D Foundation is a non-profit foundation based in Zug, Switzerland.

We Research and Develop Ecosystems for Compliant & Disintermediated Interactions Using Value-Representing Verifiable Data

We Research and Develop Ecosystems for Compliant & Disintermediated Interactions Using Value-Representing Verifiable Data

We Research and Develop Ecosystems for Compliant & Disintermediated Interactions Using Value-Representing Verifiable Data

Research
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Development

Research
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Development

The Foundation conducts and supports R&D in technological, legal and financial domains to facilitate adoption of public blockchain, Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) framework and verifiable data for innovative businesses.

The Foundation conducts and supports R&D in technological, legal and financial domains to facilitate adoption of public blockchain, Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) framework and verifiable data for innovative businesses.

The Foundation conducts and supports R&D in technological, legal and financial domains to facilitate adoption of public blockchain, Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) framework and verifiable data for innovative businesses.

Grants
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Advocacy

Grants
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Advocacy

​Through the implementation of Dchain, the Foundation promotes and advances the usage of verifiable data in a wide range of business activities built on a transparent and compliant infrastructure.

​Through the implementation of Dchain, the Foundation promotes and advances the usage of verifiable data in a wide range of business activities built on a transparent and compliant infrastructure.

Grants
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Advocacy

​Through the implementation of Dchain, the Foundation promotes and advances the usage of verifiable data in a wide range of business activities built on a transparent and compliant infrastructure.

shape Policies & Regulatory Frameworks

shape Policies & Regulatory Frameworks

The Foundation Council is actively engaging with standardising bodies, lawmakers and regulators, offering policy guidance and technological insights to navigate the transformative potential brought by verifiable & value-representing data and decentralised protocols.

The Foundation Council is actively engaging with standardising bodies, lawmakers and regulators, offering policy guidance and technological insights to navigate the transformative potential brought by verifiable & value-representing data and decentralised protocols.

The Foundation Council is actively engaging with standardising bodies, lawmakers and regulators, offering policy guidance and technological insights to navigate the transformative potential brought by verifiable & value-representing data and decentralised protocols.

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​What is Dchain?

​What is Dchain?

​What is Dchain?

A public blockchain with advanced features to notarise compliant users' intents and transactions. It is designed to host decentralised applications for financial service providers, fiduciary businesses and other actors.

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notarisation By qualified data verifiers

​SSI runs on every level of D-Chain. Its governance ensures only qualified validators with valid verifiable credentials can take part in consensus. This creates the foundation for offchain data notarisation services performed by validators - a unique path to onchain Real World Assets representation.

​SSI runs on every level of D-Chain. Its governance ensures only qualified validators with valid verifiable credentials can take part in consensus. This creates the foundation for offchain data notarisation services performed by validators - a unique path to onchain Real World Assets representation.

notarised objects lifecycle management

Dchain enables applications to register custom lifecycle management utilities for notarised objects, such as state transition after execution via an on-chain orderbook. This flexibility allows applications to define specific state transition processes while leveraging the chain's built-in functionalities.

Dchain enables applications to register custom lifecycle management utilities for notarised objects, such as state transition after execution via an on-chain orderbook. This flexibility allows applications to define specific state transition processes while leveraging the chain's built-in functionalities.

credential provided RBAC

​Dchain implements Credential provided Role-Based Access Control for state transitions of notarised objects. This scalable approach uses off-chain verifiable credentials from trusted issuers, allowing applications to define and enforce roles without maintaining on-chain whitelists.

​Dchain implements Credential provided Role-Based Access Control for state transitions of notarised objects. This scalable approach uses off-chain verifiable credentials from trusted issuers, allowing applications to define and enforce roles without maintaining on-chain whitelists.

the foundation for a flagship application

the foundation for a flagship application

the foundation for a flagship application

platformD by NYMLAB

platformD is the digital securitisation engine for trade finance. It transforms eInvoices into investment-grade transferrable security tokens, allowing SMEs to access immediate financing while providing investors direct access to yields from real economic activities.

Platform-D Limited has officially passed Gate 1 of the UK Digital Securities Sandbox, receiving Sandbox Approval Notice from the Bank of England

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Compliance Automation

Compliance Automation

Dchain can natively automate compliance onchain through the implementation of AVIDA protocol - a smart contract framework which supports the verification of multiple verifiable credential standards. Transacting on D-Chain can simplify audits and reporting, ensuring that data meet all necessary legal and regulatory requirements.

Regulatory Sandboxes

Regulatory Sandboxes

Dchain can provide a controlled environment for experimenting with new data verification methods, allowing regulators and businesses to explore innovative approaches without compromising security or compliance.

Dchain can provide a controlled environment for experimenting with new data verification methods, allowing regulators and businesses to explore innovative approaches without compromising security or compliance.

Regulatory Sandboxes

Dchain can provide a controlled environment for experimenting with new data verification methods, allowing regulators and businesses to explore innovative approaches without compromising security or compliance.

become a validator

become a validator

become a validator

Validators are onboarded to Dchain through any Trusted Issuers of Verifiable Credentials recognised by the Chain's Governance.

Validators are onboarded to Dchain through any Trusted Issuers of Verifiable Credentials recognised by the Chain's Governance.

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Trusted Issuer

Coming soon

Trusted Issuer

Coming soon

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D-Foundation Council

D-Foundation Council

D-Foundation Council

Gian Luca Ambrosio

president
foundation council

Gian Luca Ambrosio

president
foundation council

Egidio Casati

Vice-President
foundation council

Egidio Casati

Vice-President
foundation council

Gian Luca Ambrosio

president
foundation council

Gian Luca was CEO of Moore Europe Capital Mgmt, London. He founded Æquilibrium Investments in 1999, a UK-regulated Macro Hedge Fund Manager, was Managing Director and Junior Partner of Goldman Sachs & Co, CEO of Goldman Sachs Milan, and Senior Managing Director of Goldman Sachs Paris.

Egidio Casati

vice-president
foundation council

Egidio was program manager and R&D at Infocert S.p.a. Milan. He worked in several digital transformation projects in the Finance, Telco and Military Industries. In recent years, he co-founded a Digital Art NFT company in HK in the ETH space and contributed to bootstrap a Cosmos Based Network.

Belsy Yuen, PhD

Council Member

Belsy Yuen, PhD

Council Member

Oliver Benkert

Council Member

Oliver Benkert

Council Member

Alberto Pravettoni

Council Member

Alberto Pravettoni

Council Member

Belsy Yuen, PhD

council member

Belsy has designed and developed distributed projects across blockchains / frameworks including Ethereum, Substrate and Cosmos-SDK. She contributed to: Vectis, AVIDA, Anoncreds-rs, Flow USDC & multisig, etc. Previous worked in IBM, PwC, Entropy Labs, Equilibrium Labs.

Oliver Benkert

council member

Olly spent over 20 years at Goldman Sachs, as head of FI businesses, including short term rates trading and funding. He holds roles as an investor and advisor for a number of specialist technology companies and is the co-founder of HQLAx, a fintech company that uses blockchain technology to optimise efficiency in collateral mobility.

Alberto Pravettoni

council member

Alberto was an ExCo member and ran several businesses at LCH, London. MD and Global Head in Fixed Income and Futures Operations, he spent 13 years at Goldman Sachs between Milan, London and New York. Alberto started his career in Finance at Citibank.

Luc Froehlich

Council Member

Luc Froehlich

Council Member

Andrea Caccia

Council Member

Andrea Caccia

Council Member

Luc Froehlich

council member

Luc, former Global Head of Digital Asset Solutions at Fidelity International, brings 20 years of experience in building and scaling businesses. His expertise spans strategy, product innovation, and managing relationships with officials. Luc is actively engaged in digital assets public policy, academic research, and the World Economic Forum.

Andrea Caccia

council member

Previous experience: eIDAS standardisation, trust services; CEN Pin Award (2017); UNI Premio Scolari (2019).

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