AvengerDAO opened a marketplace linking BNB Chain builders to 11 vetted security firms and added a bug bounty program, building on three straight years of falling hack losses.
- AvengerDAO opened a marketplace linking BNB Chain projects to 11 vetted security firms, no application required.
- The initiative added a five-pillar security standard called BNB-SS and an official badge for projects that pass a compliance review.
- BNB Chain losses to hacks and scams fell 56% in 2025, the third straight year of declines after 85% in 2023 and 69% in 2024.
AvengerDAO, BNB Chain’s security initiative, said Wednesday it opened a marketplace that puts 11 vetted security firms in one place for any project building on the network. Projects can contact a firm directly or ask AvengerDAO’s admin team for help. No application is required.
The expansion adds two components to AvengerDAO’s existing risk-scoring work: BNB-SS, a five-pillar security standard, and a bug bounty program. Together with the marketplace, those form AvengerDAO’s three pillars, AvengerDAO said in the announcement.
Every builder should have a clear path to strong security.
— BNB Chain (@BNBCHAIN) August 12, 2026
AvengerDAO now brings 11 security firms, an official BNB Chain standard, and bug bounty support for builders, from development through launch and beyond.
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A standard replaces a patchwork of one-off audits
BNB-SS grades projects against five categories: governance, access control, oracle integrations, secure development, and bridge security. “Instead of figuring out security requirements from scratch, teams can build against a shared checklist and complete a compliance review,” AvengerDAO said in the post.
A project that clears the review earns an official BNB-SS badge. The badge does not guarantee a project won’t fail. No badge does, AvengerDAO said. It raises the floor for what launching on BNB Chain means.
The bug bounty program gives researchers a direct channel to report vulnerabilities after launch, with rewards scaled to severity, keeping an incentive running even on a project that already cleared an audit.
The push builds on a steady drop in BNB Chain hack and scam losses. Damages fell 85% in 2023 to $161.17 million across 414 incidents, according to AvengerDAO’s 2023 security report with HashDit, CertiK, Ancilia, and Salus Security. Losses dropped another 69% in 2024 and 56% in 2025, AvengerDAO said, as its risk-scoring API and partner firms caught more threats earlier.
AvengerDAO’s member firms issued 38 million risk warnings across platforms including PancakeSwap and Trust Wallet in 2023 alone, helping recover $7.3 million from incidents that year, part of a broader crypto scam recovery push across the industry. AvengerDAO first launched in September 2022 as a shared risk-scoring layer feeding alerts into BscScan and partner wallets. The relaunch turns that single feed into a firm directory plus a standard every BNB Chain project can measure itself against.
What teams already on BNB Chain should check now?
Nothing changes for a team already under contract with one of the 11 partner firms. AvengerDAO does not sit between a project and an auditor it already works with. A team without a formal review can start today: check admin keys, bridge configuration, and governance setup against the five BNB-SS categories before requesting a compliance review.
A pre-launch security review service is next. AvengerDAO said it is in development and will be announced separately once ready, with the marketplace and BNB-SS the two pieces live today.
