Provide a narrative description of the purpose of the project.
Fluid solves liquidity fragmentation by creating a unified liquidity layer, integrating lending, borrowing, and trading into a single decentralised system.
For each existing entity, list key team members with full name, official title, and prior experience. Explicitly mark non-existent entities.
Full Name | Official Title | Prior Experience |
|---|---|---|
Samyak Jain | CEO + Founder | Samyak Jain won Ethereum Hackathon in 2018 at the age of 18, left university and started building Instadapp which was later rebranded to Fluid |
DMH (pseudonymous) | COO | |
Thrillok Kumar | CTO | |
Blockworks note: Foundation |
Describe DAO governance, powers, economic rights, and control surfaces. If no DAO exists, state so and still address current tokenholder governance rights and economic arrangements.
The Fluid DAO controls the entire DAO treasury, revenue, IP and contracts developed by contributors (via the Fluid Foundation). All IP assets including all code, branding and assets are Foundation owned.
The DAO is in charge of upgrading contracts (including the token), setting risk parameters and constants to ensure the security of Fluid. Proposals are posted to https://fluid.io/gov and votes are conducted on-chain by $FLUID holders via Snapshot. The Team Multisig (threshold 7/14, 0x4F6F977aCDD1177DCD81aB83074855EcB9C2D49e) operates some of the treasury funds upon governance approval. The Team Multisig has permission to execute chore and other non-TVL risking transactions. All permissions that can induce protocol or TVL risk must be executed via governance.
No locking or staking mechanism for additional rights exists. There are no locked or unlocked tokens that earn rewards; all $FLUID holders have the same rights.
$FLUID token holders can create governance proposals (https://fluid.io/gov) which are voted on by $FLUID token holders. The DAO has full rights over the DAO treasury, sets protocol fees (which are updated via governance), and controls how revenue is used. All generated revenue belongs to the Fluid DAO. Token holders currently do not have any direct value accrual mechanism (no dividends, buybacks, or fee distribution active today); any such mechanism would require a governance vote.
Fluid governance is fully decentralised, there are currently no expected changes to the control surface. Should any occur, it would need to be voted in via governance decision.
There is no formal dissolution process.
Describe the Primary Foundation, including entity details, IP ownership, governance or token powers, contract/admin powers, and economic arrangements. If it does not exist, state so explicitly.
Blockworks note: No Primary Foundation exists. There is no Fluid Foundation entity. Items (a)–(f) are not applicable.
Describe the Primary Developer Company, including entity details, IP ownership, governance or token powers, contract/admin powers, and economic arrangements. If it does not exist, state so explicitly.
type and jurisdiction: Interop Labs LTD, BVI
The Fluid DAO controls IP and contracts developed by contributors via the Fluid Foundation.
The team does not have any power over the DAO, treasury or protocol owned resources beyond managing and executing actions that have been voted in via the DAO.
The team holds no power over the foundation which is run by token holders.
The Team Multisig (threshold 7/14, 0x4F6F977aCDD1177DCD81aB83074855EcB9C2D49e) has certain permissions granted to it on behalf of the DAO, including running chore related tasks. The multisig does not have any permissions that may risk TVL, which must be done via governance.
Some contributors receive compensation in $FLUID tokens; the original allocations were defined in the initial distribution (see Section 7). There is no current governance-approved mechanism to direct treasury assets, fees, revenue, rewards, or token distributions to the DevCo. All revenue and value belongs to the DAO. As voted in via governance, the Devco will begin receiving a $200k/m stipend from the DAO. Contributor compensations flow from the Devco.
Identify affiliated protocol contributors and explain their control, funding, or operational relationship to the project. If none exist, state so explicitly.
Blockworks note: Fluid does not currently have any APC’s.
Disclose launch and initial supply details in a single initial allocation schedule covering the token's launch. Include:
$FLUID was initially minted under the ticker $INST. It has since been rebranded as Instadapp was rebranded to Fluid. $FLUID is functionally identical to $INST; the only difference is the updated ticker to match the rebranding. No allocations were updated, and the token is 1:1.
$FLUID is fully vested, there are no pending unlocks.
100,000,000 $INST was minted at genesis.
11% of the supply was claimable and liquid on day 1.
Token was airdropped to the users, and any user was able to create a DEX pool in any price range he wanted; there was no specific “TGE price”.
$FLUID (originally launched as $INST and renamed 1:1 following the Instadapp → Fluid rebrand).
Total supply at genesis: 100,000,000 tokens. Fixed, no inflation/deflation.
Team and investor allocations were subject to a 4-year vesting schedule that began in July 2021. All insider $FLUID tokens have since fully vested (verifiable on-chain; see https://defillama.com/unlocks/fluid). The community allocation included immediately-claimable airdrop distributions (10,000,000 INST on Ethereum mainnet to ~312k DeFi users; 1,000,000 INST on Polygon to 50k+ Aave users) with no lock-up or vesting on airdrop rewards. Additional details: https://blog.instadapp.io/inst/
If there are not post-TGE token compensation plans state explicitly they do not exist. If there are then state the:
All insider $FLUID tokens from the original launch allocation (team, investors) have fully vested on-chain; the original 4-year vest from July 2021 is complete. Post-TGE, some new employees and contributors may receive compensation in $FLUID tokens. The amount of tokens that are locked or unvested and attributable to post-TGE employee or contributor compensation is approximately 2% of the total $FLUID supply as defined pre-TGE. Standard post-TGE token grants vest linearly over 2 years on a block-by-block basis. These grants do not follow a separate cliff structure unless otherwise specified in an individual agreement.
Disclose token-based compensation for external advisors and service providers (e.g., legal, marketing, technical, growth) funded from the on-chain treasury or token reserves held by the Foundation, Labs/DevCo, or similar entities. You do not need to disclose individual names, roles, salaries, or any advisors receiving fiat-only compensation. Provide:
Disclose ongoing KOL/influencer relationships that partially or fully received tokens for payment. Do not need to disclose KOL/influencers that do not receive tokens for payment. Use lettered sub-items:
Blockworks note: There are currently no KOL’s receiving payment or tokens for marketing activities.
Publicly label all wallets that hold Unissued Tokens (e.g., foundation, operations, treasury, investor reserve), keep each category in distinct wallets (a unique address per category), and disclose who controls each wallet (DAO multisig, foundation, labs/devco, operations, or contract controller + admin). Include one verification link per wallet (docs or explorer). Definition: Unissued Supply = tokens authorized by the contract but not yet issued to any party; where they sit (treasury or mint authority) does not change that they are unissued. For instance: if a token has a total supply cap of 1B, and 400M tokens have been issued to investors, the team, and users (whether vested or unlocked), then those 400M count as issued supply. The remaining 600M are authorized but unissued supply, even if they are already minted into a DAO treasury wallet.
Title | Primary Function | Chain | Address | Control Mechanism | Explorer Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DAO Treasur y | Holds DAO-controlled treasury assets (including any unissued $FLUID held by the DAO) and protocol revenue. | Ethereum | 0x28849D2b63fA8D361e5fc15cB8aBB13019884d 09 | DAO governance (proposal + on-chain Snapshot vote by $FLUID holders) | https://etherscan.io/address/0x28849D2b63fA8D361e5fc15cB8aBB13019884d09 |
Team Multisig | Operates some of the treasury funds upon governance approval. | Ethereum and EVM chains. | 0x4F6F977aCDD1177DCD81aB83074855EcB9C2D49e | 7/14 | https://etherscan.io/address/0x4f6f977acdd1177dcd81ab83074855ecb9c2d49e |
Blockworks note: All $FLUID tokens have been fully unlocked and vested on-chain. |
Projects must disclose all material terms of market-making arrangements that affect token liquidity. If the project has no agreements or deals with market makers, state that explicitly; doing so earns full credit. For each market maker, include in a table:
If the project has no agreements or deals with market makers, state that explicitly; doing so earns full credit. If no native tokens were loaned or allocated to market makers, state that explicitly; cash/fiat retainers or fees are not required for this item.
Projects must disclose all material terms of centralized or decentralized exchange listings that affect token liquidity. For each listing, include in a table:
If the project has no agreements or deals with CEX or DEX, state that explicitly; doing so earns full credit. If no native-token listing fees were paid, state that explicitly; cash/fiat fee amounts are not required for this item.
Blockworks note: CEX: Fluid has 0 deals with CEXs and no listing fees have been paid. DEX: The treasury provides FLUID/ETH DEX liquidity, however there are no liquidity incentive arrangements.
If a category does not exist or is not applicable, make that clear in plain language (no specific wording required).
Disclose all prior token sales by the Project — including fundraising rounds, any material OTC sales to investors, and any discounted market-maker sales. For each sale, provide:
If no prior sales occurred, state that explicitly (e.g., "No prior fundraising, OTC, or discounted MM sales have occurred.")
Provide a narrative description of the Project's material funding sources, economic flows, and operational provisioning, broken out by entity: Foundation, Lab/DevCo, and DAO. If an entity does not exist, state that explicitly. If an entity exists but does not pursue revenue-generating activity, state how it funds or provisions its operations.
Foundation — Fluid Foundation The Fluid Foundation is a purpose-built, non-profit legal entity (Cayman Islands) whose sole purpose is to hold and steward the Fluid Protocol’s intellectual property on behalf of the DAO.
Lab/DevCo — LTD, BVI DAO — exists. The Fluid DAO is governed by $FLUID token holders via on-chain Snapshot voting at https://fluid.io/gov.
DAO — Protocol revenue generated by products built on Fluid's liquidity layer, including: (i) Fluid DEX swap fees (fee switch; smart debt and smart collateral also act as liquidity on the DEX and can generate revenue); (ii) a 10% reserve factor on Fluid's Money Market (borrow/lending); (iii) a performance fee on interest generated by Fluid Lite. The DAO sets protocol fees, which are updated via governance. All generated revenue belongs to the Fluid DAO.
DevCo — The DevCo is currently being funded via raises that were completed in the past (and referenced elsewhere in this document. In the future, the DevCo will begin drawing a 200k/m stipend from the DAO.
Use of DAO revenue/treasury must be voted in via governance. These are currently not used for operational purposes via the DevCo, however the DevCo will begin drawing a stipend in the future (as voted via governance) in order to cover operational and development costs.
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If any, list prior exploits or incidents that directly affected the token, token supply, tokenholder balances, token contract, minting controls, burn mechanics, or custody of token supply. This question is not asking about general protocol, application, or smart contract exploits unless the incident directly affected the native token itself. If no prior incidents, state this explicitly (e.g., "No exploits affecting tokenholders or protocol funds as of YYYY-MM-DD").
No prior exploits affecting tokenholders or protocol funds as of 2026-06-12
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Provide a single income statement, expense summary, or comparable operating statement for the primary Foundation or Developer Company. A consolidated or entity-level presentation is acceptable. Balance Sheet and Statement of Cash Flows may be included but are not required. This item is intended to provide transparency into offchain operating resources and expenditures only.
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Blockworks note: N/A |
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