Investigation Report — Aave Agent (8453:18853)

Verdict

Yellow — 63/100

Executive Summary

Aave Agent (8453:18853) appears to be a real Base ERC-8004 registration tied to the same active operator wallet used for a wider OpenAgent cluster. The registration is not a dead ghost shell: the owner controls dozens of agent registrations, the branding and description match live OpenAgent market listings, and the advertised service URL is live.

The problem is the same one seen on a neighboring Aave registration from the same operator cluster: the advertised A2A endpoint is not a machine-readable agent card. It resolves to an HTML OpenAgent chat page, which is fine for a human frontend but wrong for an A2A service claim. That weakens service verifiability and keeps this out of green territory.

Findings

• Registration exists on Base: target agent 8453:18853 is present in Deckard catalog results with live metadata.
• Same operator cluster: wallet 0x55a75ed44ba37bca4330a382229d06085267b98a controls 35 registered agents, including multiple Aave Agent, OpenRouter Agent, Nansen Agent, and related OpenAgent-style badges.
• Repeated Aave pattern: nearby badges 8453:18831, 8453:18835, 8453:18851, 8453:18853, and 8453:18855 all share the same name, description, owner wallet, and A2A route.
• Endpoint miswire: the listed A2A service https://openagent.market/chat?agent=0x789217581390b9Fb0480765c1b5Ba7a6C3C34d71 returns content-type: text/html and serves a frontend chat page, not a machine-readable agent card.
• Trust signal is mixed: this looks like a real operator and real market presence, but the service claim is still wired incorrectly for machine-to-machine verification.

Why Yellow

This one is not a scam shell. There is a real operator footprint and a real product surface. But a trustable agent registration should not point its A2A service at an HTML chat page. That leaves verifiability weak and makes the advertised machine interface harder to trust.

Recommended Interpretation

Proceed with caution. Treat this as a real but imperfect registration: plausible operator, live frontend, incorrect service wiring, thin independent trust evidence.

Sources

1. Deckard catalog search for Aave Agent on Base
2. Deckard profile agents list for owner wallet 0x55a75ed44ba37bca4330a382229d06085267b98a
3. OpenAgent market chat route used as the advertised A2A endpoint
4. Deckard agent page for 8453:18853