Institutional Investors Shift Beyond Audits as Trust Signals Fail: Hacken Q2 Report

According to Hacken's Q2 2026 Security & Compliance Report, institutional investors are moving beyond smart contract audits after traditional trust signals such as prior audits and operating history failed to predict exploited projects. Only 9% of 1,427 tracked projects had third-party monitoring, while 88.3% of the roughly $764 million stolen during the quarter stemmed from compromised keys, signers and infrastructure. Federico Bagiotti, group head of risk management at Abraxas Capital, said operational security had become an allocation test, noting that inadequate security relative to capital at risk most often led the firm to reject positions.
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