Lead · Incident Analysis
An audit proves the code was written correctly. It can't prove the outside world the code trusts is correct too — H1 2026's $444 million lesson was learned the hard way, on exactly that second point.
Priyanka Rao
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August 13, 2026
"This project has been audited, so it should be safe" is one of the most common reassurance mantras in crypto. But according to blockchain security firm CertiK's H1 2026 Hack3D report, that mantra got repeatedly contradicted by reality in the first half of this year. This article isn't here to repeat the already-tired truism that "audits can't guarantee absolute safety" — it's here to...