# Element

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/element/  
**Website:** https://element.fi  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Element (Element Finance) is an Andreessen Horowitz-backed decentralized finance protocol for fixed and variable yield on crypto assets. The protocol splits an interest-bearing position into tradable Principal Tokens (PTs) and Yield Tokens (YTs) so users can lock in a fixed rate by buying discounted principal, or take variable-rate exposure, redeeming at face value on maturity via on-chain AMMs. It also ships the Council governance framework (voting vaults, delegation, the Governance Steering Council) that powers the Element DAO. Element is a smart-contract protocol on Ethereum rather than a hosted REST API: developers integrate through the on-chain contracts, the elf-sdk TypeScript library, and the published contract reference. The team has since rebranded to DELV (delvtech).

## Kin Score — 18.5 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 18.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 57.4 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 28.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 45.2 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Element Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Tags

Company, DeFi, Decentralized Finance, Fixed Income, Yield, Ethereum, Smart Contracts, Cryptocurrency, Governance, DAO

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