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Figure Markets Exchange

Best for independently tracked protocol

Value locked:$1,606m at this checkChains:1Audits recorded:0Audit report linked:Not foundRubric:v2.0 · verified 9 Aug 2026
Kayla PetersonKayla PetersonDeFi Research Analyst· Last verified August 9, 2026
Confidence ARubric v2.0Verified August 9, 2026
6.0
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How it rates

Counterparty & contract risk · 35%5.0
Cost transparency · 15%6.0
Market quality · 20%5.0
Transparency & track record · 20%8.0
Public documentation surface · 10%7.0
Pros
  • Accounting methodology published
  • $1,606m recorded independently
Cons
  • No audit report linked in the public dataset at this check
  • Single-chain deployment
How this score was built

Each indicator scores 2, 1 or 0. A pillar is the points earned over the points available; the overall score is the weighted sum. Every source below is public — check any of them yourself.

Counterparty & contract risk · 35% weight5/10 points · 5.0/10
Cost transparency · 15% weight6/10 points · 6.0/10
Market quality · 20% weight5/10 points · 5.0/10
Transparency & track record · 20% weight8/10 points · 8.0/10
Public documentation surface · 10% weight7/10 points · 7.0/10

A regulated marketplace on a purpose-built blockchain holding $1.61bn, combining traditional securities structures with on-chain settlement.

Our assessment

Figure Markets holds $1.61bn on a purpose-built blockchain, operating a regulated marketplace that combines traditional securities structures with on-chain settlement. It sits at the boundary between two regulatory worlds.

Regulated marketplaces answer different questions

A venue operating under securities regulation provides investor protections, disclosure obligations and supervisory oversight that DeFi protocols do not. It also means permissioning, identity requirements and restricted transferability. Our rubric asks about open verifiability and finds less of it here, which reflects the model rather than a shortcoming in execution.

Purpose-built chains and their trade-offs

Running on a dedicated blockchain gives control over performance, privacy and compliance features that a public chain cannot easily provide. It also means a smaller validator set, less external scrutiny and fewer independent parties able to verify state. For a regulated venue, the supervision partly substitutes; for an outside reader, it does not.

Evidence position

No audit report was retrievable at a public address, and several transparency indicators returned little. For a regulated entity the disclosure exists in a different form — filings and reports — which our rubric does not credit and which readers should know to look for.

Who it suits

Figure Markets fits users wanting regulated on-chain securities exposure through a supervised venue. Users wanting permissionless, verifiable DeFi should look elsewhere in this comparison.

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Frequently asked

Does this score mean Figure Markets Exchange is safe?

No. It measures what an outsider can verify: linked audits, published methodology and independently recorded data. Contract and custody risk are not tested by us.

Where do these figures come from?

A public analytics dataset queried at the verification date, plus the audit reports it links. Anyone can re-run the query.

Why do some protocols score zero on audits?

Because no audit report is linked in the public record. It records what a user can reach, not a claim that no audit exists.