The operating problem
Digital asset operations for enterprises
An enterprise that holds or moves digital assets runs them across at least four places: the chains the assets live on, the custodian or wallets that hold them, the exchanges or venues that trade them, and the ledger that books them. Each is a system of record for its own corner. Operations is the work of making them agree, and of knowing who approved what when they did not.
A short path through this page. Open each step to go deeper.
1Where the work goes wrong
- Balances that differ by timing. A chain balance at one block, a custodian statement at midnight and a ledger entry posted the next morning can all be right and still disagree. Without the dates beside the figures, the disagreement looks like an error.
- Movements without a recorded authority. A transfer was made; the policy that allowed it, the person who approved it and the evidence they saw are in a chat thread, if anywhere.
- Labels without a source. A counterparty label from one data provider is treated as fact in a report; the provider and the date are gone.
- Month-end by spreadsheet. Four exports copied into one sheet, reconciled by hand, with the reconciliation itself unrecorded.
2What an operating layer changes
Where they disagree, the difference is shown with both sides and their dates and is settled by a named person under a recorded policy. Every figure opens to its basis. Each decision is sealed, and the evidence pack that results can be verified by an auditor without asking you.
3What it relies on, honestly
Chain data comes from the providers you configure; AssetShop is not a chain-analytics vendor and does not hold funds. Wallet-flow reading is off until a provider key is set. Every label names its source. Trading features stay on a paper venue until a live venue is conformed and legally cleared. Nothing here promises returns or gives tax or legal advice.
4A month-end, with the layer in place
- The chain, the custodian, the exchange and the ledger are read on the same cut-off, each with its date.
- The positions that agree are marked agreed, with the sources that agree listed.
- The positions that differ are listed with both sides; the treasurer settles each one, and the settlement, the person and the evidence are recorded.
- The evidence pack for the month is produced: the figures, their sources, the decisions and who made them, verifiable offline.
- The next month starts from measured outcomes, not from a fresh spreadsheet.
5Where to start
A two-week assessment on the systems you name: we read them without writing to them and list where they disagree and what it costs. A smaller firm can start with a one-hour planning session. Read how AssetShop applies EOS to the enterprise.