staking tokens, including haSUI, afSUI, and sSUI. Market evaluations indicate that VSUI trades with thin daily volume, typically ranging between $13,000 and $37,000, across fragmented liquidity pools. Furthermore, protocol governance remains structurally undeveloped, with proposed DAO voting forums and proposal frameworks remaining inactive placeholders, and leadership remaining anonymous.
The protocol's core staking contracts have undergone audits by OtterSec, MoveBit, and Hacken. An initial July 2023 OtterSec audit identified fifteen findings, including a critical shares-calculation issue that allowed receipt tokens to be minted at a discounted rate, which was patched prior to deployment. On April 21–22, 2026, Volo Protocol suffered a security exploit in which approximately $3.5 million was drained from three yield-aggregator vaults (WBTC, gold-backed XAUm, and USDC). While the vSUI liquid staking contracts were not the direct attack vector and did not share the vulnerability, the incident affected the broader protocol suite. Protocol contributors froze vaults, blocked or recovered approximately $2 million of the compromised assets, and stated intentions to absorb user losses.