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Web3SOC is the institutional due diligence standard for DeFi.

Web3SOC: The Institutional Due Diligence Standard for DeFi

Web3SOC is a maturity framework for DeFi due diligence, scoring operational, financial, security, and regulatory readiness for institutions and teams.
Paul
January 27, 2026
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Cantina offers free DNS monitoring and baseline scans to spot DNS abuse, hijacks, and lookalike domains early, then escalate to MDR for fast response.

Cantina Launches Free DNS Monitoring for Early Threat Signal

Get free DNS monitoring and baseline scans to map your domain surface area, catch DNS abuse early, and tighten posture before users are impacted.

SOC 2 Type II achieved Cantina’s controls for security availability and confidentiality independently audited and verified.

Cantina Achieves SOC 2 Type II Certification

Cantina announces SOC 2 Type II certification and a continued commitment to audited enterprise grade security and operational maturity.

Cantina MDR secures Web3 protocols through real time incident response

Managed Detection and Response for Digital Asset Economy

Cantina’s MDR bridges detection containment and recovery for digital assets organizations ensuring fast structured and trusted response under threat

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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
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September 23, 2025
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
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September 22, 2025
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
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September 18, 2025
$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
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September 18, 2025
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
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September 17, 2025
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
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September 16, 2025
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
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September 16, 2025
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
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September 15, 2025
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
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September 12, 2025
Securing Polygon Deployments | Cantina

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
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September 11, 2025
DeFi Enters Retirement Funds | Cantina

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
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September 11, 2025
Institutional Assurance for Mobile Signing Systems | Cantina

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
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September 10, 2025
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
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September 9, 2025
Cosmos Security with Spearbit

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
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September 9, 2025
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
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September 5, 2025
Securing Stablecoins - Spearbit

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
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September 4, 2025
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
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September 4, 2025
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
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August 29, 2025
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
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August 28, 2025
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
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August 26, 2025
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
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August 26, 2025
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
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August 25, 2025
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
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August 21, 2025
MDR ensures fast, structured response to threats, reducing loss and improving protocol resilience.

MDR: Preventing Protocol Collapse

Cantina’s MDR helps protocols act with structure under pressure, preventing loss through clear authority and coordinated response.
Paul
August 21, 2025
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August 21, 2025
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
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August 20, 2025
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
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August 19, 2025
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
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August 18, 2025
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
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August 14, 2025
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
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August 12, 2025
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
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August 12, 2025
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
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August 12, 2025
$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
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August 11, 2025
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