Rise above the risk: 2025 Web3 Security Outlook

Billions lost. New regulations. Are you ready?

Independent analysis for security leaders and institutional teams.

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What’s Inside

Clear guidance, practical checklists, and an outlook for 2026.

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Threat Landscape: Identity-first risk and AI-enabled attacks

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Incident Analysis: 2025’s biggest breaches and why they happened

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Best Practices: Identity, keys, monitoring, incident response

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Regulatory Overview: MiCA, DORA, GENIUS, NIS2, sector obligations

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Due Diligence Checklist: What institutions assess; what builders document

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Ecosystem Comparison: Liquidity, integrations, and risk controls

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AI Security: Agentic-AI risks, governance, and controls

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For Institutions

Integrate a consistent framework for DeFi risk and operational maturity. Use Web3SOC to standardize diligence across governance, security, financial stability, and regulatory domains.

Structured diligence with transparent scoring
Comparable maturity tiers (Enterprise → Nascent)
Evidence packages: audits, monitoring, incident playbooks

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For Builders

Demonstrate readiness with clear governance, resilient key management, continuous monitoring, and transparent disclosures. Use the checklist to close gaps and accelerate integrations.

Readiness checklist and remediation priorities
Audits + bug bounties to harden code paths
MDR for 24/7 monitoring and incident response

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"They integrated seamlessly with our team, approaching each issue with care and thoroughness. This strong partnership, focused on finding the best solution, exemplified their dedication to addressing complex security risks."

"We highly recommend Cantina Competitions for any protocol needing comprehensive bug coverage. The Cantina Code platform has made collaboration and triaging a breeze with the security researchers for the Morpho competition."

"Cantina is a must for any protocol looking to enhance their security review process."

"Moving our bug bounty to Cantina has been great. In the past we had to deal with a bunch of spam submissions that weren't getting triaged well, but with Cantina it's been a breeze. The triagers are deeply knowledgeable with smart contract development, so we don't have to waste engineering time responding to low quality submissions."

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Who This Is For

Security leaders and operators who need a fast path to readiness.

Institutions assessing Web3 programs for risk, governance, and reporting
Builders preparing for integrations, exchanges, or institutional partners
Ops and security teams maturing detection, response, and disclosure

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Who Made This Guide

Cantina and Spearbit deliver structured security across code, infrastructure, and operations for high-value protocols and institutions. We combine world-class researchers, Web3SOC diligence, and MDR to keep teams audit-ready and resilient.

Our platform covers pre-deployment review through runtime detection, incident command, and transparent evidence packages that accelerate approvals with exchanges, counterparties, and regulators.

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If your organization is preparing for due diligence, integration, or regulated engagement, we can help apply this framework to your architecture and operations. Cantina scopes institutional reviews that cover both code and resilience.