Kamino Launches Whitelisted Reserves to Safeguard Vaults Against Key Compromise

While the Solana DeFi economy is still reeling from the devastating impact of the $285M Drift exploit, Kamino is hard at work improving the security of the network’s biggest source of TVL.

Announced today, Kamino’s new Whitelisted Reserves provide its vaults products with an additional layer of security, helping to protect customer deposits against key compromisation in vault curators.

The update comes as Kamino’s continues to plant its flag in the onchain RWA lending scene, led by strong demand for yield-bearing assets like Figure’s $PRIME.

Kamino Introduces Whitelisted Reserves in Wake of Drift Exploit

As evidenced by a recent string of destructive exploits across the crypto industry, experts agree that the biggest threat to onchain security is not flawed smart contract logic, but human error. 

Social engineering and private key compromise have proven to be far effective attack vectors for malicious actors, with the Solana ecosystem losing over $320M to exploits so far in 2026.

Kamino’s new Whitelisted Reserves may offer a solution to key compromises within its curated vault products, which have amassed over $446.9M in TVL. Enforced at the smart contract level, Kamino’s Whitelisted Reserves ensure that funds removed by vaults can only be allocated to verified reserves.

In the event that an attacker gains administrative control over a vault, smart contracts will reject any allocation or transfer of funds into any account or reserve that Kamino has not whitelisted. This feature has been applied to all existing vaults currently available in Kamino’s lending markets.

Whitelisted Reserves are the latest instalment in Kamino’s comprehensive security regime, which includes six audits from leading firms, formal verification, and onchain verification. 

$PRIME Drives Kamino RWA Growth

With Solana’s DeFi economy rapidly maturing into an institutional RWA powerhouse, Kamino is steadily capturing a significant share of crypto’s RWA lending markets. 

Eclipsing EVM lending giants like Aave and Morpho, Kamino leads all protocols in RWA lending TVL, amassing over $1B in deposits. Kamino’s impressive TVL growth in the sector is largely driven by $PRIME, which accounts for 58.95% of the platform’s RWA deposits.

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