What EDMA does

EDMA operates an Ethereum Layer-2 protocol for real-world assets built around a novel Proof-of-Verification (PoV) consensus mechanism that binds on-chain state to attested real-world events through a four-stage flow. The protocol enforces a structural invariant — no PASS, no mint — backed by a One-Claim Ledger that prevents double-counting of the same underlying claim across registries or platforms. EDMA's product surface is organized as a platform-plus-marketplaces architecture: Trade OS (a multi-party operations platform with Main, Client, Supplier, Logistics, and Financier portals serving trade operators across Malaysia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, China, and the US), three marketplaces (Global Trade Marketplace for milestone-gated settlement replacing letters of credit, ESG Marketplace for verified energy/carbon certificates, and Launchpad for verified capital raises), and a token ecosystem comprising $EDM (governance/utility), EDSD (1:1 stablecoin), ETT (verified kilowatt-hours), and CLE (clean energy coin). Atlas AI Agent is embedded across Trade OS portals, and Growyn is a sister-product AI marketing platform where EDMA itself is the first customer.

The company generates revenue across multiple streams: protocol fees on value-moving actions (50% burn, 50% treasury), Trade OS subscriptions, marketplace trading fees (2% buyer + 2% seller on energy/carbon trades), DeFi lending interest (4-12% APR), EMT receivables financing at 25-100 bps discount, staking and validator rewards, attestor fees, and a live token presale at $0.216 with a $1.00 listing target across 220M of a 500M token supply. GTM motion combines product-led growth through marketplaces, enterprise field sales of Trade OS subscriptions to trade operators, and direct retail token presale accessible via ETH, USDT, and USDC to an audited Ethereum contract. EDMA Group claims approximately $80M in cumulative operating revenue from RWA operations, while the presale has raised approximately $4.1M from 15,822 holders as of the data snapshot. The company is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, and is controlled by its founder (identified only as Nick) with no disclosed institutional equity investors; Edma Talent is the in-house engineering arm (~100 engineers), with PrimeHire providing a pipeline of ~500 vetted engineers, and Growyn operating as a separate AI product entity.

Name

EDMA

Legal name

Edma Network Group

Website

https://edma.app

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Blockchain Real-World Asset Infrastructure

NAICS

Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage (5231), Commodity Contracts Intermediation (52316), Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities (522320), Investment Banking and Securities Intermediation (523150), Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities (523), Securities and Commodity Exchanges (523210)

SIC

Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services (6200), Commodity Contracts Brokers & Dealers (6221), Asset-Backed Securities (6189), Finance Services (6199), Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies (6211)

akta.pro primary industry

Oracles, Data Feeds & Attestations (price feeds, randomness, proofs) (FSAPAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

DAO Treasury, Governance & On-Chain Finance Tools (FSADAMAL), Yield Aggregators & Strategy Vaults (FSADAMAF), DeFi Asset Management & On-Chain Index Protocols (FSADAMAK), Lending Protocol Infrastructure (Oracles, Rate Models, Vaults) (FSADAFAN), Stablecoin Protocols (Decentralized) (FSADAMAD)

Keywords

• Blockchain trade finance
• Renewable energy tokens
• ESG carbon credits
• Real-world asset tokenization
• Layer-2 protocol

Headquarters

HQ city

Arizona City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Protocol Fees: Fees on value-moving actions (trades, retirements, EMT releases). 50% burns, 50% to treasury. Trade fees typically 0.5% trade fee, 4% token fee.
2. Presale Revenue: Direct token sale to retail participants; EDM offered at $0.216 with listing target of $1.00. 220M coins offered.
3. Trade OS Subscriptions: Subscription fees from trade operators using Trade OS platform; subscriptions convert to EDM at point of purchase after launch.
4. Marketplace Trading Fees: GlobalTrade, ESG, and Launchpad marketplaces generate trading fees; energy/carbon trades use 2% buyer + 2% seller marketplace fees.
5. DeFi Lending Interest: Interest from collateralized lending against Energy NFTs, Carbon NFTs, $ETT, $CLE, EMT receivables. Dynamic rates 4-12% APR borrowing, 3-8% APY lending.
6. veEDM Staking Rewards: Stakers earn pro-rata share of Stakers bucket from weekly protocol fee split; 5% of treasury half (2.5% of total fees) distributes weekly.
7. Attestor Fees: Attestors paid per accepted verification from treasury half of protocol fees, SLA/role-weighted, paid T+0.
8. Validator Rewards: Validators earn share of EDMA network fees in EDM; 1% utility fee; usage-based rewards.
9. Structured Finance Products: Tokenized green bonds, EMT receivables financing (25-100 bps discount), energy production tranches, carbon forward contracts generate fee revenue.
10. Financier Platform Fees: Settlement flows through 0.25% financier-paid fee with accrual ledger, monthly billing, auto-pay.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

EDMA operates an Ethereum Layer-2 protocol built on a Proof-of-Verification (PoV) consensus that binds chain state to verifiable real-world events. It sells Trade OS subscriptions to trade operators, runs three marketplaces (Global Trade, ESG, Launchpad) for milestone-gated trade finance, verified energy/carbon certificates, and proof-based capital raises, and offers a token ecosystem ($EDM governance, EDSD stablecoin, ETT and CLE energy tokens) plus DeFi lending, staking, and structured finance.

Product overview

EDMA is an Ethereum Layer-2 protocol for real-world assets built around a Proof-of-Verification (PoV) consensus mechanism. The protocol is not a single product but a platform-plus-marketplaces architecture comprising: the core EDMA Protocol (PoV Layer-2 with PoV Gate, One-Claim Ledger, Attestor Registry), TradeOS (multi-party trade operations platform with five portals: Operator, Client, Supplier, Logistics, and Financier), three marketplace products (Global Trade Marketplace for trade finance, ESG Marketplace for energy/carbon certificates, and Launchpad for verified capital raises), a token ecosystem ($EDM governance/utility token, EDSD stablecoin, ETT energy token, CLE clean energy token), DeFi lending and staking infrastructure (veEDM governance staking, structured finance, liquidity/insurance), the Growyn AI marketing platform (sister project), and the Atlas AI Agent embedded across all TradeOS portals. The protocol's core rule — verify first, then mint — applies uniformly across trade, energy, and capital markets, enabling EDMA to scale across industries without fragmenting trust or governance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TradeOS: Operating system for trade - the platform where suppliers confirm orders, forwarder updates shipments, clients track deliveries. Four portals: Main Portal, Client Portal, Supplier Portal, Logistics Portal.
• Global Trade Marketplace
• ESG Marketplace
• Launchpad
• Atlas AI Agent
• Growyn

Products and services

• EDMA Protocol (PoV Layer-2) Ethereum Layer-2 protocol using Proof-of-Verification consensus. Binds chain state to verifiable real-world events through a four-stage Source → Verify → Gate → Mint flow; only verified claims enter settled state. Foundation for all EDMA marketplaces and tokens.
• Trade OS

Quantifiable outcome

• $2T lost every year to LC paperwork in global trade
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability10 records

Feature17 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• PrimeHirecoreTechnology or IntegrationTalent engineering partner providing access to ~500 vetted engineers (top-1% acceptance rate) who can be deployed quickly for development needs.
• EthereumcoreTechnology or IntegrationUnderlying settlement layer; EDMA L2 anchors security and data to Ethereum L1.
• TethercoreTechnology or IntegrationSettlement currency partner; USDT accepted for EDM presale purchases.
• OpenAIcoreTechnology or IntegrationAI infrastructure partner powering AI services and Growyn marketing autopilot.
• CloudflarecoreTechnology or IntegrationInfrastructure partner providing CDN and security services.
• GeminicoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partner for exchange/institutional custody integration.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Centrifuge: Centrifuge is a leading RWA tokenization protocol that brings real-world assets (especially trade and invoice receivables) on-chain, with Tinlake and Anemoy for DeFi integration. Directly comparable to EDMA's Global Trade Marketplace and EMT receivables financing, both targeting the same trade-finance pain point with on-chain primitives.
• Ondo Finance: Ondo Finance tokenizes US Treasuries and other yield-bearing assets for institutional and DeFi users, with structured products and OUSG/OMMF. Comparable to EDMA's Structured Finance layer (tokenized green bonds, carbon forwards, energy production tranches) which uses PoV-gated cash flows to build similar institutional-grade structured products on-chain.
• Maple Finance: Maple Finance is an institutional DeFi credit marketplace where underwriters extend on-chain loans against real-world yield sources. Comparable to EDMA Lending (collateralized lending against Energy NFTs, Carbon NFTs, EMT receivables) and the Financier Portal, both serving the on-chain credit intermediation use case for verified RWAs.
• Goldfinch: Goldfinch is a decentralized credit protocol that lends against real-world borrower cash flows without crypto collateral, focused on emerging markets. Comparable to EDMA's trade and energy lending facilities, both building RWA-backed lending rails for borrowers in geographies with limited traditional credit access.
• Clearpool: Clearpool is a DeFi protocol for uncollateralized lending where institutions borrow from lenders via isolated pools. Comparable to EDMA's DeFi lending against verified trade and energy receivables, with a similar model of credit underwriting plus on-chain liquidity provision.
• Toucan Protocol: Toucan Protocol tokenizes carbon credits on-chain and bridges them to DeFi, addressing double-counting and greenwashing in voluntary carbon markets. Directly comparable to EDMA's ESG Marketplace and Carbon NFTs, both targeting the same verified-carbon-on-chain opportunity with similar bridge-and-retire mechanics.
• KlimaDAO: KlimaDAO aggregates and retires tokenized carbon credits through DeFi incentives to drive price discovery in the voluntary carbon market. Comparable to EDMA's $ETT and Carbon NFT flow, both building on-chain infrastructure for trading and retiring verified environmental assets.
• Polymesh: Polymesh is a purpose-built blockchain for regulated securities and real-world assets with built-in identity, compliance, and asset controls. Comparable to EDMA's Ethereum L2 with PoV, both targeting the on-chain regulated-asset opportunity with permissioned validators and compliance primitives, though on different base layers.

Broad incumbents

• komgo: komgo is a consortium-backed trade finance blockchain network used by major banks and commodity traders (including Shell, ING, Citi) to digitize letters of credit and trade documents. A broad incumbent in the same trade-finance-on-chain space that EDMA's Global Trade Marketplace targets, but with established bank consortium distribution.
• we.trade: we.trade is a blockchain-based trade finance platform built by IBM and a consortium of European banks to simplify open-account trade and reduce friction in cross-border commerce. A broad incumbent in the same trade-digitization space as EDMA's Trade OS, but with established bank integration and a more conservative enterprise posture.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/edmanetwork
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@Edma-Network
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/edma-network

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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