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Encoding Trust in the Algorithmic Age

Our Mission

"Encoding Trust in the Algorithmic Age"

We realize transparency and verifiability in financial markets through cryptographic protocols, driving the paradigm shift from "Trust Me" to "Verify Me." In modern financial markets dominated by high-frequency trading and AI-driven algorithmic trading, our mission is to completely transparentize black-boxed trading processes and establish mathematically verifiable truth.

Corporate Information

VeritasChain Co., Ltd.

Legal Entity

Japanese Corporation (Kabushiki Kaisha)

D-U-N-S Number

698368529

Industry Association

Member of Fintech Association of Japan

Business Activities

Development and promotion of protocol standards for financial markets, operation of VC-Certified certification programs, provision of related software and SDKs, consulting services

Founding Philosophy

To establish transparency and trustworthiness in algorithmic trading through technical standards and build cryptographically verifiable financial market infrastructure

Vision

To make VCP the global standard for audit trails in financial markets, realizing the transition from "reputation-based trust" to "cryptographically verifiable truth"

Registered Address (Operating Entity)

Ebisu Secretariat Office, 2-4-8 Ebisu-Nishi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0021, Japan

This address is provided for administrative and legal correspondence only.

VeritasChain Standards Organization (VSO)

Founded

November 24, 2025

Established as an independent technical standards organization to address the emerging transparency requirements in AI-driven financial markets.

Organization Type

Standards Organization & Certification Scheme Owner

Primary Responsibilities

Formulation of the VeritasChain Protocol (VCP) and other VSO technical specifications, ownership of the VC-Certified scheme (conformity assessment is performed by accredited Conformity Assessment Bodies; VSO itself does not assess), publication of industry guidelines

International Position

Works at the same layer as standards bodies such as ISO, IEEE, and IETF (a structural comparison only; VSO holds no equivalent status, recognition, or adoption)

Stakeholders

Exchanges, brokers, proprietary trading firms, regulators, institutional investors, algorithm developer community

Distributed Operations

VSO operates as a geographically distributed organization. We do not store or process audit data centrally—records stay with the implementing organization, and any third party can verify them from the records, their Merkle proofs and external anchors (for example an RFC 3161 time-stamping authority or a public blockchain). The secretariat functions are lightweight and relocatable, with no physical security requirements for data custody.

Hokuto AI Research Office

Established July 6, 2026

Located in Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan — on the southern foothills of the Yatsugatake mountains, about two hours from central Tokyo. This research office focuses on long-horizon technical foundations: verifiable logging architectures, post-quantum migration (ML-DSA / FIPS 204), conformance-testing methodology, and VAP domain profiles. All research outputs feed open specifications.

Organizational Structure

VeritasChain Co., Ltd.

Corporate Operating Entity

VSO

Standards Organization & Certification Scheme Owner

Organizational Relationship: VeritasChain Co., Ltd. provides operational foundation and support for VSO, while VSO operates as an independent standards body conducting neutral formulation of technical specifications and fair operation of VC-Certified certification programs. VSO's neutrality rests on published mechanisms (specifications under CC BY 4.0, conformity assessment by accredited Conformity Assessment Bodies, and the non-endorsement policy), not on legal separation from the company.

Non-Endorsement Policy: VSO operates as an independent standards body and does not endorse or promote any specific brokers, firms, or trading products. VC-Certified certification indicates compliance with transparency standards, not a recommendation of commercial services. VSO maintains strict vendor neutrality to serve the entire market ecosystem.

Contact Information

Email

info@veritaschain.org

For general inquiries, technical questions, and partnership consultations

Business Inquiries

For VCP solution implementation consultations for exchanges and brokers, participation in VC-Certified certification programs, and technical consulting service requests, please contact us at info@veritaschain.org.

Business Hours

Business days: Monday to Friday (excluding Japanese public holidays)
We typically respond to inquiries within 1-2 business days.

Administrative Office

Ebisu Secretariat Office
2-4-8 Ebisu-Nishi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0021, Japan
〒150-0021 東京都渋谷区恵比寿西2丁目4番8号

VSO is a distributed standards body and does not maintain a permanent physical headquarters. This address is provided for administrative and legal correspondence.

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and technical partnerships, please feel free to contact us

VeritasChain Standards Organization (VSO) has no affiliation, relationship, or connection of any kind with any third party using a similar name that appears on investor warning lists. VSO does not provide financial services or investment products of any kind; our activities are limited to the development of technical standards and cryptographic audit protocols.