VERIFIED METALS CUSTODY · DEVELOPMENT STAGE

A vault that proves what it holds, continuously.

VaultOne is building an institutional vault for gold, osmium and related metals, paired with a continuous evidence record that replaces the annual inspection and the certificate.

How it works Contact

a steel vault door set in a pale wall under open sky

The problem

Custody is still proven by a count and a certificate.

Privately held investment gold in bars and coins is worth roughly $5 trillion. Custody of it is still shown the way it was a century ago: someone counts it on a schedule and signs a certificate. Between counts, the holder, the insurer and the lender rely on paper. There is no standard live record.

a paper certificate and a stamp on a dark desk

What we are building

A physical vault and a live record, built together.

The vault

An institutional physical vault for gold, osmium and related metals.

The record

A continuous-evidence data layer, so each holding carries a documented chain of custody and a live record rather than an annual certificate.

The Company licenses U.S. Patent 8,532,256 B1, an automated assay method, and calls the category Verified Metals Custody.

How it works

Intake

Metal is received, assayed and registered to its owner.

Custody

It is held in the vault under a documented chain of custody.

Evidence

Sensors are designed to record its presence and condition continuously, in place of a periodic count.

Reporting

The record is designed to be shared with the owner and, at the owner's direction, with insurers and lenders.

This describes the system the Company is building. It is not in operation.

Who it is for

Built for the three parties who rely on the record.

Holders

Institutions and private holders of physical metal, who today receive a certificate once a year.

Insurers

Underwriters, who price custody risk on periodic evidence.

Lenders

Lenders against metal, who rely on a document describing a moment that has passed.

VaultOne is designed to give all three the same continuous record.

Services

Four planned services.

Custody

Storage of metal in the vault under a documented chain of custody.

Onboarding

Intake, assay and registration of each holding.

Continuous-evidence subscription

Ongoing access to the live record for a holding.

Insurance-data enablement

A data package designed for the holder's insurer.

Planned services. The Company has no clients and no revenue.

The company

Based in Sheridan, Illinois.

Vault-One Technologies LLC, operating as VaultOne, is a development-stage company led by William Joseph Stephens, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Bob Jeter, Chief Technology Officer.

About the company

Contact

Talk to us.

For custody, insurance and lending inquiries, write to williams@gr8seastrading.com

330 W. Sheridan Ave., Sheridan, Illinois 60551.