Chainlink Announces $200K Competitive Audit for New CCIP Version

Code4rena has announced three significant audit competitions with substantial prize pools: - **Flare Networks**: $179,000 prize pool for fAssets codebase audit - **Fluid**: $93,500 prize pool, 21-day competition - **Solana Foundation**: $203,500 prize pool for Token-2022 Confidential Transfer Extension, running for 26 days All competitions will prioritize unique, high-severity vulnerability discoveries. The Solana audit marks their first competition on the Solana blockchain. *Auditors (Wardens) can participate in these competitions to earn rewards while contributing to Web3 security.*

Code4rena has released the audit report for Virtuals Protocol following their $60,000 competitive audit. The competition highlighted strong security practices and produced notable findings. Key results: - @tejas_warambhe secured first place (their first Code4rena win) - @bzpassersby and @FitroIvan took second and third respectively - Sparrow delivered the best QA report The Virtuals Protocol team demonstrated commitment to security throughout the process. Full report available at [Code4rena](https://code4rena.com/reports/2025-04-virtuals-protocol)

Code4rena has announced the winners of the $15,000 BitVault competitive audit. - **First Place**: araj - **Second Place**: @0xdemonnn - **Third Place**: @shishgeor araj achieved notable success by securing both Top Hunter and Top Gatherer positions alongside @0xdemonnn. [View complete results](https://code4rena.com/audits/2025-04-bitvault)

The Starknet competitive audit is reaching its conclusion on April 9th. Security researchers and auditors have a final opportunity to participate and potentially earn from the substantial $150,000 prize pool. - **Deadline**: April 9th, 2025 - **Prize Pool**: $150,000 - **Platform**: Code4rena competitive audit Findings must be submitted before the deadline to be eligible for rewards. This audit follows similar recent competitions, including the successful Recallnet audit which concluded in March with a $100,000 prize pool.

Code4rena has published the comprehensive security audit report for IQ AI, a platform developing tokenized agents for DeFi applications. The audit, which carried a $35,000 prize pool, focused on identifying critical vulnerabilities and security concerns. The audit process began in January 2025, with auditors examining the platform's smart contracts and infrastructure. IQ AI demonstrated strong commitment to security best practices throughout the review. - Full audit report available at [Code4rena](https://code4rena.com/reports/2025-01-iq-ai) - Initial audit competition ran for 9 days - Rewards distributed based on severity and uniqueness of findings