Nft Marketplaces

Salvor

Best for audited marketplace contracts

Value locked:$0.4m at this checkChains:1Audits recorded:2Audit report linked:YesRubric:v2.0 · verified 9 Aug 2026

Kayla PetersonDeFi Research Analyst· Last verified August 9, 2026

Confidence ARubric v2.0Verified August 9, 2026

7.0

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Scorecard

How it rates

Counterparty & contract risk · 30%8.0

Cost transparency · 25%7.0

Market quality · 20%4.0

Transparency & track record · 15%8.0

Public documentation surface · 10%8.0

Pros

Audit report linked from a public dataset

Cons

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 · 30% weight8/10 points · 8.0/10

Met
Independent audit report linked publicly
Linked from the public dataset.
salvor.gitbook.io/en/platform-art.salvor.io/contracts-and-audit-reports
Met
Two or more audits recorded
2 audit(s) recorded.
defillama.com/protocol/salvor
Met
Tracked by an independent analytics platform
Listed with published history.
defillama.com/protocol/salvor
Not met
Accounting methodology published
Not published at this check.
defillama.com/protocol/salvor
Met
Application address published
Application address published.
salvor.io

Cost transparency · 25% weight7/10 points · 7.0/10

Met
Application address published
Application address published.
salvor.io
Met
Protocol data published independently
Public record with history.
defillama.com/protocol/salvor
Not met
Accounting methodology published
Not published.
defillama.com/protocol/salvor
Partial
Fee model documented publicly
Application reachable for review; fee levels not captured at this check.
salvor.io
Met
No account required to reach the public record
Open dataset.
defillama.com/protocol/salvor

Market quality · 20% weight4/10 points · 4.0/10

Met
Tracked with published figures
$0.4m recorded at this check.
defillama.com/protocol/salvor
Not met
Value locked at or above $1m
$0.4m at this check.
defillama.com/protocol/salvor
Not met
Value locked at or above $10m
$0.4m at this check.
defillama.com/protocol/salvor
Not met
Deployed across more than one chain
1 chain(s).
defillama.com/protocol/salvor
Met
Listed on the dataset for over a year
Listing date recorded.
defillama.com/protocol/salvor

Transparency & track record · 15% weight8/10 points · 8.0/10

Met
Independent analytics page published
Public page.
defillama.com/protocol/salvor
Met
Audit documentation linked
Linked.
salvor.gitbook.io/en/platform-art.salvor.io/contracts-and-audit-reports
Met
Chains and category disclosed
1 chain(s).
defillama.com/protocol/salvor
Met
Application address published
Application address published.
salvor.io
Not met
Methodology disclosed
Not published.
defillama.com/protocol/salvor

Public documentation surface · 10% weight8/10 points · 8.0/10

Met
Application reachable
Application address published.
salvor.io
Met
Independent analytics page reachable
Public page.
defillama.com/protocol/salvor
Met
Audit links reachable
Linked.
salvor.gitbook.io/en/platform-art.salvor.io/contracts-and-audit-reports
Not met
Methodology readable
Not published.
defillama.com/protocol/salvor
Met
No account required
Confirmed.
defillama.com/protocol/salvor

An Avalanche NFT platform with published audits, combining marketplace trading with lending against NFT collateral.

Our assessment

Salvor operates on Avalanche with two audits and reports linked, combining a marketplace with lending against NFT collateral. Audited NFT lending is rarer than it should be, given how hard the problem is.

NFT lending is genuinely difficult

Lending against an NFT means valuing an illiquid, unique asset and being able to liquidate it if the loan sours. Neither is straightforward: floor prices are manipulable with a single wash trade, and a liquidation into a market with no bids recovers little. Every NFT lending protocol lives or dies on how it handles this.

Audits matter more where mechanics are novel

Published review is valuable for any protocol and especially where the mechanism has no long history of adversarial testing. Two audits with retrievable reports puts Salvor ahead of larger NFT lending venues in this comparison that publish none.

Single-chain scale

Operating on one chain means the addressable market is that chain's NFT activity, which on Avalanche is modest. Our market-quality pillar records this at 20%, and it is the main constraint on the score rather than anything about the implementation.

Who it suits

Salvor fits Avalanche NFT holders wanting to trade or borrow against their collection with audited contracts. Holders on other chains should look for the equivalent audited venue there.

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Reference

Frequently asked

Does this rank marketplaces by trading volume?

No. NFT volume figures are widely inflated by wash trading and we do not rank on numbers we cannot verify. The score covers audits, methodology and independently recorded data.

Why is value locked low for large marketplaces?

Most marketplace trading settles without holding assets in contracts, so value locked understates activity. We publish it as the available independent figure, not as a measure of market share.

Are creator royalties assessed?

No. Royalty enforcement is a marketplace policy that changes frequently and is not verifiable from a single public source.