How a Top-10 Global Asset Manager Built Institutional-Grade Digital Asset Risk Infrastructure with AuditBase
Challenge
Evaluating DeFi protocols and blockchain infrastructure for institutional exposure requires fundamentally different due diligence than traditional assets. Their team needed continuous security intelligence across hundreds of protocols, delivered in formats compatible with institutional risk frameworks.
Solution
AuditBase built a comprehensive partnership delivering continuous protocol monitoring across 200+ DeFi protocols, custom risk reporting for institutional compliance, on-demand deep-dive analysis with 48-hour SLAs, and dedicated research support.
“Working with institutional partners at this scale validates everything we've built at AuditBase. When organizations managing trillions of dollars trust our research to inform their digital asset strategy, it demonstrates that AI-powered security analysis has reached the quality bar required for institutional adoption.”
Michael Fellows
Founder, AuditBase
The Client
Our partner is one of the world's largest asset managers, overseeing trillions of dollars in assets under management across traditional and alternative investment products. As institutional interest in digital assets accelerated, their digital assets division required comprehensive security intelligence to support investment research, risk management, and internal compliance requirements.
The Challenge
Evaluating DeFi protocols and blockchain infrastructure for institutional exposure requires fundamentally different due diligence than traditional assets. Smart contract vulnerabilities, protocol governance risks, and technical architecture weaknesses can result in total loss of capital—risks that traditional financial analysis frameworks weren't designed to assess.
Their team needed continuous security intelligence across hundreds of protocols, delivered in formats compatible with institutional risk frameworks. Manual audit procurement was too slow and expensive; they needed an always-on research capability that could scale with their expanding digital asset coverage universe.
What We Built Together
- Continuous protocol monitoring providing real-time security assessments across their watchlist of 200+ DeFi protocols, lending platforms, and blockchain infrastructure
- Custom risk reporting formatted for integration with existing institutional risk management systems and compliance documentation requirements
- On-demand deep-dive analysis for protocols under active investment consideration, with findings delivered within 48-hour SLAs
- Historical vulnerability research covering past exploits, audit histories, and remediation patterns across the digital asset ecosystem
- Dedicated research support with direct access to our security research team for technical questions and ad-hoc analysis requests
Capabilities Delivered
Enterprise Security Intelligence Platform — Dedicated dashboard providing portfolio-wide security posture visibility, protocol risk scores, and automated alerting for material security events across monitored assets.
Compliance-Ready Documentation — Institutional-grade research reports formatted for regulatory filings, investment committee presentations, and internal audit requirements—reducing compliance preparation time by 70%.
Rapid Response Research — 48-hour turnaround on priority research requests, enabling timely investment decisions without compromising on technical depth or analytical rigor.
The Result
Our partnership has enabled one of the world's most sophisticated institutional investors to build digital asset capabilities with the same rigor they apply to traditional markets. Their risk and compliance teams now have continuous visibility into protocol security posture, supporting both investment decisions and regulatory requirements.