Players/The Settlement Layer

The Closed-Loop Personnel Ecosystem

Board Interlocks Across Settlement Infrastructure

The same 200-300 people rotate between prime brokers, custodian banks, and clearing houses. The 'user-owned utility' model means the regulated entities ARE the regulators. Nobody outside the loop understands the system well enough to regulate it, and nobody inside has an incentive to change it.

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