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**Code4rena launches 12-day competitive audit for Covenant** Covenant transforms assets into leverage and yield through their DeFi protocol. The audit competition focuses on two critical areas: **LatentSwap vulnerabilities:** - Invariant maintenance during atomic transactions - Token minting/redemption/swapping exploits - Value extraction through complex asset manipulation **Covenant contract security:** - Market isolation between base assets - Re-entrancy attack prevention - Market bricking resistance Wardens hunt for the highest and rarest vulnerabilities to win the biggest prizes. [Start auditing now](https://code4rena.com/audits/2025-10-covenant)

Code4rena announces a **15-day audit competition** for Reflector, partnering with Stellar Foundation and the Reflector team. The competitive audit aims to secure the Reflector codebase through community-driven security testing. This follows Code4rena's previous successful $125,000 Blend protocol audit on Stellar. **Key Details:** - Duration: 15 days - Partners: Stellar Foundation (@BuildOnStellar) and Reflector (@in_reflector) - Focus: Securing Reflector's codebase This initiative demonstrates Stellar's continued commitment to ecosystem security and growth through collaborative auditing efforts.

The **@0xsequence competitive audit** is ending soon on **October 22nd**. Wardens still have time to submit vulnerability findings for a chance to win from the **$73,000 prize pool**. - Competition deadline: October 22nd - Total rewards: $73,000 - Open to security researchers and auditors This follows recent major competitions including Monad's record $500,000 prize pool and other significant audits from LayerZero, Hybra Finance, and Solana Foundation. **Submit your findings before the deadline to compete for rewards.**

**Hybra Finance** has launched a competitive security audit on Code4rena, running for **10 days** with prizes for discovering vulnerabilities. **Key Details:** - Hybra Finance operates as a public liquidity layer on Hyperliquid - Competition rewards the **highest and rarest vulnerabilities** found - Security researchers can access audit documentation and participate **How to Participate:** - Review the audit documentation at [Code4rena](https://code4rena.com/audits/2025-10-hybra-finance) - Hunt for smart contract vulnerabilities - Submit findings for potential rewards This follows Code4rena's competitive audit model that gamifies security research to help projects identify bugs more effectively than traditional auditing methods.

**LayerZero's $103,000 audit competition is now live** on Code4rena, focusing on securing their Endpoint V2 implementation for Sui blockchain. **Key Details:** - 13-day competition duration - Highest prizes awarded for critical and rare vulnerabilities - Security researchers can participate immediately **Recent Context:** This follows two other major audit launches: - Monad's record-breaking $500,000 unconditional prize pool (27 days) - Succinct's $112,500 competition (30 days) [Start hunting for vulnerabilities](https://code4rena.com/audits/2025-09-layerzero-endpoint-v2-sui)

**BlackholeDex** has launched a significant bug bounty program offering **$100,000 in $BLACK tokens** to security researchers who discover valid vulnerabilities. The bounty program targets whitehats and security experts to: - Identify critical vulnerabilities in BlackholeDex's smart contracts - Strengthen the platform's security before wider deployment - Reward responsible disclosure with substantial compensation Key details include publicly disclosed known issues and a defined scope for the security contest. [View bounty details and start hunting](https://code4rena.com/bounties/blackhole)

**Code4rena is launching its largest audit competition ever** with a $500,000 unconditional prize pool for Monad. Key details: - **28-day competition duration** - Unconditional prize distribution to participating wardens - Represents the biggest prize pool in audit competition history This follows Code4rena's recent $203,500 Solana Foundation audit for Token-2022 Confidential Transfer Extension, showing growing institutional adoption of competitive auditing. The competition format allows multiple security researchers to simultaneously review Monad's smart contracts, potentially identifying more vulnerabilities than traditional single-firm audits.

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