Company

Orchestrating Scale
for Institutional, Low-Risk
Tokenized Debt Products

USIG Digital™ builds investment-grade instruments designed for wholesale finance, bringing institutional standards and collateral mobility to on-chain workflows.

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Stable Value,
Built for Institutions

Why we built a collateral coin

Stablecoins have expanded access to dollar-denominated value on-chain and enabled new payment and transfer experiences for retail. USIG Digital was created for a different need. In wholesale markets, the requirement is not simply moving dollars. It is managing risk with high-quality collateral, governed by eligibility rules, enforceable protections, and robust operational controls.

USIG Digital builds low-risk tokenized debt products engineered for institutional markets. Our first offering, USIG, is a collateral coin backed by Treasury bills, built for on-chain collateral and settlement use cases.

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Backers

Composed of longtime executives
with deep product structuring expertise.

Leadership Team

David Petrie

CEO

Eric Rapp

Co-Founder

Jason Jones

Co-Founder

John Shay

Chairman

Ryan Fisch

Head of Engineering

Chuck Weilamann

Head of Capital Markets

Advisors

Torry Berntsen

Advisor
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Art Certosimo

Advisor
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Pinar Emirdag

Advisor
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Ryan McLaughlin

Advisor
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Alan Sobba

Advisor
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David Petrie
CEO
David brings deep expertise in capital markets across a 20+ year career in trading and making markets in fixed income, cash management, derivatives, repo markets, and balance sheet management strategies at global financial institutions. He has managed the Barclays US Repo Trading Desks, served as Global Head of the USD Bank Portfolio for Barclays, and later became Global Head of the Strategic Liquidity Portfolio at Deutsche Bank. He is a Co-Founder & Managing Partner at 4M Group, a validator in Canton, and heavily involved in facilitating the build-out, adoption, and acceleration of the Canton Network. David is actively involved in the governance of the network, participating in the Tokenization and Accountability committees. 4M Group is a member of the Canton Foundation. His institutional experience in liquidity and collateral management underpins USIG’s mission to modernize on-chain collateral mobility.
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Barclays · Deutsche Bank · 4M Group · Canton Network
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Eric Rapp
Co-Founder
Eric leads the structuring and formation of USIG’s securitization infrastructure. Previously, he served as Head of Structuring at Ondo, where he developed OUSG (a tokenized fund offering on-chain exposure to short-term U.S. Treasuries) and USDY (a yield-bearing stablecoin backed by Treasuries and bank deposits). He also served as a member of the Real World Asset (RWA) Team at MakerDAO, structuring deals with Société Générale and Huntingdon Valley Bank to bring real-world collateral on-chain for the Dai stablecoin. Eric also served as an ABS Manager at Fortress Investment Group and a Ratings Analyst at DBRS, where he rated On Deck Capital, the first-rated fintech company.
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Ondo · MakerDAO · Fortress Investment Group · DBRS
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Jason Jones
Co-Founder
Jason leads product design and development, focused on building next- generation digital asset instruments. He previously co-founded and served as CEO of END_Labs, a blockchain infrastructure firm targeting on-chain private credit and real-world assets. Before that, Jason was the Chief Commercial Officer at Centrifuge, the first real-world asset DeFi protocol, where he introduced RWA as collateral for stablecoins. He also held leadership roles at Consensys and earlier worked as a fund manager and technology analyst at Goldman Sachs and Fidelity Investments.
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END_Labs · Centrifuge · Consensys · Goldman Sachs · Fidelity Investments
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John Shay
Chairman
Industry Leader, 7RIDGE
With over 30 years of leadership experience in global capital markets, John is Chairman of USIG Digital on behalf of its lead investor, 7RIDGE. He has built and scaled consortia of major financial institutions and held senior roles at Virtu, Nasdaq, TP ICAP, Broadway Technology (now Bloomberg), and Acadia (now LSEG). Most recently, he served as CEO of the American Financial Exchange (AFX), which was acquired by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) in 2025.
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7RIDGE · Virtu · Nasdaq · TP ICAP · Broadway Technology (now Bloomberg) · Acadia (now LSEG) · American Financial Exchange
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Ryan Fisch
Head of Engineering
Ryan brings over two decades of engineering leadership across fintech, digital assets, and enterprise cloud systems. He previously served as CTO of TheraManager DocuTrac, where he led the modernization and security of a large-scale cloud platform used in regulated environments. He also founded and led engineering at END-Labs, a ConsenSys-incubated firm focused on institutional access to decentralized liquidity. Ryan has held senior engineering roles at SportBLX, Verifi Media, and ConsenSys, delivering production-grade blockchain and capital-markets infrastructure.
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TheraManager DocuTrac · END-Labs · SportBLX · Verifi Media · ConsenSys
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Chuck Weilamann
Head of Capital Markets
Chuck leads the development of the firm’s investment-grade framework, oversees capital markets strategy, and manages engagement with credit rating agencies. He brings more than two decades of experience across structured finance, credit risk, and capital markets. Before joining USIG, Chuck served as Head of Consumer and Counterparty Credit at Cross River Bank, where he oversaw credit risk standards and governance across the firm’s banking and lending operations. Previously, he served as Chief Credit Officer at DBRS Morningstar and held senior roles at Credit Suisse and several structured finance advisory firms.
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Cross River Bank · DBRS Morningstar · Credit Suisse
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Torry Berntsen
Advisor
Serves as an Advisor to USIG, bringing more than four decades of leadership across global banking, capital markets, and financial services. He previously served as Executive Vice Chairman at Standard Chartered Bank, where he had responsibilities for Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, and Africa. Earlier in his career, after starting at JP Morgan, he held senior executive roles at BNY and Independent Financial (Texas). He was named Europe & Americas Banking CEO of the Year in 2023 in recognition of his leadership in international finance. In addition to his role at USIG, he serves as a Senior Advisor to JDM Partners, an External Advisor to Bain & Company, an Advisor to Conquer AI, and an Adjunct Professor at The City College of New York.
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Standard Chartered Bank · JP Morgan · BNY · Independent Financial
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Art Certosimo
Advisor
Serves as an Advisor to USIG. He also serves as Senior Advisor to the executive team at Broadridge Financial Solutions, where he is Chairman and CEO of LQX and Chairman of the Board of LTX. He has spent more than three decades in international banking and capital markets, retiring from BNY Mellon as Senior Executive Vice President and CEO of Global Markets after leading its global FX, capital markets, and derivatives businesses, and earlier guiding key recovery efforts during 9/11 and the 2008 credit crisis. His earlier roles include senior positions at Morgan Stanley Asset Management and Chase Manhattan Bank, and he has served on major industry boards and Federal Reserve– sponsored market infrastructure groups. Art is Ex-Chairman and a current board member of the Rutgers University Foundation and Chairman of the Rutgers Business School Board of Advisors.
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Broadridge Financial Solutions · BNY Mellon · Morgan Stanley Asset Management · Chase Manhattan Bank
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Pinar Emirdag
Advisor
Serves as an Advisor to USIG on behalf of 7RIDGE’s C7 Accelerator, bringing over two decades of experience at the intersection of financial markets, technology, and innovation. At 7RIDGE, she helped establish C7 as a leading super validator and key stakeholder in the Canton Network. Previously, Pinar held senior roles at J.P. Morgan, State Street, London Stock Exchange Group, and Citi, where she led pioneering initiatives in digital assets, market infrastructure, and AI-driven client services. She also serves on several advisory and academic boards, including Clearmatics, Imperial College London, and the Foundational Questions Institute.
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7RIDGE · J.P. Morgan · State Street · London Stock Exchange Group · Citi
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Ryan McLaughlin
Advisor
Serves as an Advisor to USIG, bringing more than 25 years of experience in portfolio and risk management across FX, global equities, bonds, and digital assets. He is Co-founder, Managing Partner, and Portfolio Manager at Welara Management LLC, an independent multi-family office and wealth advisor operating across New York, London, and Geneva. Previously, he co-founded and ran a global FX-based hedge fund, raising close to $1B for the vehicle, and served as Treasurer at BankMed (Suisse) SA in Geneva, where he modernized the dealing room. He has also held portfolio management roles at Itmos Strategies SA and served as Lead Fund Manager at Peregrine Limited in Abu Dhabi.
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Peregrine Limited · Itmos Strategies SA · BankMed (Suisse) SA · Rhicon Currency Management
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Alan Sobba
Advisor
Serves as an Advisor to USIG, where he helps guide the organization’s engagement with policymakers on the future of on-chain finance and digital asset regulation. He is also President & CEO of Sobba Public, LLC, and Partner, Public Policy at UDHC, advising venture-backed and early-stage companies on legislative, regulatory, and communications strategy. Previously, Alan held senior public affairs roles at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, International Derivatives Clearing Group, Major League Baseball, and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.
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Sobba Public, LLC · UDHC · Commodity Futures Trading Commission · International Derivatives Clearing Group · Major League Baseball
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