Hacken is evolving its structure to sharpen focus across security, compliance, and the next frontier of technology. Alongside this shift comes a leadership transition.
Below is Dyma Budorin's letter announcing the change.
Hacken's Next Frontier
Nearly nine years ago, Hacken set out to make crypto safer to build on. We've earned our place in digital-asset security. Now we're going further.
The frontier we secure is changing. AI systems are shipping into production faster than they can be reviewed. Post-quantum cryptography is moving from research to mandate. Financial institutions, regulators, and public markets need proof – not promises – that the technologies underneath them are safe. That is the standard Hacken is built to set.
Effective today, I am stepping into the role of Group CEO, leading Hacken across all business units and the products beneath them. Yev Broshevan, our co-founder and outgoing CEO, joins the Board of Directors, where she will continue shaping our strategy and long-term direction.
Yev is one of the reasons Hacken exists. Through the most brutal cycles crypto has faced, she kept this company delivering – and the last year is the proof. Under her leadership we became one of a handful of firms trusted by both Web3 and the regulated financial world: from the European Commission, ADGM, MetaMask, and the Ethereum Foundation, to partnerships with MasterCard and Canton, to our selection by the Bermuda Monetary Authority – alongside Chainlink Labs – to help build the world's first regulator-grade real-time stablecoin oversight architecture. She launched TRUST Summit in New York, put security at the center of the US digital-asset legislative conversation, and held our team together when the easier path was to step back. The credibility she built is the foundation we now stand on.
Yev – thank you. For your trust, your standards, and for everything you carried so the rest of us could build on it.
What changes from here:
• AI Security becomes a new product and service line – assurance for agentic systems, LLMs, and the AI infrastructure moving into production at scale.
• Post-quantum readiness moves from research stream to commercial offering.
• A sharper operating model. Each business unit runs with full P&L ownership and the autonomy to move at the pace its market demands, supported by a leaner Group function.
• A smarter way of working. We are upgrading the operating system of the company itself – equipping every team with the AI tools and workflows that make how we think, decide, and deliver measurably better month over month.
• The path to public markets. Hacken Group advances toward a public listing – bringing the transparency and accountability the next phase of digital trust requires.
To our clients, partners, and team: nothing changes in our commitment to you. Everything changes in what we are building for you.
Trust is earned. The scale starts now.
A Note from Yev Broshevan
Looking at where Hacken stands today, I feel proud of what we've accomplished and confident about what's ahead. I'll remain a co-founder, shareholder, and Board member, continuing to support the company's next stage of growth.
This transition marks the beginning of a new chapter for me as well. It creates space to focus on new challenges, support ambitious founders and technologies, and contribute to building a more secure, trustworthy, and resilient future.
Thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey. Your trust, support, and belief in what we were building made it all possible. While my role is changing, my commitment to Hacken and the mission we've shared remains as strong as ever.
