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Diamond Standard Coin Diamond Commodity Producer Asset

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.

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Vision

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:

  • Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA)* U.S.
  • Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)**
  • 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.

    Diamond Standard Coin Diamond Commodity Producer Asset

    *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

    Cormac Kinney Chief Executive Officer CEO Founder Diamond Standard Leadership
    4,000+

    U.S. patent citations

    100+

    Trading systems designed

    $500M+

    Raised in venture capital

    Cormac Kinney
    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 Diamond Standard Leadership

    James Campbell

    Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

    Chris Dessi Chief Revenue Officer CRO Diamond Standard Leadership

    Chris Dessi

    Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)

    Doug Jordan Chief of Staff Interim Chief Operations Officer COO Diamond Standard Leadership

    Doug Jordan

    President

    Corey Reason Chief Compliance Officer CCO Diamond Standard Leadership

    Corey Reason

    Chief Compliance Officer (CCO)

    Rajiv Sohal Chief Technology Officer CTO Diamond Standard Leadership

    Rajiv Sohal

    Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

    Greg Giannakopoulos Head of Capital Markets

    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

    recycle
    Environmental
    Social
    Governance

    Being sustainable is one of the Diamond Standard top priorities

    Our 5th Avenue Office

    Diamond Standard Headquarters New York 565 5th Avenue Office
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