# RIADeFi: on-chain finance for financial advisors

> An advisor’s field guide to on-chain finance, published by Ketju Research. Control profiles, published research assessments, regulation, and due diligence for RIAs.

- Reviewed: 2026-09-15
- The Atlas: https://riadefi.com/atlas/ (87 assets, 27 chains; JSON at /atlas/assets.json and /atlas/chains.json)
- The Ledger: https://riadefi.com/on-chain/ (JSON at /on-chain/ledger.json)
- Regulation: https://riadefi.com/regulation/ (JSON at /regulation/ledger.json)
- The Research Files: https://riadefi.com/rejections/ (120 adverse assessments, 120 full memos)

## Field guides

- [DeFi for RIAs: an advisor’s guide to the asset, protocol, and chain](https://riadefi.com/defi-for-rias/): A plain-English guide to crypto and DeFi for RIAs: held-away client assets, the three-layer test, yield sources, position limits, and monitoring.
- [On-chain finance for financial advisors: a field guide](https://riadefi.com/on-chain-finance/): On-chain finance explained for financial advisors: what public-chain settlement changes, where the yield comes from, the control layer, and custody.
- [Tokenized assets for RIAs: wrapper, exposure, and control](https://riadefi.com/tokenized-assets/): A framework for RIAs evaluating tokenized assets: identify the underlying exposure, legal claim, transfer restrictions, redemption path, and who can change the rules.
- [Tokenized Treasuries for advisors: what changes and what does not](https://riadefi.com/asset-classes/tokenized-treasuries/): How tokenized Treasury funds work: structure, transfer agent, mint and redemption mechanics, eligibility gates, and what a five-product access review found.
- [Stablecoin yield for RIAs: source, liquidity, and issuer risk](https://riadefi.com/asset-classes/stablecoin-yield/): A due-diligence framework for stablecoin yield: distinguish borrower interest, Treasury income, reward subsidies, credit risk, liquidity, and issuer controls.
- [DeFi due-diligence checklist for financial advisors](https://riadefi.com/due-diligence/defi-checklist/): A practical DeFi due-diligence checklist covering instrument, asset, protocol, chain, controls, liquidity, valuation, custody, tax, suitability, and monitoring.
- [Digital-asset custody for RIAs: control is more than key possession](https://riadefi.com/operations/digital-asset-custody/): Digital-asset custody for RIAs explained through authority, key management, smart contracts, token issuers, recovery, transaction approval, and recordkeeping.
- [RIA digital-asset regulatory tracker: primary sources and open questions](https://riadefi.com/regulation/): A source-first regulatory tracker for RIAs evaluating digital assets, tokenized securities, DeFi, custody, communications, tax, and market-structure developments.
- [DeFi versus tokenized securities: the distinction advisors need](https://riadefi.com/on-chain-finance/defi-vs-tokenized-securities/): DeFi and tokenized securities can use the same blockchain while creating different legal claims, controls, return sources, eligibility rules, and diligence requirements.
- [How financial advisors should evaluate smart-contract risk](https://riadefi.com/due-diligence/smart-contract-risk/): A practical smart-contract risk framework for financial advisors covering scope, upgrades, dependencies, audits, bug bounties, incidents, governance, and monitoring.
- [How to evaluate on-chain liquidity before recommending yield](https://riadefi.com/due-diligence/on-chain-liquidity/): An advisor framework for on-chain liquidity: distinguish TVL, withdrawable liquidity, utilization, market depth, redemption queues, slippage, and stressed exits.
- [What belongs in a defensible digital-asset due-diligence file](https://riadefi.com/due-diligence/defensible-file/): Digital-asset diligence file: scope, evidence, research, shelf, client eligibility, advisor rationale, review triggers, monitoring, and version history.

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Published by Ketju Research (https://ketjuresearch.com). Educational analysis only; not legal, tax, compliance, or investment advice.
Machine-readable index: https://riadefi.com/llms.txt · Content API: https://riadefi.com/content.json