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The blockchain community spent years celebrating the absence of gatekeepers. Regulators spent those same years sharpening their pens. And before you think it... No, not to kill innovation. But to protect what the technology cannot yet guarantee. At the GL1 Round Table at GFTN Forum, Japan, Isadora Arredondo, VP of Global Policy at Hedera, made that case clearly. Purely public, permissionless chains cannot guarantee settlement finality in a legal sense. Yes, on-chain the transaction is immutable. But immutability on a distributed ledger and legal finality in a courtroom are two completely different things. A transaction can be technically irreversible and simultaneously contested under securities law, property law, or cross-border jurisdiction rules. In regulated financial markets, you need both kinds of finality. This is precisely why centralized market infrastructures are re-emerging, regulated as CSDs (Central Securities Depositories) or Post-Trade (PT) entities. While the tech underneath them is evolving fast, the reason they exist—trust endorsement, regulatory oversight, legal accountability—hasn't changed. You can't engineer away the need for accountability. You just have to find a better way to deliver it. When David Katz described GL1's governance model earlier in the discussion, its node operation by major enterprises and fixed-fee structure, Isadora recognized it as exactly that. A better way to deliver it. Known participants. Predictable costs. A governance layer that regulators can actually engage with. Layering a regulatory governance framework atop the technical infrastructure doesn’t undermine decentralization; rather, it's what makes decentralization usable in the real world. The question was never decentralization versus governance. It was always both. This is Part IV of my GL1 Round Table series. Catch Part I on what GL1 could unlock for capital markets, Part II on the compliance and operational architecture underneath it, and Part III on how major banks are already building for it.  More to come. 🌏 Grateful to fellow speakers Chyi Yan Hshieh, David Katz, Danielle Szetho, Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao, Ivan Mortimer-Schutts, Kelvin Tan, Masashi Watanabe, Mayumi Ojima, Naoto Shimoda, Ryosuke Ushida, and Sandra Ro 🇺🇦, and to moderator Alan Lim for keeping the conversation sharp.

In traditional finance, someone is always liable. In public blockchain networks, that "someone" doesn't exist. Danielle Szetho, Head of Digital Assets Portfolio & Governance at Standard Chartered, was the one who'd already stress-tested this problem from the inside. And she brought that perspective to the GL1 Round Table at GFTN Forum, Japan. Standard Chartered recently joined GL1 as a member bank. Through its Digital Assets Center of Excellence, the bank is driving its digital asset strategy across fund custody, trading, and the broader market infrastructure. From early on, the team recognized something the industry is only now catching up to: Standard third-party infrastructure is often insufficient for public blockchain networks. So, they built the 𝐂𝐫𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 to evaluate blockchain infrastructure across 3 key dimensions: → 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬: Can this network actually support our operations? → 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 & 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬: What are the real risks around uptime and settlement finality? → 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: How do existing legal frameworks apply, and where do they fall short? They also began researching third-party platforms for continuous resilience monitoring. Because on a network with no central trusted entity and no clear point of liability, you need advanced early-warning tools. Before a transaction becomes irreversible. Before the damage is done. According to Danielle, that work is already in motion, with different solutions being explored and discussions with Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) underway. But her bigger point? As more tokenized asset infrastructure moves on-chain, existing capital requirements and regulatory frameworks will impose real limitations on banks. This is not a problem one bank can solve alone. The banking community needs to collaborate on applying these methodologies to the regulation of on-chain and tokenized assets. Together. In a room full of people asking the right questions, Danielle was the one who'd already started answering them.    Grateful to fellow speakers Chyi Yan Hshieh, David Katz, Naoto Shimoda, Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao, Isadora Arredondo, Ivan Mortimer-Schutts, Kelvin Tan, Masashi Watanabe, Mayumi Ojima, Ryosuke Ushida, and Sandra Ro 🇺🇦 for a rich and wide-ranging discussion, and to moderator Alan Lim for keeping it sharp. This is Part III of my GL1 Round Table series. Catch Part I on Naoto Shimoda's take on what GL1 could unlock for capital markets, and Part II on David Katz's compliance and operational framework.    More to come. 🌏 #GL1 #DigitalAssets #Tokenization #BlockchainCompliance #GFTN #FinancialInfrastructure #DigitalEconomy #BlockchainFinance #BankingInnovation

Last month, SelfieSign was at the GFTN Forum, Japan, and we left with a clear takeaway: the rails being built for digital finance are only as strong as the identity layer underneath them. The forum brought together regulators, financial institutions, and infrastructure builders to tackle the hard questions around tokenized assets, cross-border transactions, and the DLT infrastructure needed to support them. But at the center of those conversations was a simple reality. As financial infrastructure moves on-chain, the question of who is transacting, who is accountable, and who can be trusted becomes more critical than ever. That's the problem SelfieSign was built to solve. Digital identity and e-signatures aren't peripheral to the infrastructure being discussed at forums like GL1. They're foundational. Every trust layer, every compliance framework, every cross-border transaction depends on knowing, with certainty, who is on the other side. Being in that room, hearing those conversations firsthand, matters to us. It shapes how we think, who we connect with, and where we focus. Our CEO, Charles Wu, attended the GL1 Round Table as part of the forum. He's been documenting his reflections in a series of posts covering insights from the speakers, from the opportunity GL1 presents for capital markets, to the compliance architecture that makes it work, to the institutional rigor major banks are already building. They’re worth a read if you're following developments in this space! The infrastructure for the next era of finance is being built right now. SelfieSign intends to be part of it. 🌏 ▍Contact us ☎️ (04) 2255-0890 📧 hello@selfiesign.co 📋 https://lnkd.in/ddw4uaZ8 - ▏ThinkCloud official website: https://lnkd.in/ddxBUXR7 ▏SelfieSign official website: https://lnkd.in/dh43esG4 ▏Sign up for SelfieSign: https://selfiesign.me/my/ #DigitalIdentity #GL1 #DigitalAssets #FinancialInfrastructure #SelfieSign #GFTN #eSignature #DigitalSignature

Every great heist movie has the scene where someone rolls out the blueprint and points to the one flaw in the plan. That’s what David Katz, Vice President for Strategy & Policy, Asia Pacific at Circle, did at the GL1 Round Table at the GFTN Japan...except the stakes were very real. While the industry obsesses over what tokenized assets could become, David zeroed in on the unglamorous layer that determines whether any of it holds up: network health, operational integrity, and compliance architecture. 🏗️ Here's what he laid out: 𝐎𝐧 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬: it's not just about who participates, but how. Opt-in privacy features allow transaction details to be masked on-chain, while still giving regulators and law enforcement the keys to look inside when needed. All validators must be known, vetted, institutional actors. 𝐎𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: programmable transactions with embedded AML monitoring, sanction screening, and regulatory visibility need to be native to the infrastructure from day one. 𝐎𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: a robust system needs live monitoring of block frequency, validator uptime, capacity v/s utilization, cross-chain transfer volumes, etc., to catch problems before they become a crisis. 𝐎𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲: one-to-one asset backing is a trust requirement. Real transparency in backing instruments is what makes a digital asset credible — a standard that's been gaining regulatory traction in Japan and beyond. And yet, the questions David raised show just how early we still are. → Atomic settlement creates a quantum-like state, where a transaction is done and not done simultaneously. How do we monitor and ensure compliance integrity in that moment? → Finality isn't just a technical concept. What does deterministic finality mean from a compliance perspective? → We have the technical capability to move assets across chains. But are ownership transfers legally resolved when they cross? Who holds custodial status? Whose law applies? → How do you ensure every participant in a cross-chain operation is genuinely known, vetted, and compliant? That's where vLEIs (verifiable Legal Entity Identifiers) come in. The vision for GL1 is compelling. But as David made clear, the integrity of the network depends on answering these questions before scale forces the issue. ⏳ Grateful to fellow speakers Chyi Yan Hshieh, Danielle Szetho, Naoto Shimoda, Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao, Isadora Arredondo, Ivan Mortimer-Schutts, Kelvin Tan, Masashi Watanabe, Mayumi Ojima, Ryosuke Ushida, and Sandra Ro 🇺🇦 for a rich and wide-ranging discussion, and to moderator Alan Lim for keeping it sharp. 🌏 This is part of an ongoing series of reflections from the GL1 Round Table at GFTN Forum, Japan. Missed Part I? Check out my earlier post on Naoto Shimoda's take on what GL1 could unlock for capital markets. More to come. #GL1 #DigitalAssets #Tokenization #DeFi #Compliance #BlockchainFinance #Web3

𝐏𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 — 𝐆𝐅𝐓𝐍 𝐓𝐨𝐤𝐲𝐨 2026 Preserving human agency in an era of AI-driven automation has become one of the defining challenges of our time. From February 24-27, ThinkCloud Technology Co., Ltd. was in Tokyo for the Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN) Forum, joining leaders across finance, law, academia, and technology to address this challenge and explore what comes next. Financial services, legal contracts, and identity verification have all migrated into digital ecosystems today, and we've achieved remarkable efficiency. We've optimized for speed. Now we must ensure that efficiency hasn't sacrificed accountability. Every digital authorization must carry the weight of informed and intentional human intent. Where finance and assets are concerned, this is existential. Technical validity alone isn't enough. We need immutable proof connecting identity, context, and human intent. Without it, even the most sophisticated systems are fundamentally untrustworthy. This is the problem space where ThinkCloud operates. With SelfieSign and our .SVS e-signature technology, we're building a verification infrastructure that does more than authenticate identities. It safeguards human agency by establishing legally valid, human-centered digital authorization — bridging real-world identity with tokenized assets. Learn more at: https://lnkd.in/gudZB7_b We came away with perspectives worth sharing. Stay tuned, we'll be posting our key insights and takeaways from Tokyo soon. ▍Contact us ☎️ (04) 2255-0890 📧 hello@selfiesign.co 📋 https://lnkd.in/ddw4uaZ8 - ▏ThinkCloud official website: https://lnkd.in/ddxBUXR7 ▏SelfieSign official website: https://lnkd.in/dh43esG4 ▏Sign up for SelfieSign: https://selfiesign.me/my/ #digitalsignature #esignature #identityverification #digitalsecurity #digitaltrust #digitalfinance #fintech #digitaltransaction #riskmanagement #decentralization #digitalassets #assetdigitalization #tokenization #decentralizedfinance #GFTN #ThinkCloud #SelfieSign #ewallet #GFTN2026

We live in a world where everything is on camera. 📸 Retail tracks drop-offs. Dashcams document accidents. Security systems monitor facilities. Parents have nanny cams. Even your dog has a camera. Yet, the contracts that govern your most critical business relationships? Those are executed with a typed name and email verification. The same standard we use for newsletter subscriptions. ⚠️ The risk asymmetry is staggering: Enterprises that won't approve a $5K expense without documentation are signing million-dollar agreements without visual confirmation of who's actually signing. We've normalized video evidence for routine operations but not for binding legal agreements. When a food delivery has more verification than a major contract, something's misaligned. That's the gap SelfieSign's video-based signatures close. They provide what email authentication cannot: immutable proof of identity, intent, and agreement. ✅ Now, the question isn't whether video verification becomes standard. It's whether your organization adopts it before or after an expensive lesson. 👉 Stop guessing. Start recording. Bring the same verification standards to your contracts that you apply everywhere else. ▍Contact us ☎️ (04) 2255-0890 📧 hello@selfiesign.co 📋 https://lnkd.in/ddw4uaZ8 - ▏ThinkCloud official website: https://lnkd.in/ddxBUXR7 ▏SelfieSign official website: https://lnkd.in/dh43esG4 ▏Sign up for SelfieSign: https://selfiesign.me/my/ #eSignature #DigitalTrust #DigitalSignature #FutureOfWork #DigitalTransformation #LegalTech #Fintech #ContractManagement #VideoVerification #TechStartup #TryForFree

🐴 恭喜發財! 馬年大吉! 新年伊始，萬象更新。 In Chinese tradition, the Year of the Horse symbolizes energy, courage, and unwavering momentum. The Horse carries us forward, not with reckless speed, but with steady determination and clear vision. It reminds us of the cherished saying: "馬到成功" (mǎ dào chéng gōng), which means "immediate success upon the horse's arrival." But it speaks to more than just quick victory. It's about the confidence that comes when preparation meets opportunity, when hard work meets the right moment. As we step into the new year, that message feels particularly meaningful. The world is transforming around us. Digital innovation is reshaping how we conduct business, build trust, and connect across distances that once seemed impossible to bridge. In moments of change like these, opportunity favors those who are prepared and deliberate in their actions. At SelfieSign, we're grateful to be on this journey with our partners and clients, working to ensure that as commerce goes digital and assets move online, trust stays strong and human relationships remain at the heart of everything. So, here's to a new year where we all move forward boldly, stay grounded in what matters, and create lasting success together. 恭喜發財，馬到成功，生意興隆，萬事如意！ 🧨🧧 May this year bring you and your families health, prosperity, and abundant success. With gratitude and warm wishes, The SelfieSign Team 💜 #Taiwan #eSignature #DigitalSignature #ChineseNewYear #春節快樂 #馬年大吉 #LunarNewYear2026 #YearOfTheHorse #FestiveGreetings

🌹 The Highest Standard of Commitment - Visible, Verifiable, and Legally Binding. This Valentine's Day, we're reflecting on what commitment really means, in business and in life. And here's what we've learned: the best promises are the ones you can actually prove. Whether it's a business contract, customer onboarding application, or a critical authorization, you need more than just a signature. You need proof that everyone knew what they were signing, meant it, and can't pretend otherwise later. That's why we built SelfieSign, a patented video e-signature technology that ensures every promise is backed by authentic intent and legal certainty: 🎬 Video-verified signing - We capture the actual moment of signing, so there's zero question about intent. Every agreement is undeniable from the moment it's signed. 🌍 Sign from anywhere - Coffee shop in Milan? Home office in pajamas? Doesn't matter. Get documents signed without the runaround. 🔒 Legally bulletproof - Our technology meets the highest compliance standards, so your agreements hold up when it counts. Your time is valuable. Spend it on work that matters and people you care about, not administrative headaches. Happy Valentine's Day from SelfieSign! ♥️ ▍Contact us ☎️ (04) 2255-0890 📧 hello@selfiesign.co 📋 https://lnkd.in/ddw4uaZ8 - ▏ThinkCloud official website: https://lnkd.in/ddxBUXR7 ▏SelfieSign official website: https://lnkd.in/dh43esG4 ▏Sign up for SelfieSign: https://selfiesign.me/my/ #ValentinesDay #WorkSmarter #DigitalSignature #eSignature #DocumentMangement #Contract #LegalTech #Compliance #BusinessSolutions #Innovation #Digitalization

⛓️【Bridging the Digital Claims Gap: Building an Automated Trust Chain Between Healthcare and Insurance with Video Electronic Signatures】🔒 Healthcare and insurance are going digital, but there's still a missing piece: the claims process itself. Many systems still involve cumbersome identity verification and document operations, creating digital barriers. This is particularly challenging for older demographics, who often abandon digital channels entirely and revert to paper-based methods, undermining efficiency gains across the system. Dr. Charles Wu, founder of SelfieSign, has seen this challenge firsthand during his years in healthcare. His take? "It's not about lacking technology—it's that we haven't digitized trust mechanisms yet." The solution is a video-based electronic signature infrastructure that handles authorization, verification, and evidence preservation in one seamless process.  👇🏻 Three ways this drives real transformation in Medical Claims: 📌 Real-Time Claims Processing Patients sign and authorize documents via their smartphone or tablet. Documents flow directly into claims systems via encrypted channels, eliminating printing, mailing, and manual review while making near-instant claims processing an achievable goal. 📌 Anti-Fraud Video Recording Video e-signature technology simultaneously records facial images, signature patterns, and precise timestamps, creating an immutable digital evidence chain. This enhances fraud prevention and data security while supporting regulatory compliance. 📌 Paperless ESG Infrastructure Millions of paper claims documents are processed globally each year. Going fully digital ensures massive paper savings and lower carbon emissions from document shipping. It's a sustainable infrastructure upgrade that benefits both business performance and environmental goals. Technology optimizes processes, but trust mechanisms transform systems. Video e-signatures serve as a critical node connecting healthcare and insurance through a highly efficient, secure, and legally robust automated trust chain. 👉🏻 Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/gYg6afzP Curious how this could apply to your claims process? Reach out to discuss. ▍Contact us ☎️ (04) 2255-0890 📧 hello@selfiesign.co 📋 https://lnkd.in/ddw4uaZ8 - ▏ThinkCloud official website: https://lnkd.in/ddxBUXR7 ▏SelfieSign official website: https://lnkd.in/dh43esG4 ▏Sign up for SelfieSign: https://selfiesign.me/my/ #claimsprocessing #healthcareinnovation #insurance #esignature #digitalsignature #digitaltransformation #digitalization #medicalclaims #DigitalHealth #InsurTech #ESG #regtech #digitaltrust #healthinsurance