The Global Asset ID Numbers System

A universal asset master & registration system

We Need a Comprehensive Asset Master

In today's increasingly complex world, accurately identifying and tracking assets across systems and borders is a challenge. As new asset classes like cryptocurrencies emerge and markets become more interconnected, the need for a unified global asset identification system has never been greater. Without it, organizations are forced to build and maintain proprietary systems to track their assets, leading to data silos, integration headaches and wasted hours.

G.A.I.N. Asset Registry —

Registers Unique Asset IDs

&

G.A.I.N Asset Master —

Documents Reference Data

Truly Universal

Any investable asset can have a GAIN record. Although most security master solutions today support multiple asset classes, equities, FX, derivatives, etc., few support private, digital, and physical assets. Those new assets could be private companies, cryptocurrencies, collectibles, art, or NFTs.

Open & Public

Like Wikipedia for financial assets, the GAIN project has no central issuing body. Anyone can register an asset without waiting for applications and approvals. And anyone can add to or update the reference data on an asset, with incentives for quality information and penalties for poor work.

Community Owned

The community of users will govern the asset registry and the asset categorization system, with committees of experts in each asset class. The project will be owned by a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) ensuring decisions will always made through a democratic process of proposals and voting.

Covering Every Asset Class

We need subject matter experts on specific asset types to be on the asset class committees. They’ll define the classification system for the asset class, develop metadata standards and data models and expand coverage as new assets emerge.

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