Radiant
10 known investors
Radiant is a decentralized, community-governed omnichain money market protocol that lets users lend, borrow, and earn rewards across multiple blockchains by unifying fragmented Web3 liquidity. It operates as a DAO with the RDNT token, offering lockers who provide liquidity a share of platform fees paid in blue-chip assets.
Also known as Radiant Capital · RDNT
Investors · 10
Also in the syndicate · 1
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$300M disclosed across 1 of 3 rounds · 2025–2026
- $300MraisedDec 2025 · 3 sources
Boost VC (lead), Draper Associates (lead), ARK Venture Fund, Chevron Technology Ventures, Founders Fund
Source ↗ - Undisclosed amountSeries DDec 2025Source ↗
Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Radiant Capital is a decentralized lending and borrowing protocol designed to work across multiple blockchains. Users deposit supported assets on one chain and borrow assets on others, with the stated aim of letting depositors use any major asset on any major chain rather than interacting with isolated, chain-specific money markets. The protocol's documentation frames the goal as consolidating roughly $22 billion of liquidity fragmented across alternative layers, citing DefiLlama, and positions Radiant as a "corporate-grade" money market intended to meet enterprise and institutional expectations for security, reliability and scalability.
The protocol runs as a DAO governed by holders of the native RDNT token. Governance operates through a proposal process using Discourse for discussion, Snapshot for voting and DeWork for community execution, with locked RDNT liquidity serving as voting power; proposals that reach quorum and majority approval are implemented. Radiant's front page lists eight assets on Ethereum, including USDC, USDT, sDAI, ETH, wstETH and rETH, and cites more than 155,000 holders. Documentation covers deployments and contract sets on Arbitrum, Base, BNB Chain and Ethereum, a v1-to-v2 migration path, a remediation plan and exploited-contract list, a recovery bounty program, and a protocol sunset section.
Business model
Radiant operates as an on-chain money market: lenders supply assets to earn interest, borrowers draw liquidity against collateral without selling their positions, and the protocol captures interest and flash loan fees. Rather than a company selling a product, it is structured as a DAO whose native RDNT token coordinates incentives, with the treasury and parameters controlled through on-chain governance [0][2].
Protocol revenue comes from lending interest and flash loan fees. Those platform fees are distributed to users who lock RDNT liquidity as dynamic liquidity providers (dLPs), paid in blue-chip assets such as BTC, ETH, BNB and stablecoins. Locking dLP also gates and activates RDNT emissions for lending and borrowing activity, so incentives are directed only to participants who contribute protocol-aligned liquidity [0][2][4].
Traction
The website cites more than 155,000 holders, while a market-data snapshot lists roughly 338,000 token holders, a circulating supply of about 1.43 billion RDNT out of a 1.5 billion maximum, and a market capitalization near $946,000 with 24-hour trading volume of about $1.39 million. RDNT reached an all-time high of $0.4952 on 2023-03-20 [0][4].
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, risks & controversies
Market position
Radiant positions itself among cross-chain DeFi money markets, differentiating on omnichain deposit and borrow flows rather than single-chain lending pools. As of the market-data snapshot, RDNT was ranked #1952 by CoinMarketCap with a market capitalization of roughly $946,000 and about 338,000 holders, well below its March 2023 all-time high of $0.4952 per token [4].
The protocol's stated differentiators are omnichain deposits and borrowing via LayerZero and Stargate rather than isolated per-chain liquidity, and the Dynamic Liquidity Provider (dLP) model with gated emissions, under which RDNT rewards accrue only to participants who lock protocol liquidity — an approach the project frames as addressing DeFi 1.0's transient and mercenary liquidity. The Radiant Guardian / GuardianLP framework adds a deposit-protection layer that keeps security funds productive [0][2][4].
Technology
Cross-chain functionality is built on LayerZero messaging, with v1 using Stargate's stable router interface, allowing lenders to reclaim collateral and specify which chains funds are withdrawn to and in what proportions. The protocol is deployed on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base and BNB Chain, with contracts, a DAO reserve and a security timelock documented publicly. Radiant v2 was audited by OpenZeppelin, PeckShield, Zokyo and BlockSec, alongside an ongoing Immunefi bug bounty program, and the documentation notes reliance on the audit work already performed on LayerZero and Stargate. Radiant V3 introduces Radiant Guardian, a security framework centered on GuardianLP (gLP), a yield-generating LP token backed by a Guardian Fund that is intended to auto-reimburse lost deposits through a DAO-controlled remediation engine [0][2][4].
Go-to-market
Distribution is via the protocol's web application at app.radiant.capital and community-led governance channels (community.radiant.capital for proposals, dao.radiant.capital for voting), supported by Discord, Telegram, X/Twitter and YouTube. RDNT emissions and fee sharing with lockers serve as the core user-acquisition and retention mechanism, and the token has been distributed through venues including Binance Launchpool [0][2][4].
Retail DeFi lenders and borrowers seeking yield on deposits or working capital against collateral without selling positions, RDNT lockers seeking a share of platform fees, and — per the protocol's own documentation for v3 — enterprise and institutional participants expecting corporate-grade risk management [0][2].
Geography
Distributed and internet-native, with no stated headquarters; the protocol's presence is defined by its blockchain deployments on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base and BNB Chain and by community channels on Discord, Telegram, X and YouTube [0][2][4].
Risks & controversies
Radiant experienced a flash loan exploit, and its documentation maintains a dedicated remediation section including a remediation plan, remediation portal, exploited contract list, a zeroShadow summary report and a recovery bounty program, as well as a protocol sunset section. The RDNT token trades more than 99% below its March 2023 peak with a market capitalization under $1 million, and the protocol depends on external cross-chain infrastructure (LayerZero, Stargate) for its core omnichain functionality [2][3][4].
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 3
launches, deals, and filingsRadiant v2 audited by OpenZeppelin, PeckShield, Zokyo and BlockSec, with an ongoing Immunefi bug bounty program.
Radiant documented Radiant V3, under development for over a year, introducing Radiant Guardian and GuardianLP (gLP) — a liquid, yield-generating LP token backed by a Guardian Fund that auto-reimburses lost deposits through a DAO-controlled remediation engine.
Following a flash loan exploit, Radiant's documentation includes a remediation plan, remediation portal, exploited contract list, zeroShadow summary report, recovery bounty program and a protocol sunset section.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Radiantradiant.capital · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Radiant do?
- Radiant Capital is a DAO-governed omnichain money market for cross-chain lending and borrowing, powered by the RDNT token.
- Who are Radiant's investors?
- Radiant's investors include WWVentures, Andreessen Horowitz, Boost VC, Chevron Technology Ventures, DCVC (Data Collective), Draper Associates, Founders Fund, Friends Family Capital and 1 more.
- How much funding has Radiant raised?
- Radiant has disclosed $300M raised across 1 of its 3 known rounds.