Securing a High-Volume Crypto Exchange with Real-time Monitoring

$55+ Billion in Trading
Volume
Handled securely through comprehensive monitoring systems
$90+ Million in Total Value
Locked
Protected through advanced security protocols and preventative measures
Challenge
As Bluefin scaled from a startup to a major crypto exchange handling billions in transactions, their security needs evolved dramatically, requiring sophisticated protection against increasingly complex threats.
Key Needs
  • Protect Growing Assets: Safeguard millions in user funds and company capital
  • Prevent Oracle Manipulation: Defend against price manipulation attacks like those seen in other exchanges
  • Manage Scaling Security: Maintain tight security control while expanding products and team
Solution
Guardrail partnered with Bluefin to develop comprehensive threat modelling and monitoring systems that could detect suspicious patterns and trigger protective measures before attacks succeed.
How Guardrail Helped
  • Threat Modelling: Collaborated on scenario planning for specific attack vectors, including oracle manipulation attacks
  • Preventative Monitoring: Designed monitoring systems to identify suspicious market movements and trading patterns
Solution
Zero Major Breaches
Successfully protected exchange operations with no significant security incidents
Proactive Risk Management
Implemented "safety breaks" that activate automatically when suspicious activity is detected
Intelligent Monitoring
Established thresholds for market movements based on historical data, enabling quick identification of manipulation attempts
Additional Impact
  • Transformed security monitoring into a customer experience enhancement tool
  • Provided a cost-effective alternative to premium security solutions
"It becomes very real when you have to put your own money in the system. Guardrail helped us model potential threats beyond basic security - if we see certain behaviours, we can identify manipulation attempts and respond quickly."
Ahmad Jawad
CTO & Co-founder at bluefin
"It becomes very real when you have to put your own money in the system. Guardrail helped us model potential threats beyond basic security - if we see certain behaviours, we can identify manipulation attempts and respond quickly."
Ahmad Jawad
CTO & Co-founder at bluefin
Company name
Bluefin
Industry
Finance
Company size
Enterprise
About company
Bluefin is partnered with the industry's leading trading firms to build a hyper-liquid, powerful and secure exchange. We're developing cutting-edge, decentralized exchange infrastructure in our mission to democratize financial markets.

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"Guardrail has been essential as we've scaled our protocol. Their team is really scrappy, willing to make custom solutions rather than just handing us out-of-the-box software. We're now using Guardrail for general-purpose monitoring and automations beyond just security to create a better experience for our users. The level of automation Guardrail brings to monitoring is going to be really crucial as the number of smart contracts we deploy increases exponentially."
Thomas Hepner
CTO & Co-Founder
"Guardrail provides peace of mind, tying directly into our PagerDuty system and actively monitoring critical positions. We've avoided costly liquidation events thanks to timely alerts. "We've significantly reduced the operational burden and increased our team's confidence to respond proactively rather than reactively. Guardrail has become essential to our security approach."
Saj Raj
Core Contributor
"I know a lot of people who use Guardrail, and I've been approached by many Guardrail competitors. But no one can tell me anything that will convince me not to use Guardrail. Guardrail came in saying, Let's solve a problem for you, what do you worry about?' rather than just trying to sell a service."
Andy Bohutsky
Founder
"It becomes very real when you have to put your own money in the system. Guardrail helped us model potential threats beyond basic security - if we see certain behaviours, we can identify manipulation attempts and respond quickly."
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Security Lead

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