Web3 Security Insights | Cantina Blog

Honoring Alex Beregszazi, co-founder of Cantina, as he transitions to his next chapter after four transformative years.

Thank You, Alex Beregszaszi - Cantina Co-Founder

Alex Beregszazi helped build Cantina from the ground up. As he moves on, we reflect on his legacy and what’s next for the team and mission.

Paul

December 5, 2025

News

Cantina × Euler: 2025 security spotlight on how permissionless lending became modular, observable, and stress-tested for institutional trust.

Cantina × Euler 2025: Modular Lending, Secured

In 2025, Euler redefined permissionless lending with modular security. Cantina spotlights how the architecture holds up—and what’s next in 2026.

Paul

December 4, 2025

Partners Spotlights

In 2025, EigenCloud redefined verifiable compute. Cantina spotlights its security surface, AVS enforcement, and what teams must get right.

Cantina x EigenCloud: Verifiable AI in 2025

Why Cantina spotlighted EigenCloud in 2025: new security models, verifiable AI, and what infra teams must prepare for next.

Paul

December 3, 2025

Partners Spotlights

Illustration of how organizations build a security-first culture with integrated workflows, governance, and behavioral alignment.

Security First Culture for Growth Organizations

A practical guide to building a security-first culture that scales with your team. Align people, processes, and velocity without sacrificing protection.

Paul

December 2, 2025

Spearbit

ESRB warning highlights systemic risk in multi-issuer stablecoin models, exploring liquidity, governance, and cross-border failure points.

Stablecoins & ESRB Warnings: Multi-Issuer Risk

ESRB warns of systemic stablecoin risk tied to multi-issuer models. Learn what to audit, what can fail, and how to evaluate infrastructure readiness.

Paul

December 1, 2025

News

Guide to major compliance shifts in Nov 2025 for Web3 and fintech teams, with actionable steps on ISO, DORA, PCI DSS, SEC, and MDR alignment.

Compliance & Security: Nov 2025 Changes

New rules are live: ISO 27001:2022, DORA, PCI DSS 4.0, NYDFS 500, and more. Learn what changed in Nov 2025 and how crypto teams should respond.

Paul

November 27, 2025

Guides

Cantina introduces a new execution layer for Web3 security: coordinated response, continuous monitoring, and institutional readiness.

Web3 Needs a Security Execution Layer

Web3 doesn’t need more alerts, it needs execution. Cantina builds the coordination layer protocols require to manage risk and respond in real time.

Paul

November 26, 2025

News

Spearbit explores intent-based bridge vulnerabilities, from replay attacks to solver misbehavior and simulation leakage.

Intent Bridges: Where Value Leaks and Assumptions Fail

Intent-based bridges introduce new attack surfaces. Learn how solvers extract value, replay exploits happen, and how to build secure settlement paths.

Paul

November 25, 2025

Spearbit

How SEC rulemaking in 2025 is reshaping crypto: what projects must do now to align with custody, transparency, and compliance standards.

SEC Rulemaking: What Crypto Firms Must Know

The SEC is shifting from enforcement to rulemaking. Learn how crypto firms can prepare for custody, audits, and compliance requirements in 2025.

Paul

November 21, 2025

News

Cantina report: The 7 digital asset trends shaping institutional security in 2025, from real-world assets to AI-powered protocols.

Top 7 Digital Asset Trends Institutions Must Watch

Explore 2025’s top blockchain trends and the security risks institutions face across AI, tokenization, CBDCs, and smart contracts.

Paul

November 21, 2025

Guides

Cantina MDR closes the after-hours security gap: real humans verify threats and trigger incident response when no one else is awake.

Who Responds When You’re Offline? MDR Does

Most alerts come at night. Cantina’s MDR verifies, triages, and escalates real threats 24/7, before your team even sees the dashboard.

Paul

November 20, 2025

News

Explore critical risks in smart wallet recovery systems - guardian vulnerabilities, denial-of-service vectors, and secure recovery design models.

Smart Wallet Recovery: Attack Paths & Defenses

How attackers hijack smart wallet recovery via spoofed guardians, stale votes, and list abuse. Real-world patterns, secure flows, and design fixes.

Paul

November 20, 2025

Spearbit

The best bug bounty programs in Web3 run on Cantina. See how Uniswap, Coinbase, Morpho, Euler, and Kinetiq secure their protocols live.

Top 5 Web3 Bug Bounty Programs & CTFs on Cantina

Explore 5 of the most advanced bug bounties and CTFs on Cantina, including Uniswap, Coinbase, Aave, and others pushing security in production.

Paul

November 18, 2025

News

L2 systems carry finality delays and exit risk. Understand how sequencer failures and fraud proofs impact user withdrawals to Layer 1.

Exit Risk & Finality in Layer 2 Protocols

Explore how Layer 2 exit windows, sequencer downtime, and fraud proofs affect asset recovery and finality across optimistic rollups.

Paul

November 18, 2025

Spearbit

How Injective and Cantina enable secure, fast, AI-integrated DeFi infrastructure with real-world asset support.

Injective x Cantina: Securing AI-Ready DeFi Infra

Injective and Cantina team up to secure high-speed DeFi infrastructure powering AI, RWA, and cross-chain finance.

Paul

November 18, 2025

Case Studies

Web3 infrastructure security beyond smart contracts.

Web3 Cybersecurity for Institutional Standards

Meeting bank-grade security in Web3 now means securing infrastructure, monitoring, and response—not just contracts. Learn how to operationalize it.

Paul

November 17, 2025

News

Why fraud tools aren’t enough: securing modern neobanks with MDR, smart contract audits, and continuous infrastructure monitoring.

Securing Neobanks from Web2 and Web3 Risk

Neobanks face full-stack risk across Web2 and Web3 layers. Learn how MDR, audits, and infrastructure testing build institutional security readiness.

Paul

November 14, 2025

Best Practices

Cantina audits Sonic’s L1 for 400K TPS, secure cross-chain bridging, and enterprise-ready infrastructure.

Sonic x Cantina: Infrastructure Ready for Institutions

How Sonic reached 400K TPS with sub-second finality, and what Cantina’s audits reveal about its readiness for enterprise-grade deployment.

Paul

November 13, 2025

Case Studies

Cantina secures $3B+ in Lista DAO’s BNBFi lending and staking systems.

Lista DAO x Cantina: Securing $3B in DeFi TVL

Lista DAO secures $3B+ across BNB Chain with Cantina’s audits, modular architecture, and institutional-grade DeFi security framework.

Paul

November 11, 2025

Case Studies

NFTs carry real risk. This guide helps builders secure mints, metadata, wallets, and contracts—before and after launch.

NFT Security Guide for Builders and Operators

Protect your NFT project with this guide covering mint safety, metadata integrity, role design, upgrade controls, and operational best practices.

Paul

November 11, 2025

Spearbit

How UK stablecoin caps reshape global regulatory thinking.

UK Stablecoin Caps Signal Global Policy Shift

The Bank of England’s proposed stablecoin ownership caps signal a new phase in global regulation. Here’s how this affects builders, issuers, and protocols.

Paul

November 7, 2025

News

How token roles create and amplify risk in Web3 protocols.

How Token Design Shapes Web3 Security

Token design affects protocol risk in Web3. Learn how governance, collateral, and inter-protocol use cases impact economic and security resilience.

Paul

November 6, 2025

Spearbit

$4M saved: Panoptic and Cantina whitehat recovery case study.

Inside the $4M Panoptic Rescue with Cantina

How Panoptic and Cantina coordinated a $4M whitehat rescue across chains, securing user funds through live triage, flashbots, and zero loss.

Paul

November 6, 2025

Case Studies

How ZKsync and Cantina are building high-performance, privacy-first blockchain infrastructure for institutions and capital markets.

ZKsync x Cantina: Securing ZK Financial Infrastructure

ZKsync and Cantina are building secure, programmable cryptographic infrastructure for capital markets, tokenization, and cross-border settlement.

Paul

November 6, 2025

Case Studies

BNB Chain builder security checklist by Cantina

Cantina x BNB Chain: 15 Essential Security Tips for Builders

Cantina and BNB Chain share 15 essential security tips to help Web3 builders reduce risk and strengthen protocol defenses from day one.

Paul

November 4, 2025

Best Practices

How community reporting and education are strengthening Web3 security—faster detection, better trust, and lower risk.

Community-Powered Threat Detection in Web3

Explore how Web3 protocols use community reporting, user education, and hybrid detection to reduce threats and increase security resilience.

Paul

November 4, 2025

Spearbit

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

Paul

November 4, 2025

News

Quantum risk to Web3 public keys illustrated with blockchain cube diagram.

Quantum Threats to Web3: What You Need to Know

Quantum computing threatens legacy cryptography in Web3. Learn how exposed public keys could lead to future fund theft—and how to prepare.

Paul

November 3, 2025

Case Studies

Common risks in yield aggregator protocol design.

Design Risks in Yield Aggregator Protocols

Explore common vulnerabilities in yield aggregators, from custody risk to strategy execution, and how to build safer, composable DeFi infrastructure.

Paul

October 30, 2025

Spearbit

How Story powers programmable IP, secured by Cantina.

Secure Infrastructure for Programmable IP: Story x Cantina

How Story’s programmable IP infrastructure supports AI, media, royalties, and how Cantina secured validator logic and protocol enforcement.

Paul

October 30, 2025

Case Studies

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

Cantina Blog

Web3SOC: The Institutional Due Diligence Standard for DeFi

Cantina Launches Free DNS Monitoring for Early Threat Signal

Cantina Achieves SOC 2 Type II Certification

Managed Detection and Response for Digital Asset Economy

Thank You, Alex Beregszaszi - Cantina Co-Founder

Cantina × Euler 2025: Modular Lending, Secured

Cantina x EigenCloud: Verifiable AI in 2025

Security First Culture for Growth Organizations

Stablecoins & ESRB Warnings: Multi-Issuer Risk

Compliance & Security: Nov 2025 Changes

Web3 Needs a Security Execution Layer

Intent Bridges: Where Value Leaks and Assumptions Fail

SEC Rulemaking: What Crypto Firms Must Know

Top 7 Digital Asset Trends Institutions Must Watch

Who Responds When You’re Offline? MDR Does

Smart Wallet Recovery: Attack Paths & Defenses

Top 5 Web3 Bug Bounty Programs & CTFs on Cantina

Exit Risk & Finality in Layer 2 Protocols

Injective x Cantina: Securing AI-Ready DeFi Infra

Web3 Cybersecurity for Institutional Standards

Securing Neobanks from Web2 and Web3 Risk

Sonic x Cantina: Infrastructure Ready for Institutions

Lista DAO x Cantina: Securing $3B in DeFi TVL

NFT Security Guide for Builders and Operators

UK Stablecoin Caps Signal Global Policy Shift

How Token Design Shapes Web3 Security

Inside the $4M Panoptic Rescue with Cantina

ZKsync x Cantina: Securing ZK Financial Infrastructure

Cantina x BNB Chain: 15 Essential Security Tips for Builders

Community-Powered Threat Detection in Web3

Managed Detection and Response for Digital Asset Economy

Quantum Threats to Web3: What You Need to Know

Design Risks in Yield Aggregator Protocols

Secure Infrastructure for Programmable IP: Story x Cantina

Lessons Learned from the AWS Shortage

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