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The Onchain Brief

Onchain finance,
through a security lens

The monthly brief for institutional teams operating onchain. Each issue distills what is moving in security, regulation, and market structure into what it means for your program, from the team behind OpenZeppelin Contracts, the library securing over $35 trillion in onchain value.

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DTCC
Fidelity Digital Assets
WisdomTree
Coinbase-1
BitGo
Fireblocks
Ethereum Foundation-1
Stellar
$35T+ in value secured via OpenZeppelin Contracts | +10 years of experience | 10,000+ Total Vulnerabilities Identified
>$35T+ in value secured via OpenZeppelin Contracts +10 years of experience 10,000+ Total Vulnerabilities Identified >$35T+ in value secured via OpenZeppelin Contracts +10 years of experience 10,000+ Total Vulnerabilities Identified

What's Inside Each Edition

Onchain Risk Intelligence

Analysis of emerging threats, exploits, vulnerabilities and operational failures behind real institutional losses, and what they mean for your security controls.

Regulation, Translated

What's changing across MiCA, Basel, DORA, GENIUS Act, and other frameworks, and the operational implications for institutions operating onchain.

Institutional Security Standards

Best practices and frameworks from the team securing the infrastructure finance runs on.

About the Editor

Smriti Verma

Smriti Verma

Practice Lead, Financial Institutions

Advisor for institutional teams on security architecture and risk management for onchain systems. She has worked in blockchain since 2018, with prior roles at Deloitte and Tata Consultancy Services. She contributes to blockchain standards through ISO TC 307, the Blockchain Security Standards Council, and serves as Co-chair of the Technical Working Group at Blockchain Ireland.

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