Hammock: real assets onchain
Proposal for Ika · September 2026
Helping issuers launch, distribute and operate tokenized assets.
Issuers bring the assets, custody and legal structure. Hammock would connect investor onboarding, compliance policies, cross-chain token delivery and redemption operations. Ika would provide programmable signing on supported chains, subject to joint technical validation. Asset backing and redemption obligations remain with issuers.
Building on prior work. We’ve explored policy-controlled signing with Ika, investor eligibility checks and token-level transfer controls. The pilot would bring these together: verify the investor, authorize issuance and reconcile supply across chains. Privacy and lending would build on that foundation.
Where Hammock could win
Tokeny already embeds compliance in tokens; Securitize uses Wormhole for cross-chain transfers. Issuer-specific integration remains part of the work.
For a metals issuer: connect custody records, investor eligibility, mint/burn approvals and supply across chains into one supported workflow. Hammock’s pilot must demonstrate less integration effort and lower operating cost than existing options. That is the service advantage to prove.
Two revenue streams
Annual operating fees + mint/redeem fees.
- Operating fee: ongoing investor-policy checks, ownership and supply reconciliation, reporting and technical support. Work with the issuer’s transfer agent and fund administrator for specialist services.
- Transaction fee: earn when eligible capital enters or exits the product.
The operating fee pays for continuous service; transaction revenue grows with usage. Expand through more issuers, more products per issuer and distribution across chains.
What scale could look like
Illustrative pricing: $100K annual operating fee per issuer + 5 bps (0.05%) on mint/redeem, retained after partner shares.
| Issuers | Combined annual mint/redeem flow | Operating fees | Transaction fees | Annual revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | $2B | $1M | $1M | $2M |
| 25 | $5B | $2.5M | $2.5M | $5M |
| 25 | $15B | $2.5M | $7.5M | $10M |
These are assumptions to test, not agreed prices or pipeline forecasts. Revenue is before operating costs. Setup fees, secondary trading, cross-chain relocations and future lending revenue are excluded.
What existing businesses show
- Securitize: $6.6M of asset-servicing revenue in Q2 2026. Its issuer and fund services include setup and recurring fees.
- Paxos / PAX Gold: 12.5–50 bps marginal redemption bands based on rolling 30-day net redemptions; creation fees currently waived through Jan. 1, 2027. These are customer product fees, not Hammock’s retained share.
- Backpack: approximately $0.50 to tokenize/withdraw securities; no deposit conversion fee, excluding gas. Its issuer contracts are unknown.
These benchmarks support testing a full-service offering; they do not establish Hammock’s pricing.
Three leads
- Metals.io: uranium, with copper to qualify. Uranium one-pager
- ARU: floating-NAV commodity reserves.
- Octave: healthcare investment products; overview deck.
Previously explored leads, not committed customers.
Issuance → privacy → lending
First: one asset and cross-chain route, with working mint/redeem, investor controls and reconciliation. Evaluate human.tech identity proofs and Sumsub business checks.
Next: protect sensitive data with validated privacy controls.
Later: enable collateralized lending where valuation, liquidity and liquidation support it.
Next step with Ika: scope one issuer pilot to prove demand, reliable operations and fees that cover delivery costs.