Web3 Security Insights: Smart Contract Audits

How AWS shortages reveal hidden risks in Web3: validator downtime, sequencer stalls, and fragile CI/CD pipelines due to cloud centralization.

Lessons Learned from the AWS Shortage

Web3 protocols rely on centralized clouds. AWS chip shortages show why cloud dependency is a core risk for validators, sequencers, and resilience.

Paul

October 28, 2025

Spearbit

Proof-of-concept best practices from Coinbase x Cantina’s $5M bounty.

Inside the Coinbase x Cantina Bug Bounty: What Makes a Valid PoC

Inside Coinbase x Cantina’s $5M bounty: what defines a valid PoC, common errors, and how clear, reproducible submissions earn lasting trust.

Paul

October 28, 2025

Best Practices

How Superform secured $135M+ in onchain yield with Cantina.

Cantina x Superform: Securing $135M in Onchain Yield

How Superform and Cantina secured over $135M in modular onchain yield infrastructure using validator-enforced architecture and composable smart accounts.

Paul

October 23, 2025

Case Studies

Why AI-powered threats in Web3—from phishing to agent exploitation- are rising fast, and what teams must do to defend against automation.

AI Threats and Automation in Web3 Security

AI is reshaping Web3 security. Explore how attackers use automation and what organizations can do to defend against fast-evolving, AI-powered threats.

Paul

October 23, 2025

Spearbit

Cantina October 2025 Changelog – Incident War Room & More

Cantina Code: From Live Exploit Handling to Custom Workflow Control

This Cantina update introduces Safe Harbor, incident triggers, custom views, and a new client dashboard to streamline Web3 security workflows.

Paul

October 23, 2025

Changelog

Crypto Adoption Panel at Hack Seasons Singapore 2025

Hack Seasons Recap: Cantina, Mastercard, Mercuryo & Babylon on the Future of Crypto Adoption

Cantina joined Mastercard, Mercuryo, and Babylon at Hack Seasons Singapore to explore the real barriers to mainstream crypto adoption—usability, trust, security, and stablecoin readiness.

Paul

October 22, 2025

News

Cantina outlines how Web3 startups can win institutional trust in 2025 by demonstrating security, compliance, and operational resilience.

How Web3 Startups Sell Security in 2025

Cantina’s guide for Web3 startups on earning institutional trust in 2025 through security, compliance, and operational resilience.

Paul

October 21, 2025

Best Practices

Spearbit explains how critical protocol integrations cause major Web3 exploits and how composability-aware design prevents systemic vulnerabilities.

Beyond Audits: Securing Composable Protocols

Spearbit explores how Web3 protocols can prevent catastrophic exploits from composability risks through integration-aware design and system-level audits.

Paul

October 21, 2025

Spearbit

Auditing Vault-Based Protocols in DeFi

Spearbit’s guide to securing vault-based DeFi protocols - covering accounting logic, strategy access, withdrawal design, and upgrade safety before deployment.

Paul

October 16, 2025

Spearbit

Cantina and Hypernative join forces to deliver real-time monitoring, threat detection, and managed incident response for Web3 protocols.

Cantina x Hypernative: Setting the Standard for Web3 MDR

Cantina and Hypernative launch a Web3 Managed Detection and Response partnership delivering real-time threat detection and guaranteed incident response.

Paul

October 15, 2025

News

Zero vulnerability means continuous verification and proactive defense across contracts, infrastructure, and governance in Web3 systems.

Zero Vulnerability in Web3 Security

Spearbit outlines how zero vulnerability transforms Web3 security from reactive audits to continuous, system-wide verification and resilience.

Paul

October 14, 2025

Spearbit

Agglayer launches a $1,000,000 bug bounty with Cantina to secure cross-chain infrastructure and strengthen Ethereum’s scaling architecture.

Agglayer by Polygon Launches $1,000,000 Bug Bounty with Cantina

Agglayer by Polygon launches a $1,000,000 bug bounty with Cantina to strengthen cross-chain infrastructure securing Ethereum’s scaling ecosystem.

Paul

October 14, 2025

News

UK stablecoin ownership caps reshape digital finance

UK Stablecoin Ownership Caps: Policy and Impact

The Bank of England’s proposed stablecoin caps redefine systemic risk oversight and signal global policy shifts in digital asset regulation.

Paul

October 13, 2025

Case Studies

Guide to Web3 Incident Response showing how coordinated action mitigates signer, validator, and configuration-based exploits.

Incident Response for Critical Web3 Threats

Detection isn’t protection. Learn how structured Incident Response changes the outcome of Web3 credential, validator, and DNS attacks.

Paul

October 9, 2025

Case Studies

Exploring insider abuse and governance manipulation risks across DAOs and decentralized protocols.

Governance as an Attack Vector in Web3 Protocols

DAO and protocol governance can be exploited by insiders. Learn how proposal logic, delegation, and upgrades create hidden attack surfaces.

Paul

October 9, 2025

Spearbit

Guide to mitigating Web3 infrastructure and supply chain risks in CI/CD, dependency graphs, and validator security.

Infrastructure & Supply Chain Security in Web3

As Web3 evolves, attackers target CI/CD pipelines, dependencies, and validator nodes. Learn how to secure your infrastructure and supply chain.

Paul

October 7, 2025

Spearbit

Security coordination guide for modular blockchain ecosystems.

Security Coordination Across Modular Protocols

Modular blockchains split security across sequencers, provers, DA, and governance. Learn how to align roles, risks, and coordination for resilience.

Paul

October 2, 2025

Spearbit

A framework for Web3 protocols to achieve operational continuity and resilience through Cantina’s Incident Command.

Incident Command: Operational Continuity for Web3

Protocols lost $2.17B in H1 2025. Cantina’s Incident Command builds execution readiness, aligning authority, timing, and response under stress.

Paul

October 1, 2025

Case Studies

A guide to formal verification and why it matters for building secure, reliable, and provably correct protocols in Web3.

The Role of Formal Verification in Web3 Security

Learn how formal verification strengthens protocols with provable correctness, security, and resilience for high-stakes Web3 systems.

Paul

September 30, 2025

Spearbit

Cantina Code introduces smarter filtering, centralized triage, faster judging, and improved notifications to streamline Web3 security reviews.

Cantina Code: Smarter Filtering and Faster Reviews

Cantina Code update adds smarter filtering, centralized triage, faster duplicate detection, and improved comment tracking for streamlined reviews.

Paul

September 30, 2025

Changelog

Cantina now supports Safe Harbor, providing legal protection for whitehats and stronger collaboration in Web3 bug bounty programs.

Cantina Adds Safe Harbor for Whitehat Protection

Cantina integrates Safe Harbor to protect whitehats in bug bounties, offering legal safeguards and stronger incident response coordination.

Paul

September 29, 2025

News

Build with certainty. Formal verification provides provable guarantees for protocols that cannot afford logic or security failures.

A Strategic Guide to Formal Verification in Web3

Formal verification proves protocol correctness through math, reducing systemic risk and signaling maturity for institutional adoption.

Paul

September 25, 2025

Spearbit

Why Solana’s Ed25519 signature verification model can fail silently without strict offset validation, creating systemic security risks.

Signature Verification Risks in Solana

Offset-based Ed25519 verification in Solana can fail silently. Learn why structural validation is essential for preventing message forgery.

Paul

September 23, 2025

Case Studies

Protocols need safe upgrade paths. Governance alignment, proxy validation, and monitoring are key to preventing systemic failures.

Secure Protocol Upgrades with Governance Alignment

Learn how to secure protocol upgrades with governance-aligned audits, covering proxies, roles, simulations, and rollback strategies.

Paul

September 23, 2025

Spearbit

Validator-aware staking architecture under review — Kinetiq challenges its design on Hyperliquid with a $5M bug bounty to prove resilience.

Kinetiq Redefines Secure Staking on Hyperliquid

Kinetiq launches a $5M bug bounty with Cantina to test validator-aware staking and secure liquid staking on Hyperliquid under real conditions.

Paul

September 23, 2025

Case Studies

Institutional infrastructure for the digital economy, Ethereum’s role in enabling trustware, stablecoins, tokenized assets, and scalable verifiability.

Ethereum and the Rise of Trustware

Ethereum is becoming institutional infrastructure. Trustware encodes finality and validity in code, replacing intermediaries with verifiable trust.

Paul

September 22, 2025

Guides

Security strategy for every NEAR deployment - covering runtime, validators, bridges, and operational practices to ensure resilient infrastructure.

NEAR Security Unpacked for Builders

A guide to NEAR security from WASM contracts to validator economics, covering execution safety, bridge risks, and deployment best practices.

Paul

September 18, 2025

Spearbit

$100K Makina × Cantina mainnet CTF, validating cross-chain execution, atomic unwinds, and programmable capital in adversarial conditions.

Makina and Cantina Launch a $100,000 Cross‑Chain Mainnet CTF

Makina and Cantina launch a $100K cross-chain mainnet CTF to stress-test Makina’s execution engine with live liquidity and adversarial testing.

Paul

September 18, 2025

News

The GENIUS Act defines stablecoin compliance, but institutions need proof of resilience. Cantina highlights remaining risks and paths to readiness.

Beyond Genius Act Stablecoin Risks

The GENIUS Act sets a compliance baseline, but stablecoins still face institutional risk from redemption logic, blacklist gaps, and oracle fragility.

Paul

September 17, 2025

News

Avalanche architecture under pressure — security for consensus, validator coordination, and governance in modular deployments.

Avalanche Deployments: Security and Subnet Resilience

A security guide to Avalanche subnet autonomy, validator coordination, governance models, and resilient deployment practices.

Paul

September 16, 2025

Spearbit

Cantina evolves its Fellowship by removing exclusivity, empowering researchers with priority access plus freedom to join competitions everywhere.

Evolving the Cantina Fellowship

Cantina removes exclusivity from its Fellowship, giving researchers priority access while enabling participation in competitions and bounties everywhere.

Paul

September 16, 2025

News

The largest HyperEVM bounty ever: Kinetiq commits $5M on Cantina to strengthen liquid staking security and engage the global researcher community.

Kinetiq Launches $5M Bug Bounty - The Largest on HyperEVM with Cantina

Kinetiq, DeFi’s fastest-growing LST, launches a $5M bug bounty on Cantina to strengthen HyperEVM security and build long-term trust in liquid staking.

Paul

September 15, 2025

News

16 Trillion Market | Digital Asset Security with Cantina

Unlocking a 16 Trillion Market: How Tokenization, Compliance, and Security Are Transforming Digital Assets

Tokenization is revolutionizing finance, but without strict adherence to regulatory compliance and rigorous security practices, the risks are immense. Cantina’s cutting-edge security solutions empower Web3 organizations and institutions to meet these challenges head-on.

Paul

September 12, 2025

News

Securing Polygon Deployments: A Guide to Navigating Risk Across PoS and zkEVM

This blog outlines how to approach risk management across Polygon’s dual environments, with a particular focus on the PoS bridge, zkEVM architecture, governance mechanics, and evolving coordination through Polygon 2.0.

Paul

September 11, 2025

Spearbit

DeFi enters retirement portfolios: Institutional Risk demands new security standards

On August 7, the U.S. administration issued an executive order that signals a shift in how retirement plans may allocate capital. This shift introduces a new layer of complexity. Asset managers, plan sponsors, and financial institutions will need to evaluate whether the protocols behind these assets are equipped to meet institutional security standards.

Paul

September 11, 2025

News

Institutional Assurance for Mobile Signing Systems

As digital asset infrastructure and financial services shift toward mobile‑first delivery, institutions are expected to secure more than just application code.

Paul

September 10, 2025

News

From Custody To Confidence - Institutional-Grade Security with Cantina

From Custody to Confidence: Engineering DeFi Infrastructure for Institutional Access

Cantina supports institutions and protocol builders with a process-focused approach that links technical security with compliance viability.

Paul

September 9, 2025

News

Securing Cosmos Appchains: A Trust-Aligned Guide to ABCI, Determinism, and IBC Integrity

As the Cosmos ecosystem continues to expand, developers and infrastructure teams face an increasingly complex security environment. This guide outlines high-impact vulnerabilities and purposeful mitigations.

Paul

September 9, 2025

Spearbit

Panoptic And Cantina Prevent A Major Loss

Inside the $4M Whitehat Rescue: Cantina x Panoptic

A summary of how Panoptic and Cantina worked together to avoid a major crisis and save user funds.

Paul

September 5, 2025

News

Securing Stablecoins: A Risk-Aligned Perspective on Design, Deployment, and Oversight

This blog offers a structured lens for evaluating stablecoin architectures across their full lifecycle.

Paul

September 4, 2025

Spearbit

Cantina Stablecoin Infrastructure 2025 Guide for Institutions

Stablecoin Infrastructure Playbook: 2025 Edition

Explore the Stablecoin Infrastructure Playbook: a guide for institutions on risk, regulation, redemption, and resilience in a growing market.

Paul

September 4, 2025

News

Security audits stall when structure is missing. Architecture debt leads to delays, redesigns, and real attack risks without early clarity.

Architecture Debt Is Security Debt

Unclear architecture creates late-stage security risks, delays audits, and exposes protocols. Structure upstream to enable review velocity and resilience.

Paul

August 29, 2025

Guides

Cross-chain liquidity at scale. LI.FI unifies access to 30+ chains and 35+ DEXs, backed by modular design and proactive security validation.

Cantina x LI.FI: Secure Cross-Chain Liquidity Infrastructure

LI.FI powers secure, composable cross-chain liquidity with modular architecture, broad integrations, and a $1M bug bounty program.

Paul

August 28, 2025

Case Studies

A practical reference for builders on Arbitrum. Outlines security risks in sequencer design, governance, and cross-chain coordination with mitigation steps.

Securing Arbitrum Deployments: A Developer Guide

A practical guide for securing Arbitrum deployments. Covers sequencer risk, governance, cross-chain issues, and Spearbit’s role in protocol resilience.

Paul

August 26, 2025

Spearbit

Cantina and HackerOne collaboration expands blockchain security coverage for enterprises and decentralized ecosystems.

Cantina and HackerOne Partner to Advance Blockchain Security

Cantina and HackerOne unite Web2 and Web3 expertise to secure blockchain infrastructure, smart contracts, and enterprise systems.

Paul

August 26, 2025

News

Building trust in DeFi through institutional custody, compliance integration, and governance structures for scalable adoption.

Institutional Custody and Compliance in DeFi

Explore how custody, compliance, and governance controls enable institutional confidence and regulatory alignment in DeFi systems.

Paul

August 25, 2025

Best Practices

Discover the top 8 Web3 cyberattack vectors in 2025 covering access flaws governance risks MEV exposure and supply chain threats to protocols.

Top 8 Web3 Attack Vectors in 2025

Explore the top 8 Web3 security vectors in 2025 - from access control to MEV, governance, and supply chain risks—and why they still matter.

Paul

August 21, 2025

Spearbit

Incident Command ensures fast, structured response to threats, reducing loss and improving protocol resilience.

Incident Command: Preventing Protocol Collapse

Cantina’s Incident Command helps protocols act with structure under pressure, preventing loss through clear authority and coordinated response.

Paul

August 21, 2025

News

Cantina’s Secure Protocol Season: building audit-ready systems for faster, safer launches.

Launch-Ready Means Review-Ready

Structured audits turn launches into high-signal, secure deployments. Cantina helps teams prepare systems for review and production.

Paul

August 20, 2025

Spearbit

Beyond smart contract audits: The rise of the Security Architect role in Web3, shaping governance, infrastructure, and operational security.

The Rise of the Security Architect in Web3

Cantina is searching for researchers ready to grow into security architects, shaping how Web3 protocols structure risk, governance, and resilience.

Paul

August 19, 2025

News

Spearbit outlines TRON security across design, implementation, governance, and operations to safeguard high-value deployments.

TRON Smart Contract Security Lifecycle

Security across the TRON development lifecycle. Spearbit reviews design, governance, and operations to protect protocols under stress.

Paul

August 18, 2025

Spearbit

Security tips to protect dApps on BNB Chain

Top 15 Security Tips for BNB Chain Developers

Key security practices for BNB Chain development, from nonce validation to incident response, to help prevent costly exploits.

Paul

August 14, 2025

Spearbit

Cantina prepares DeFi for Hong Kong stablecoin licenses

Hong Kong Stablecoin Licensing: Institutional Readiness

How Cantina helps DeFi protocols meet Hong Kong’s new stablecoin licensing rules and prepare for institutional-grade compliance.

Paul

August 12, 2025

Case Studies

Full-lifecycle security for Ethereum sequencing systems

Lifecycle Security in Ethereum Sequencing Systems

Spearbit outlines security models, risks, and lifecycle reviews for Ethereum sequencers in rollup-centric scaling.

Paul

August 12, 2025

Spearbit

Plan smarter security reviews. Match timing to system maturity for better coverage and faster fixes.

When to Schedule a Security Review for Web3 Systems

Learn when to plan your security review based on architecture type, from rollups to upgrades.

Paul

August 12, 2025

Security Guides

$100K mainnet CTF by Aave × Cantina ends with zero breaches after weeks of live adversarial testing.

Aave × Cantina: $100K Mainnet CTF Ends Without Exploit

Aave and Cantina ran a $100K mainnet CTF on Aptos. Live contracts faced real attacks. None succeeded.

Paul

August 11, 2025

News

Case study on preventing payment stream exploits

Stream Correctness Under Pressure: Lessons from Pre-Launch Reviews

How a streaming protocol avoided launch-day bugs by fixing time-based overpayment and resume logic. Lessons from a focused Cantina review.

Paul

August 7, 2025

Case Studies

How Cantina helps protocols meet compliance expectations using existing smart contract controls like multisigs and timelocks.

Compliance Bridge: Mapping Smart Contract Security to Regulatory Requirements

Cantina helps organizations surface access, upgrade, and governance controls that meet institutional standards without centralizing design.

Paul

August 5, 2025

Case Studies

Top 9 smart contract risks in TON. A clear guide to avoid costly design flaws in Tact and FunC.

Secure Contract Development in TON: Top 9 Pitfalls in Tact & FunC

A practical guide for building resilient smart contracts in TON. Avoid top design flaws in Tact & FunC and build with audit-aligned patterns.

Paul

August 5, 2025

Spearbit

Streamlined bounty workflows: better control, scoped submissions, and transparent audit logs on Cantina.

Cantina Code: Access, Oversight, and Submission Clarity

Cantina’s latest updates improve access control, submission clarity, and platform auditability for high-trust bounty workflows.

Paul

August 4, 2025

Changelog

A clear guide to strengthening DeFIAI protocols with role separation, fallback logic, and verifiable agent behavior—built for institutional trust.

DeFIAI: Where Capital Meets Coordination

How DeFIAI handles coordination, agent risk, and what Cantina looks for during security reviews.

Paul

August 1, 2025

Ecosystem

Explore essential Web3 security principles for institutional teams. Learn how to assess smart contracts, governance, and infrastructure risk.

Security Fundamentals for the Digital Asset Economy

A clear, institutional guide to Web3 security. Covers key risks, smart contract reviews, and safeguards for participating in the digital asset economy.

Paul

August 1, 2025

News

A practical reference for institutions navigating decentralized infrastructure and security

Digital Assets, Defined

A practical glossary for institutions and navigating digital asset systems, smart contracts, governance, custody, and Web3 infrastructure.

Paul

July 30, 2025

Security Guides

Digital Asset Market Clarity Act: Institutional Integration for Regulated Crypto Systems

Digital Asset Market Clarity Act: Secure, Regulated Infrastructure

Cantina helps organizations align with the CLARITY Act through secure, verifiable systems built for regulatory oversight and institutional confidence.

Paul

July 29, 2025

News

What matters before researchers get involved: a checklist for preparing smart contracts for review.

How to Prepare for a Smart Contract Review?

Use this smart contract audit checklist to get review-ready. Cover threat models, testing, access control, and deployment.

Paul

July 29, 2025

Guides

U.S. OBBBA 2025 shapes a compliant framework for digital assets, guiding institutions toward secure, transparent DeFi systems.

OBBBA Act: New Security Standards for Digital Assets

Cantina enables DeFi organizations to align with OBBBA compliance by delivering reviewable, secure, and institution-ready infrastructure.

Paul

July 25, 2025

News

EigenCloud empowers teams to build verifiable applications with offchain execution, programmable enforcement, and modular trust architecture.

Secure by Design: Programmable Trust on EigenCloud

EigenCloud enables offchain execution with cryptoeconomic guarantees. AVSs define correctness while EigenVerify ensures enforcement and dispute resolution.

Paul

July 25, 2025

Case Studies

Comprehensive guide to securing DePIN systems, from smart contracts and hardware to orchestration layers and governance paths.

DePIN Security Best Practices

A technical guide to securing DePIN systems across contracts, devices, orchestration, and governance - designed for real-world infrastructure.

Paul

July 24, 2025

Spearbit

Pectra’s upgrade triggered a $2M client and spec review. Cantina led the coordination to validate Ethereum’s next milestone release.

Cantina × Ethereum: $2M Pectra Security Competition

Cantina and the Ethereum Foundation coordinated a $2M competition reviewing every client and spec ahead of the Pectra upgrade.

Paul

July 24, 2025

News

Web3SOC brings structured classification to DeFi. Coinbase partners with Cantina to advance institutional standards and transparency.

Coinbase Collaborates with Cantina to Advance Web3SOC

Coinbase joins Cantina to advance Web3SOC a classification system for operational security and regulatory readiness in institutional DeFi

Paul

July 23, 2025

News

How stablecoin operators can align with the UK’s FCA CP25/14, with a focus on permission logic, custody, redemptions, and operational resilience.

Institutional Index: UK Stablecoin Rules

UK regulators move on stablecoins. Cantina outlines security risks and system design patterns critical for compliance with FCA CP25/14.

Paul

July 22, 2025

News

Cantina powers $34M+ in bug bounties for top Web3 orgs. Structured rewards and expert reviews enable high-signal, scalable security.

Cantina Bug Bounty Programs: $34M+ in Active Opportunities

Cantina powers over $34M in bug bounty opportunities across leading Web3 organizations.

Paul

July 18, 2025

Ecosystem

Coinbase and Cantina launch a $5M bounty program focused on securing Coinbase’s onchain products.

A Closer Look at Coinbase’s $5M Bug Bounty Program on Cantina

Coinbase launches a $5M bug bounty with Cantina, opening its full onchain stack including Base for expert-led vulnerability discovery and review.

Paul

July 17, 2025

News

Stress-testing DeFi agents with Spearbit to catch model failures, unscoped logic, and runtime risks before production.

DeFi AI: Securing the Autonomous Frontier

Spearbit stress-tests DeFi agents to validate logic, prevent failure under pressure, and close gaps static audits miss in live model-based execution.

Paul

July 15, 2025

Spearbit

How Sui and Aptos enforce token control using capabilities, deny lists, and programmable policies.

Token Capabilities in Move-Based Architectures

Explore how Sui and Aptos enforce token rules through capabilities, deny lists, and policy logic to build secure, compliant Move-based systems.

Paul

July 15, 2025

Spearbit

End-to-end view of Cantina’s security management system—streamlining triage, findings, and reviewer coordination.

Cantina Code: Purpose-Built Security Infrastructure

Explore how Cantina’s unified dashboard simplifies security review coordination, offering seamless access to active projects, teams, and workflows.

Paul

July 10, 2025

Changelog

ZKVMs introduce new proof surfaces, Spearbit ensures constraint logic, relay governance, and Bitcoin integration are secure before production deployment.

ZKVMs and Bitcoin: Security Across Proof Systems

Spearbit evaluates zkVM logic, circuit constraints, and Bitcoin relays to secure verifiable compute across cross-chain environments and zero-knowledge systems.

Paul

July 10, 2025

Spearbit

Explore how Coinbase’s $5M bug bounty on Cantina advances security best practices for institutional-grade onchain infrastructure.

Coinbase and Cantina launch $5M bounty to set a new benchmark for security

Coinbase’s $5M bug bounty program on Cantina targets its onchain infra and Base smart contracts, setting a new bar for Web3 security standards.

Paul

July 8, 2025

News

Leaders from DeFi and finance convene at Cantina Summit to shape institutional adoption

Cantina Summit: Securing Institutional Adoption in Web3

Cantina’s summit convened leading DeFi and finance voices to address institutional needs. Explore the outcomes and how Web3SOC supports adoption.

Paul

July 4, 2025

News

Rule-based yield infrastructure from Gauntlet and Aera V3, tested in Cantina’s security competition for institutional DeFi readiness.

Gauntlet x Aera V3: Institutional Vault Infrastructure

Gauntlet and Aera V3 enable structured DeFi vaults with institutional-grade risk controls, validated through a Cantina security competition.

Paul

July 3, 2025

Ecosystem

Learn how Symbiotic enables permissionless validator control using vaults and resolvers, backed by Spearbit’s expert protocol reviews.

Restaking Systems: Inside Symbiotic’s Validator Model

Explore how Symbiotic enables modular validator coordination using vaults, resolvers, and operator opt-ins to support secure, customizable restaking.

Paul

July 3, 2025

Spearbit

Aave and Cantina’s $100K mainnet CTF tests live Ethereum contracts under real attack conditions.

Aave and Cantina Launch a $100,000 Mainnet CTF

Aave and Cantina launch a $100K challenge across four scoped contracts. Researchers test under structured conditions with real rewards and defined scope.

Paul

June 27, 2025

News

Web3SOC helps DeFi organizations align with Fortune 500 expectations in security, governance, compliance, and operations.

Web3SOC and the Fortune 500 Threshold

Web3SOC gives DeFi organizations a clear path to align with the security and governance standards expected by Fortune 500 institutions.

Paul

June 25, 2025

News

Spearbit’s hands-on reentrancy testing secures protocols beyond automation — expert reviews, simulation-based insight, and operational impact.

Reentrancy in Smart Contracts: Detection & Defense

Reentrancy in smart contracts. Spearbit identifies critical risks missed by automated tools through expert-driven modeling and real attack simulations.

Paul

June 24, 2025

Spearbit

DEX security lifecycle visualization covering risk domains, technical assessments, and post-launch strategies.

DEX Security Best Practices

Discover how top DEXs secure smart contracts, oracles, and infrastructure with Spearbit’s full-lifecycle approach to risk modeling and protocol resilience.

Paul

June 20, 2025

Spearbit

Cantina’s Web3SOC framework for assessing institutional-grade DeFi readiness.

Web3SOC: A New Standard for Institutional DeFi

Cantina introduces Web3SOC, a framework for evaluating DeFi organizations’ institutional readiness across security, compliance, governance, and operations.

Paul

June 20, 2025

News

Operational security support for protocols under attack—Cantina Incident Response enables fast mitigation and active threat containment.

Web3 Incident Response Services for Protocol Security

Cantina’s Incident Response delivers rapid, end-to-end support for Web3 exploits: simulating attacks, tracing assets, and restoring security in real time.

Paul

June 17, 2025

News

New on-chain trust layer in Solana embeds compliance and identity logic at the wallet level for composable protocol access.

Solana’s New Attestation Layer Changes On-Chain Trust

Cantina breaks down Solana’s new Attestation Service, what it changes for identity, compliance, and how protocols should adapt their security models.

Paul

June 16, 2025

Case Studies

New features improve access control and help clients focus on high-priority bounty findings from the start.

Streamlined Access Management and Bounty Review

Cantina adds an Account Security page for session control and default filters for faster bug triage in bounty programs.

Paul

June 15, 2025

Changelog

Advanced fuzzing in Web3: Combining manual review and automation to identify critical smart contract vulnerabilities.

Custom Fuzzing for Smart Contract Security

Fuzzing for smart contract security done right, Spearbit blends expert insight with custom harnesses to uncover bugs beyond black box automation.

Paul

June 11, 2025

Spearbit

Security gaps in RWA protocols shown across access control, cross-chain flow, and real-world capital alignment.

What It Takes to Secure Real-World Assets

Security for RWAs requires protocol logic that reflects legal access, user eligibility, and operational constraints, not just code correctness.

Paul

June 4, 2025

Spearbit

Cantina’s framework connects security findings to operational continuity, valuation clarity, and investor confidence

Mapping Smart Contract Risks to Capital Exposure

Cantina’s risk matrix maps smart contract findings to real-world capital risks like governance drift, NAV distortion, and operational failure.

Paul

June 3, 2025

Best Practices

This milestone builds on past Cantina–Euler efforts, including record-setting competitions and structured reviews

Cantina and Euler Launch $500,000 Live Mainnet CTF

Euler and Cantina launch a $500K live CTF on Ethereum mainnet, inviting researchers to test real contracts under real liquidity conditions.

Paul

June 3, 2025

News

New Cantina features streamline bounty workflows, enhance visibility, and support scalable program management across teams

Smarter Bug Bounty Management With Cantina

Cantina introduces better scope controls, reward settings, insights, and workflows for managing effective Web3 bounty programs.

Paul

May 30, 2025

Changelog

Spearbit and Cantina unify to streamline security access from deep reviews to scalable services

Spearbit and Cantina: A New Standard in Web3 Security

Spearbit and Cantina now operate as a unified platform, aligning deep reviews and scalable workflows for secure, efficient organization development.

Paul

May 26, 2025

News

Cantina simulates prover behavior and edge-case conditions to surface hidden vulnerabilities

ZKP Security Flaws Auditors Commonly Overlook

Cantina uncovers the real risks in ZKP systems, where flawed integration, weak state logic, and unsafe assumptions lead to critical failures.

Paul

May 23, 2025

Best Practices

Cantina’s global on-call teams assess, verify, and approve transactions with live response and contextual risk triage

Securing Transactions With Cantina Multisig

Cantina Multisig safeguards Web3 protocols by validating transactions with human verification and real-time security intervention.

Paul

May 20, 2025

Best Practices

Improving collaboration and automation in Cantina with new workflows and notification features

Cantina Updates: Smarter Reviews and Unified Workflow

Cantina introduces new workflow upgrades: improved mentions, smarter notifications, unified dashboards, and advanced Zapier automation triggers.

Paul

May 15, 2025

Changelog

Cantina product update showcasing new bug bounty features, account controls, and improved client workflow tools.

New Cantina Features for Bounties & User Control

Explore Cantina’s new features: reward visibility, redesigned bounty pages, email updates, self-serve tools, and improved client workflows.

Hilary

May 1, 2025

Changelog

Solana’s speed comes with unique risks—learn how to secure your smart contracts and protect against outages and exploits.

Solana Security Risks, Issues & Mitigation Guide

A guide to Solana security: common smart contract flaws, network risks, and key practices to protect your Solana-based project.

Hilary

April 28, 2025

News

Cantina Blog

Cantina x Hypernative: Setting the Standard for Web3 MDR

Coinbase Collaborates with Cantina to Advance Web3SOC

Coinbase and Cantina launch $5M bounty to set a new benchmark for security

Web3SOC: A New Standard for Institutional DeFi

Lessons Learned from the AWS Shortage

Inside the Coinbase x Cantina Bug Bounty: What Makes a Valid PoC

Cantina x Superform: Securing $135M in Onchain Yield

AI Threats and Automation in Web3 Security

Cantina Code: From Live Exploit Handling to Custom Workflow Control

Hack Seasons Recap: Cantina, Mastercard, Mercuryo & Babylon on the Future of Crypto Adoption

How Web3 Startups Sell Security in 2025

Beyond Audits: Securing Composable Protocols

Auditing Vault-Based Protocols in DeFi

Cantina x Hypernative: Setting the Standard for Web3 MDR

Zero Vulnerability in Web3 Security

Agglayer by Polygon Launches $1,000,000 Bug Bounty with Cantina

UK Stablecoin Ownership Caps: Policy and Impact

Incident Response for Critical Web3 Threats

Governance as an Attack Vector in Web3 Protocols

Infrastructure & Supply Chain Security in Web3

Security Coordination Across Modular Protocols

Incident Command: Operational Continuity for Web3

The Role of Formal Verification in Web3 Security

Cantina Code: Smarter Filtering and Faster Reviews

Cantina Adds Safe Harbor for Whitehat Protection

A Strategic Guide to Formal Verification in Web3

Signature Verification Risks in Solana

Secure Protocol Upgrades with Governance Alignment

Kinetiq Redefines Secure Staking on Hyperliquid

Ethereum and the Rise of Trustware

NEAR Security Unpacked for Builders

Makina and Cantina Launch a $100,000 Cross‑Chain Mainnet CTF

Beyond Genius Act Stablecoin Risks

Avalanche Deployments: Security and Subnet Resilience

Evolving the Cantina Fellowship

Kinetiq Launches $5M Bug Bounty - The Largest on HyperEVM with Cantina

Unlocking a 16 Trillion Market: How Tokenization, Compliance, and Security Are Transforming Digital Assets

Securing Polygon Deployments: A Guide to Navigating Risk Across PoS and zkEVM

DeFi enters retirement portfolios: Institutional Risk demands new security standards

Institutional Assurance for Mobile Signing Systems

From Custody to Confidence: Engineering DeFi Infrastructure for Institutional Access

Securing Cosmos Appchains: A Trust-Aligned Guide to ABCI, Determinism, and IBC Integrity

Inside the $4M Whitehat Rescue: Cantina x Panoptic

Securing Stablecoins: A Risk-Aligned Perspective on Design, Deployment, and Oversight

Stablecoin Infrastructure Playbook: 2025 Edition

Architecture Debt Is Security Debt

Cantina x LI.FI: Secure Cross-Chain Liquidity Infrastructure

Securing Arbitrum Deployments: A Developer Guide

Cantina and HackerOne Partner to Advance Blockchain Security

Institutional Custody and Compliance in DeFi

Top 8 Web3 Attack Vectors in 2025

Incident Command: Preventing Protocol Collapse

Launch-Ready Means Review-Ready

The Rise of the Security Architect in Web3

TRON Smart Contract Security Lifecycle

Top 15 Security Tips for BNB Chain Developers

Hong Kong Stablecoin Licensing: Institutional Readiness

Lifecycle Security in Ethereum Sequencing Systems

When to Schedule a Security Review for Web3 Systems

Aave × Cantina: $100K Mainnet CTF Ends Without Exploit

Stream Correctness Under Pressure: Lessons from Pre-Launch Reviews

Compliance Bridge: Mapping Smart Contract Security to Regulatory Requirements

Secure Contract Development in TON: Top 9 Pitfalls in Tact & FunC

Cantina Code: Access, Oversight, and Submission Clarity

DeFIAI: Where Capital Meets Coordination

Security Fundamentals for the Digital Asset Economy

Digital Assets, Defined

Digital Asset Market Clarity Act: Secure, Regulated Infrastructure

How to Prepare for a Smart Contract Review?

OBBBA Act: New Security Standards for Digital Assets

Secure by Design: Programmable Trust on EigenCloud

DePIN Security Best Practices

Cantina × Ethereum: $2M Pectra Security Competition

Coinbase Collaborates with Cantina to Advance Web3SOC

Institutional Index: UK Stablecoin Rules

Cantina Bug Bounty Programs: $34M+ in Active Opportunities

A Closer Look at Coinbase’s $5M Bug Bounty Program on Cantina

DeFi AI: Securing the Autonomous Frontier

Token Capabilities in Move-Based Architectures