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Biggest Stories of 2025

• Safe Deployment on Monad (November 25, 2025): Safe Smart Accounts went live on Monad, expanding the platform's multi-signature account availability to an additional network. (November 25, 2025) 5
• Safe Shield: Hypernative Integration (November 20, 2025): Safe Labs introduced chapter 2 of the Safe Shield program, integrating Hypernative's real-time risk engine into Safe{Wallet} so that all transactions are scanned prior to execution and processed according to user-set policies. (November 20, 2025) 6
• Safe Shield: Shield Co-Pilot (November 19, 2025): Safe introduced chapter 1 of the Safe Shield security program, featuring Shield Co-Pilot, a system that interprets signatures and provides human-readable decoding of contract interactions, contextual alerts, and shared whitelist and policy enforcement. (November 19, 2025) 7
• Safe x Circle Partnership (October 14, 2025): Safe Foundation and Circle announced a partnership to establish USDC as the stablecoin standard within the Safe ecosystem, integrating Circle's stablecoin infrastructure with Safe's programmable multi-signature smart account technology. (October 14, 2025) 1
• Safe Labs to Operate Safe{Wallet} Instance (October 10, 2025): Safe Labs, a fully-owned subsidiary of the Safe Foundation, took over operation of its own Safe{Wallet} instance on app.safe.global, establishing a direct link between wallet operations, the Foundation, and the SafeDAO. (October 10, 2025) 2
• Safe API Migration (August 27, 2025): Safe informed users they should migrate to its new API, with public APIs set to retire on October 27, 2025, after which only authenticated endpoints via the Safe Dashboard would be supported. (August 27, 2025) 4
• Bitpanda x Safe (August 19, 2025): Bitpanda's new self-custodial wallet was built employing Safe Smart Accounts from inception, extending Safe's account technology into a major European exchange's product. (August 19, 2025) 8
• Safe v1.5.0 (July 22, 2025): Safe v1.5.0 became available for deployment on all supported networks, introducing Module Guards (a security mechanism setting rules for every module transaction), Solidity interfaces for all Safe contracts, improved owner signature validation, zkSync network support, and an Extensible Fallback Handler. (July 22, 2025) 9
• Shift to Security Research and Innovation (July 1, 2025): Safe paused active development on Safenet's unified balances and chain abstraction features and open-sourced the Safenet codebase, redirecting engineering resources toward security challenges including front-loading security architecture, intent verification systems, automated transaction verification, counterparty risk management, and policy framework innovation. (July 1, 2025) 10
• Safe Research (June 18, 2025): Safe introduced Safe Research, a newly formed Safe Labs R&D entity focused on security, censorship resistance, and privacy, aiming to enable the community to trustlessly run all components of the wallet stack, including signing, recovery, storage, queuing, and interfaces. (June 18, 2025) 11
• Safe Labs (June 5, 2025): Safe introduced Safe Labs, a commercial subsidiary dedicated to creating enterprise-grade self-custody infrastructure, with former Chief Product Officer Rahul Rumalla appointed CEO. Safe Labs focuses on developing Safe Smart Accounts for use cases such as wallet-as-a-service and integrated institutional workflows. (June 5, 2025) 12
• Safe Ecosystem Foundation, Core Contributors GmbH, and Gnosis Ltd. MoU (March 5, 2025): The three entities signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding a proposed comprehensive collaboration to manage the aftermath of the Lazarus attack, with Gnosis co-founder and CEO Martin Köppelmann appointed as an advisor and the Foundation Council assessing governance structure modifications. (March 5, 2025) 13
• Safe{Wallet} Stack Fully Restored (March 7, 2025): The entire Safe{Wallet} stack, including all networks and the Safe API, was fully restored following the Bybit exploit response. (March 7, 2025) 14
• Safe{Wallet} Services Restored on Multiple Networks (March 3, 2025): Safe{Wallet} services were restored on Base, BNB Chain, Polygon, Gnosis Chain, and Optimism. (March 3, 2025) 15
• Phased Rollout Begins (February 24, 2025): The phased rollout to restore Safe{Wallet} services started for Ethereum, with support for additional networks expected the following day. (February 24, 2025) 16
• Safe{Wallet} Restoration Plan (February 24, 2025): Safe{Wallet} announced a phased rollout including additional validations for transaction hash, data, and signatures, enhanced monitoring alerts, and the temporary removal of native Ledger integration, which was the signing device used in the targeted Bybit attack. (February 24, 2025) 17
• Safe Investigation Update (February 22, 2025): Safe stated its investigation had not shown signs of a codebase breach, malicious dependencies, unauthorized access, or any other affected Safe addresses, and that it would conduct a full review including credential rotation, container rebuilds, and an external codebase audit. (February 22, 2025) 18
• Safe Response to Bybit Exploit (February 21, 2025): Safe announced it was investigating alongside Bybit in response to claims that a "masked UI" showing the correct address and a URL from Safe led to a ~$1.46 billion exploit, stating it had not found evidence the official Safe frontend was compromised and temporarily pausing certain functionalities out of caution. (February 21, 2025) 19
• Safe Live on Unichain (February 11, 2025): Safe{Core} and Safe{Wallets} became available on Unichain, expanding the platform's deployment footprint. (February 11, 2025) 20