The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic (NBKR) and CertiK signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Sept. 9, 2026, in Bishkek, establishing cooperation on the security of the Digital Som, the NBKR’s central bank digital currency initiative, and oversight of digital assets. The framework covers cybersecurity, blockchain security, formal verification, risk management, AML/CFT, transaction monitoring, custody, technical standards, licensing requirements, operational resilience, regulatory supervision, training and knowledge exchange. The parties may explore CertiK’s Supervision and Compliance solutions, but no deployment has been contracted and the MoU does not license or authorize CertiK. Separately, CertiK joined LF Decentralized Trust (LFDT), the Linux Foundation initiative for open-source decentralized technologies, contributing security research, formal verification and audit expertise. CertiK said its research recorded $3.35 billion in Web3-related losses during 2025 and $1.31 billion across 344 incidents in the first half of 2026.