The GEM project is built and operated by a coalition of trusted German and Swiss institutions with deep expertise in gemology, asset security, and blockchain technology.
To protect the integrity and independence of the system, the project is governed by a DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) — not by any single company or individual.
This structure was chosen deliberately to avoid centralization, reduce manipulation risk, and ensure that ownership, control, and operations remain transparent, traceable, and incorruptible.
For privacy, legal neutrality, and resilience, the identities of certain individuals and entities are not made public. Instead, trust is built through:
Audited reserves
Smart contract transparency
Third-party asset certification
Proof-of-reserve and open-source governance
GEMtrust was created not to demand trust in a name, but to make trust unnecessary through verifiable systems.