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Figure Heloc Certora Partners with Cork and Hypernative to Set a New Standard for Web3 Security
Ryan Moore 
Three Security Powerhouses Team Up
Certora the security firm trusted by some of the most advanced teams in crypto has announced a strategic partnership with Cork and Hypernative to bring a deeper, smarter, more proactive security model to Web3. Under the partnership, Certora becomes Cork’s official Security Partner of Record, meaning security is embedded from the earliest lines of code all the way through deployment, monitoring, and ongoing operations.
Instead of audits being a box-checking exercise that happen once before launch, this collaboration makes security something continuous baked directly into the day-to-day heartbeat of protocol development.
Why This Partnership Matters
Hypernative brings real-time threat monitoring. Certora brings formal verification and institutional-grade assurance. Cork brings the DeFi infrastructure layer that actually needs to stay secure in live market environments. Put together, it’s a kind of “full-stack security coverage” that goes beyond the standard audit-and-hope model.
“Business-as-usual security just doesn’t cut it in DeFi,” said Baptiste Florentin, CTO of Cork. “We chose Certora to go beyond point-in-time audits and build a holistic, end-to-end security discipline that is deeply integrated with our codebase, change management, and production operations.”
And that perspective isn’t paranoia it’s reality. Crypto-related fraud reached $9.3 billion last year according to the FBI’s IC3 report, a 66% jump year-over-year. Too many protocols are still securing multibillion-dollar systems with outdated tooling and reactive security practices. This partnership is looking to flip that script.
Raising the Security Bar for Web3
Certora sees this collaboration as part of a cultural shift that Web3 desperately needs one that treats security the way traditional finance and aerospace do: as a top-level engineering discipline, not an afterthought.
“Certora was founded to bring the rigor of enterprise-grade assurance, used in industries like aeronautics and finance, to decentralized systems,” said Seth Hallem, CEO of Certora. “By partnering with Cork and Hypernative, we’re not just helping one protocol; we’re helping redefine how Web3 handles risk, transparency, and operational resilience.”
Hypernative’s CEO Gal Sagie added: “Web3 security is taking another leap today to filter out the bad actors. But just as important, we’re also finding ways to raise risk standards for every serious builder in this industry.”
A Blueprint for Secure Onchain Finance
The endgame here is simple: build protocols that don’t break. Create systems where developers don’t have to rely on luck, sleepless nights, or social sentiment to avoid catastrophic failures. And ultimately, make Web3 safer for everyday users not just insiders.
Together, Certora, Cork, and Hypernative are setting an example for how security can be designed into protocols from day one, instead of patched on later after something goes wrong.
More details about the collaboration can be found in the project’s official blog.
About Certora
Certora is a blockchain security company providing industry-leading formal verification tools and smart contract audits. Their flagship tech, Prover, is used by protocols like Aave, Lido, and Maker to mathematically validate smart contracts and catch rare, hard-to-detect bugs before they ever hit production.
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