A scholar’s eyes
on it early.
Ship fast. Certify properly.
Crypto, tokenisation and DeFi move faster than most review cycles were built for — which is exactly why the Shariah question has to come early, not bolted on before launch.
We work at the level of the structure: custody, yield mechanics and the token itself. Not the marketing label.
What comes up in fintech.
- Custody.Who actually holds the asset, and what a user owns if the platform fails, settles most of the answer before the token is even discussed.
- Where the yield comes from.A return has to trace back to something real. Staking rewards, lending pools and liquidity incentives each trace differently.
- The token is not the label.What the instrument represents in law and in economics decides the treatment, not the category it is marketed under.
- The pace of change.A product certified in one release can drift in the next. Review has to keep step with the roadmap, not with the audit calendar.
We publish the standard.
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