OceanStream: Open Token Facts
Open Token Facts: Schemas + Attestations for U.S. Grade Listings
OceanStream joined the SEC Crypto Task Force roundtable and one of the topics discussed was a simple path to cleaner markets: standardize the facts. As digital assets are headed for U.S. exchanges at scale, we need a shared, machine-readable language for what a token is and how it behaves - and signed attestations that prove those facts hold up in the real world. (Participation does not imply SEC endorsement.)
Why Standardization Now
Fragmented disclosures produce fragmented trust. Every issuer deck looks different, every exchange checklist reads differently, and every diligence team re-models the same basics. A public, open schema lets everyone consume the same canonical fields, the same way, every time.
What Belongs In An Open Token-Facts Schema
• Identity: chain(s), contract(s), tickers, custodians, oracles, bridges• Economics: total/max supply, circulating supply, emissions/vesting, treasury policy• Control: upgrade keys, governance process, multisig thresholds, admin roles• Market safety: freeze/pause switches, sanctions lists, blacklist/whitelist mechanics• Disclosures: audits, known risks, incident history, material protocol changes• Attestations: who said what, when, under what scope (issuer/auditor/custodian/venue)
How Attestations Make It Trustworthy
- Issuer signs the facts (scope + timestamp + hash).
- Independent parties (auditors, custodians, market venues) co-sign bounded claims (e.g., “circulating supply as of T,” “keys held under X policy”).
- Anchoring & versioning: each statement is hashed, anchored onchain, and versioned; revocations and updates are explicit, with a changelog.
- Proof packs: exchanges and regulators ingest a single “fact pack” (schema + signatures + proofs) via API and verify cryptographically.
Who Benefits
• Issuers: faster listings, fewer bespoke questionnaires, fewer errors.• Exchanges: uniform intake, automated checks, clearer liability boundaries.• Regulators: consistent, comparable disclosures that plug into surveillance.• Investors: cleaner comparables, fewer surprises, better risk signals.
Why OceanStream Cares
We already stream and index the live tape. A standardized token-facts layer snaps into that substrate, turning static disclosures into living data: real-time supply checks against attested baselines, governance-key monitoring, vesting events matched to onchain flows - facts that stay true because they’re constantly re-verified.
Call To Collaborate
If you issue assets, list assets, safeguard assets, or supervise markets, we’d love your input. The U.S.-grade path forward is simple: facts, standardized.
(Participation in the SEC roundtable does not imply SEC endorsement.)