OpenZeppelin vs Valantis

OpenZeppelin

OpenZeppelin is the gold standard for smart contract security, providing audited contract libraries, security tooling, and professional audit services for projects building on HyperEVM and other EVM chains. The OpenZeppelin Contracts library—used by thousands of protocols worldwide—provides secure, gas-optimized implementations of ERC token standards, access control patterns, and DeFi primitives that HyperEVM developers rely on as foundational building blocks. OpenZeppelin Defender provides automated security operations including contract monitoring, automated incident response, and upgrade management through time locks and multi-sig governance. For protocols in the Hyperliquid ecosystem handling significant user funds, engaging OpenZeppelin for security audits provides the highest level of third-party validation, with OpenZeppelin's researchers having an unmatched track record in identifying vulnerabilities before they become exploits. Their open-source contract library has been the foundation of countless secure DeFi protocols.

Valantis

Valantis is a modular decentralized exchange protocol deployed on HyperEVM, designed to give liquidity providers and protocol developers unprecedented flexibility in how AMMs are constructed and customized. At its core is STEX — a next-generation AMM architecture purpose-built for liquid staking token pools, solving the persistent problem of capital inefficiency and high slippage that plagues standard AMMs when handling correlated or yield-bearing assets. Valantis separates exchange logic into composable modules: sovereign pools, HOT (Hybrid Order Type) AMMs, and pluggable liquidity management strategies — allowing developers to integrate custom pricing curves, fee tiers, and rebalancing logic without forking the entire protocol stack. For liquidity providers, this means substantially better capital efficiency and reduced impermanent loss on correlated pairs. For protocols building on HyperEVM, it means a flexible DEX infrastructure layer that can be tailored to specific tokenomics and use cases. Valantis fits naturally into the Hyperliquid ecosystem by providing foundational trading infrastructure that DeFi primitives — lending markets, derivatives vaults, and yield protocols — depend on for deep, efficient, and programmable liquidity.

Choose OpenZeppelin if you...

• ✓Want a security & audits solution on Multi-Layer
• ✓Need: Gold standard smart contract security library and audit services for HyperEVM

Choose Valantis if you...

• ✓Want a decentralized exchanges solution on HyperEVM
• ✓Prefer a verified and vetted protocol
• ✓Need features like DEX and modular
• ✓Need: Modular DEX with LST-optimized pools — acquired StakedHYPE