About
Diamond Standard
Unlocking the world’s most valuable natural resource as an investable asset class, Diamond Standard has created the first and only regulator-licensed diamond commodities.
Download Fact SheetVision
Establish a fungible diamond commodity and loose diamond exchange as the foundation for price discovery and liquidity, unlocking diamonds as a financial asset.
Mission
To benefit investors by establishing diamonds, through innovation and standard-setting, as a liquid hard asset, like gold.
Ecosystem
Commodities
Exchange
Fund
Recycling
Spot Market
Our Principles
1
Fairness
We only buy conflict-free diamonds (Kimberley Process Certified), from vendors registered on the IGI (International Gemological Institute and GIA (Gemological Institute of America).
2
Transparency
We are regulated by:
3
Consistency
Each Coin and Bar contains an equivalent set of investment grade diamonds with the provenance of each diamond commodity audited and authenticated on the blockchain.
*DS Commodities and Digital Asset Products are regulated by the BMA, not the entire DS Group.
**Diamond Standard Fund LLC is the entity regulated by the SEC, not the entire DS Group.
*DS Commodities and Digital Asset Products are regulated by the BMA, not the entire DS Group.
**Diamond Standard Fund LLC is the entity regulated by the SEC, not the entire DS Group.
About Our Founder
4,000+
U.S. patent citations
100+
Trading systems designed
$500M+
Raised in venture capital
Diamond Standard Founder and CEO
Diamonds are finally a brilliant asset.
With innovations cited in nearly 4,000 U.S. Patents, Cormac has been the founder of four software startups acquired by public companies. He is a quant finance pioneer who invented heatmaps, designed over 100 institutional trading systems, and perfected sentiment analysis for statistical arbitrage, using it to manage over $500 million for Tudor and Millennium. Most recently, he built a business social network integrated into premium news publications, which was acquired by News Corp.
Cormac studied computer science at Carnegie Mellon, earning Bachelors and Masters of Science degrees. Now, as founder of Diamond Standard, he has solved the challenge of creating a standardized diamond commodity. Delivered as a physical coin or bar, this regulator-approved commodity can be transacted as a token on a blockchain, with diamonds supplied fairly via transparent bids on an electronic diamond exchange.
Diamond Standard Executive Team
James Campbell
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Chris Dessi
Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
Doug Jordan
President
Corey Reason
Chief Compliance Officer (CCO)
Rajiv Sohal
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Greg Giannakopoulos
Head of Capital Markets
Company Timeline
2018
Diamond Standard Founded
2019
First Patent Publications
2020
BMA Approves Coin Initial Offering
2021
Launch of Initial Coin Offering
Diamond Standard Exchange Launch
IGI Production Facility Opened
Brinks Opens Diamond Vault
First Deloitte Audit Passed
New Fifth Avenue Headquarters
2022
BMA Approves Bar Initial Offering
Diamond Standard Bar Launch
Second Deloitte Audit Passed
Diamond Standard Spot Market Launch
Diamond Standard Fund Launch
Executive Team Expansion
Eye on ESG
Environmental
Social
Governance
Being sustainable is one of the Diamond Standard top priorities
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