At Cyvers, we’re redefining the standards for preemptive threat prevention in Web3. Today, we’re proud to announce our partnership with Shift, an institutional DeFi asset manager and infrastructure provider delivering trusted, scalable, and secure access to blockchain yield strategies and staking solutions.

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Securing the foundation of Web3 infrastructure

Shift’s mission goes beyond uptime - it’s about protecting capital. The firm blends professional investment expertise with hands-on blockchain engineering, running secure validator infrastructure across multiple PoS networks while building DeFi strategies powered by its proprietary risk rating framework. Institutional clients, developers, and protocols rely on Shift for both non-custodial staking and strategy execution, all underpinned by rigorous risk controls.

Given their exposure to high-value validator nodes, sensitive wallet operations, and complex DeFi pipelines, Shift turned to Cyvers to implement a preemptive security stack that not only detects but prevents malicious activity before it impacts operations.

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How Cyvers supports Shift

🔍 Hot Wallet & Validator Monitoring

Cyvers continuously monitors Shift’s validator operations, treasury wallets, and staking flows. By detecting anomalies across both on-chain and off-chain layers, Cyvers helps identify unauthorized access attempts, suspicious validator behaviors, and potential private key compromise events before they escalate.

💡 Counterparty Risk & Address Screening

With Cyvers’ dynamic risk engine, Shift can assess every transaction and wallet interaction across 9 EVM chains. Whether staking with a new address or responding to deposit activity, Shift now screens for reputation scores tied to mixers, hacker groups, sanctioned wallets, and fraud rings – minimizing exposure across its ecosystem and complementing Shift’s own red-flag and triggers system.

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Anticipating tomorrow’s threats

As institutional adoption of crypto accelerates, so does the sophistication of threat actors. From zero-day validator exploits to governance attacks targeting DeFi strategies, securing the backbone of blockchain investing is more urgent than ever. With Cyvers, Shift gains real-time insights and automated defense mechanisms that allow their ops and sec teams to respond in seconds, not hours.

“At Cyvers, we build systems that think like attackers, so we can stop them before they strike. Shift’s commitment to infrastructure-grade security makes them an ideal partner for our mission. Together, we’re protecting the pipes of Web3.”
– Deddy Lavid, CEO & Co-Founder, Cyvers

“Security is foundational because our clients entrust us not just with validators, but with complex DeFi strategies. Cyvers gives us the speed and intelligence to defend both.”
– Kevin Beardsley, Co-Founder & CEO, Cyvers

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Resilience meets innovation

Our collaboration with Shift exemplifies a shared belief: that real-time security, intelligent risk management, and seamless performance are not mutually exclusive. As the Web3 ecosystem continues to grow, this partnership ensures that the infrastructure and strategies supporting it are resilient, adaptive, and future-ready.

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🔗 Learn more about Shift: https://x.com/Shift_DeFi
🔗 Explore Cyvers’ solutions: https://cyvers.ai/solutions

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