The Standard for Institutional DeFi

Web3SOC is a standardized classification system that evaluates DeFi organizations across four core areas: operational (team structure and governance), financial (economic design and capital resilience), security (smart contract and infrastructure robustness), and regulatory (legal compliance).

Web3SOC was developed by Cantina in collaboration with leading DeFi organizations including Uniswap Labs, Morpho, Maple Finance, Kiln, Steakhouse Financial, L1D, and Secureum. This collaborative approach with industry leaders ensures the framework reflects real-world institutional requirements and DeFi best practices.

Institutions can incorporate Web3SOC into their investment evaluation process to assess DeFi organizations with the same rigor as they would a traditional organization. The framework provides a standardized framework for comparing organizations and identifying strengths and gaps in governance, security, financial stability, and regulatory compliance.

Web3SOC is specifically designed for institutional evaluation, developed collaboratively with leading industry players rather than by a single entity. It provides standardized classifications, transparent scoring breakdowns, and confidential assessment options that address the unique challenges of decentralized finance.

Web3SOC creates a common language between institutional investors and DeFi organizations by applying familiar due diligence standards in ways that fit decentralized protocols. This standardization helps institutions assess DeFi investments with confidence while giving DeFi projects clear improvement pathways.

Web3SOC evaluates smart contract security, application robustness, infrastructure resilience, attack resistance capabilities, and incident response procedures. This comprehensive security assessment helps institutions understand the technical risks associated with different DeFi protocols.

Organizations can improve scores by addressing identified gaps across the four evaluation domains: strengthening operational processes, enhancing security practices, improving financial standing, and ensuring regulatory compliance. Web3SOC provides actionable insights for systematic improvement.

Organizations are assessed across operational, financial, security, and regulatory domains using the Web3SOC framework.

Web3SOC provides a structured assessment framework and a certification status that reflects progress and readiness.

Organizations may display their certification status publicly, while detailed assessment outputs can be handled privately.

Yes. Assessment details can remain confidential and shared selectively with relevant stakeholders.

Web3SOC accelerates institutional DeFi adoption by providing familiar evaluation standards, reducing due diligence complexity, and offering clear benchmarks for institutional readiness. This standardization helps institutions move beyond pilot programs to meaningful DeFi allocations with greater confidence.