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The Cardano Foundation spun out Veridian as an independent Swiss company and tokenized most of its 1 million shares on Cardano. Veridian is the first company to use CIP-0113, a programmable-token standard that lets issuers set transfer rules and, where required, freeze or seize assets. The shares are not being offered to the public.
Why it matters
CIP-0113 gives issuers a way to build compliance rules into tokens, including restrictions on who can receive them and controls to address sanctions requirements or court orders. That could make the standard relevant to regulated products such as stablecoins, funds and tokenized securities. Veridian's equity makes the framework a live use case rather than a proposal alone.
Veridian develops digital credentials for people, businesses and AI agents to prove identity and authority without relying on a central database. Its mobile wallet is live on iOS and Android, and it has mapped Utah's digital-identity requirements. The company also uses open standards KERI and ACDC to issue credentials.
Market impact
The spinout connects Cardano's tokenization work with digital identity and agent verification. Veridian is already used by Masumi, a Cardano-based AI-agent payment and identity network, to let counterparties check an agent's credentials before payment and revoke them if the agent is compromised.
Veridian plans to seek strategic investors in 2027. The tokenized shares are not publicly offered, so the announcement establishes a technical and business use case, not a public equity sale.
Frequently asked questions
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Are Veridian's tokenized shares available to the public?
No. Most of Veridian's 1 million shares have been tokenized on Cardano, but the shares are not being offered to the public.
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What does Cardano's CIP-0113 standard let issuers do?
CIP-0113 lets issuers attach rules to tokens, including restrictions on who can receive them and, where required, the ability to freeze or seize assets.
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Why is Veridian's equity use of CIP-0113 notable?
Veridian is the first company to use the standard for its own shares, giving the programmable-token framework a live equity use case.
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What does Veridian build?
Veridian develops digital credentials that help people, businesses and AI agents prove identity and authority without relying on a central database.
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How is Veridian connected to AI-agent payments?
Cardano-based network Masumi uses Veridian credentials so counterparties can verify an AI agent before payment and revoke its credentials if it is compromised.
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