Balancer

Balancer is an AMM protocol whose pools can hold several tokens in custom weights, working as self-balancing portfolios and as liquidity infrastructure for other protocols. Balancer v3 adds programmable pool hooks, and governance runs through BAL locked as veBAL.

Rating B: 1 restriction: Wallet screening. DEX · Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Avalanche, Gnosis, Optimism, Polygon, Sonic.

Official app: balancer.fi. Permissionless alternative: balancer.cp0x.com. Frontend code: github.com/balancer/frontend-monorepo/tree/main/apps/frontend-v3.

Restrictions

• Geo Block: no.
• Feature Block: no.
• Wallet screening: yes. Hypernative screener (api.hypernative.xyz/screener/reputation, policy OFAC + 3 hops) via /api/wallet-check -> BlockedAddressModal. Where it runs: API. Fail mode: n/a.
• VPN / Tor detection: no.
• Terms of Service: balancer.fi/terms-of-use, Last updated 2025-11. generic.

Notes

Screening runs in a Next API route that holds the Hypernative keys.

Live checks

• WebFetch (US): normal page

Evidence

• packages/lib/shared/services/hypernative/checkAddressReputation.ts
• packages/lib/modules/web3/UserAccountProvider.tsx
• packages/lib/modules/web3/BlockedAddressModal.tsx

Checked 2026-10-10. All interfaces · Methodology