diff --git a/.changeset/fuzzy-tomatoes-compete.md b/.changeset/fuzzy-tomatoes-compete.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e87efd674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fuzzy-tomatoes-compete.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@moralisweb3/core': minor
+'@moralisweb3/streams': minor
+---
+
+Added verifySignature utility function
diff --git a/demos/moralis-stream/src/hook.ts b/demos/moralis-stream/src/hook.ts
index 2b39257761..82f179991d 100644
--- a/demos/moralis-stream/src/hook.ts
+++ b/demos/moralis-stream/src/hook.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
 import express, { NextFunction, Request, Response } from 'express';
-import config from './config';
 import fs from 'fs';
-import Web3Utils from 'web3-utils';
+import Moralis from 'moralis';
 
 async function webHook(req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) {
   try {
-    verifySignature(req);
+    // Verify request is from Moralis
+    const providedSignature = req.headers['x-signature'];
+    if (!providedSignature) {
+      throw new Error('No signature provided');
+    }
+    Moralis.Streams.verifySignature({
+      body: req.body,
+      signature: providedSignature as string,
+    });
     // Handle data
     writeTofile(req.body);
 
@@ -37,20 +44,6 @@ function writeTofile(data: any) {
   });
 }
 
-function verifySignature(req: Request) {
-  const providedSignature = req.headers['x-signature'];
-  if (!providedSignature) {
-    throw new Error('No signature provided');
-  }
-  const generatedSignature = Web3Utils.sha3(JSON.stringify(req.body) + config.STREAM_SECRET);
-  if (providedSignature !== generatedSignature) {
-    throw new Error('Invalid signature');
-  }
-
-  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-  console.log('Signature verified');
-}
-
 async function getEvents(req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) {
   try {
     fs.readFile('data.json', 'utf8', (err, result) => {
diff --git a/demos/moralis-stream/src/stream/streamService.ts b/demos/moralis-stream/src/stream/streamService.ts
index 4632a26653..26d0f30527 100644
--- a/demos/moralis-stream/src/stream/streamService.ts
+++ b/demos/moralis-stream/src/stream/streamService.ts
@@ -64,14 +64,11 @@ export async function updateStream(id: string, options: StreamOptions) {
 
 export async function setSettings({
   region,
-  secretKey,
 }: {
-  secretKey: string;
   region: 'us-east-1' | 'us-west-2' | 'eu-central-1' | 'ap-southeast-1';
 }) {
   const result = await Moralis.Streams.setSettings({
     region,
-    secretKey,
   });
 
   return result.raw;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/Error/ErrorCode.ts b/packages/core/src/Error/ErrorCode.ts
index c5791acab6..aadc01c237 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/Error/ErrorCode.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/Error/ErrorCode.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export enum StreamErrorCode {
   GENERIC_STREAM_ERROR = 'S0001',
   INCORRECT_NETWORK = 'S0002',
   INCORRECT_PARAMETER = 'S0003',
+  INVALID_SIGNATURE = 'S0004',
 
   NOT_IMPLEMENTED = 'S9000',
 }
diff --git a/packages/streams/package.json b/packages/streams/package.json
index 762b13b5aa..3ecb0ad579 100644
--- a/packages/streams/package.json
+++ b/packages/streams/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@moralisweb3/api-utils": "^2.4.0",
     "@moralisweb3/core": "^2.4.0",
-    "@moralisweb3/evm-utils": "^2.4.0"
+    "@moralisweb3/evm-utils": "^2.4.0",
+    "web3-utils": "^1.7.5"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/streams/src/MoralisStreams.ts b/packages/streams/src/MoralisStreams.ts
index 4ad0ab10e3..7cf9ed848f 100644
--- a/packages/streams/src/MoralisStreams.ts
+++ b/packages/streams/src/MoralisStreams.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { readSettings, setSettings } from './resolvers';
-import { Endpoints } from '@moralisweb3/api-utils';
-import { ApiModule, MoralisCore, MoralisCoreProvider } from '@moralisweb3/core';
+import { ApiConfig, Endpoints } from '@moralisweb3/api-utils';
+import { ApiModule, MoralisCore, MoralisCoreProvider, MoralisStreamError, StreamErrorCode } from '@moralisweb3/core';
 import { createStream, CreateStreamOptions } from './methods/create';
 import { updateStream, UpdateStreamOptions } from './methods/update';
 import { deleteStream, DeleteStreamOptions } from './methods/delete';
 import { GetStreamsOptions, getStreams } from './methods/getAll';
+import { verifySignature, VerifySignatureOptions } from './utils/verifySignature';
 
 export const BASE_URL = 'https://streams-api.aws-prod-streams-master-1.moralis.io';
 
@@ -42,4 +43,16 @@ export class MoralisStreams extends ApiModule {
   private readonly _readSettings = this.endpoints.createFetcher(readSettings);
 
   public readonly readSettings = () => this._readSettings({});
+
+  public readonly verifySignature = (options: VerifySignatureOptions) => {
+    const apiKey = this.core.config.get(ApiConfig.apiKey);
+
+    if (!apiKey) {
+      throw new MoralisStreamError({
+        code: StreamErrorCode.GENERIC_STREAM_ERROR,
+        message: 'unable to verify signature without an api key',
+      });
+    }
+    return verifySignature(options, apiKey);
+  };
 }
diff --git a/packages/streams/src/generated/types.ts b/packages/streams/src/generated/types.ts
index 49ea773eb8..5b25737ca1 100644
--- a/packages/streams/src/generated/types.ts
+++ b/packages/streams/src/generated/types.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export interface paths {
   };
   "/settings": {
     /** Get the settings for the current project based on the project api-key. */
-    get: operations["ReadSettings"];
+    get: operations["GetSettings"];
     /** Set the settings for the current project based on the project api-key. */
     post: operations["SetSettings"];
   };
@@ -50,10 +50,8 @@ export interface components {
       | "eu-central-1"
       | "ap-southeast-1";
     SettingsModel: {
-      /** @description A user-provided secret-key, all the webhooks will be signed and include a x-signature header with the following: sha3(JSON.stringify(body)+secretKey) */
-      secretKey: string;
       /** @description The region from where all the webhooks will be posted for this project */
-      region: components["schemas"]["SettingsRegion"];
+      region?: components["schemas"]["SettingsRegion"];
     };
     /**
      * Format: uuid
@@ -61,6 +59,14 @@ export interface components {
      * See [RFC 4112](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122)
      */
     UUID: string;
+    /**
+     * @description The stream status:
+     * [active] The Stream is healthy and processing blocks
+     * [paused] The Stream is paused and is not processing blocks
+     * [error] The Stream has encountered an error and is not processing blocks
+     * @enum {string}
+     */
+    StreamsStatus: "active" | "paused" | "error";
     /**
      * @description The abi to parse the log object of the contract
      * @example {}
@@ -90,7 +96,7 @@ export interface components {
       tokenAddress?: string | null;
       /** @description The topic0 of the event in hex, required if the type : log */
       topic0?: string | null;
-      /** @description Include or not native transactions defaults to false */
+      /** @description Include or not native transactions defaults to false (only applied when type:contract) */
       includeNativeTxs?: boolean;
       abi?: components["schemas"]["StreamsAbi"] | null;
       filter?: components["schemas"]["StreamsFilter"] | null;
@@ -102,6 +108,8 @@ export interface components {
       type: components["schemas"]["StreamsType"];
       /** @description The unique uuid of the stream */
       id?: components["schemas"]["UUID"];
+      /** @description The status of the stream. */
+      status?: components["schemas"]["StreamsStatus"];
     };
     StreamsResponse: {
       /** @description Array of project Streams */
@@ -125,7 +133,7 @@ export interface components {
       tokenAddress?: string | null;
       /** @description The topic0 of the event in hex, required if the type : log */
       topic0?: string | null;
-      /** @description Include or not native transactions defaults to false */
+      /** @description Include or not native transactions defaults to false (only applied when type:contract) */
       includeNativeTxs?: boolean;
       abi?: components["schemas"]["StreamsAbi"] | null;
       filter?: components["schemas"]["StreamsFilter"] | null;
@@ -158,7 +166,7 @@ export interface operations {
     };
   };
   /** Get the settings for the current project based on the project api-key. */
-  ReadSettings: {
+  GetSettings: {
     parameters: {};
     responses: {
       /** Ok */
diff --git a/packages/streams/src/resolvers/readSettings.ts b/packages/streams/src/resolvers/readSettings.ts
index e1a48c4ea0..87f4aa2214 100644
--- a/packages/streams/src/resolvers/readSettings.ts
+++ b/packages/streams/src/resolvers/readSettings.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { createEndpoint, createEndpointFactory } from '@moralisweb3/api-utils';
 import { operations } from '../generated/types';
 
-const name = 'ReadSettings';
+const name = 'GetSettings';
 
 type Name = typeof name;
 type ApiResult = operations[Name]['responses']['200']['content']['application/json'];
diff --git a/packages/streams/src/resolvers/setSettings.ts b/packages/streams/src/resolvers/setSettings.ts
index fb4b51eca3..9981f2f0f1 100644
--- a/packages/streams/src/resolvers/setSettings.ts
+++ b/packages/streams/src/resolvers/setSettings.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ type Name = typeof name;
 type BodyParams = operations[Name]['requestBody']['content']['application/json'];
 type ApiParams = BodyParams;
 const method = 'post';
-const bodyParams = ['secretKey', 'region'] as const;
+const bodyParams = ['region'] as const;
 
 export const setSettings = createEndpointFactory(() =>
   createEndpoint({
diff --git a/packages/streams/src/utils/verifySignature.ts b/packages/streams/src/utils/verifySignature.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01b6145dd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/streams/src/utils/verifySignature.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { MoralisDataFormatted, MoralisStreamError, StreamErrorCode } from '@moralisweb3/core';
+import { sha3 } from 'web3-utils';
+
+export interface VerifySignatureOptions {
+  body: MoralisDataFormatted;
+  signature: string;
+}
+
+export const verifySignature = ({ body, signature }: VerifySignatureOptions, apiKey: string): boolean => {
+  const generatedSignature = sha3(JSON.stringify(body) + apiKey);
+  if(signature !== generatedSignature) {
+    throw new MoralisStreamError({
+      code: StreamErrorCode.INVALID_SIGNATURE,
+      message: 'signature is not valid',
+    });
+  }
+  return true;
+};