Tokenize assets so they can do what paper cannot.
Most tokenization material describes a destination. This page describes the work: taking an asset with paperwork in three places to a compliant token on a public standard, with an on-chain cap table and a passport that stays current after issuance.
Stobox Compass issues the token: permissioned, on a public standard, with the compliance enforced by the asset itself and an on-chain register of who holds what.
- Orbit
- the protocol underneath, in development
Base- primary issuance chain, with USDC settlement
- 6 rules
- enforced by the asset, not remembered by a person
- 8
- kinds of asset, and where the route bends for each
- ✓Permissioned: every transfer is checked
- ✓Contract source verified on Basescan
- ✓Not a law firm
Why tokenization projects stall: you cannot plan a route you cannot see.
Boards do not reject tokenization because they dislike blockchains. They reject it because nobody answers four questions in order: what happens first, who has to sign, what do we hold at the end of each step, and where does this stop.
Counsel asks, the vendor does not know
Counsel asks which exemption the offering relies on, and the vendor does not know. The vendor asks for the cap table, and the cap table disagrees with the shareholder agreement.
Ask yourselfWho in your project can name the exemption today?
A token minted in a week
Somebody mints a token in a week, then finds out it cannot legally be transferred to the people who wanted it.
Ask yourselfWhat would stop a transfer you want to happen?
Eighteen months later
Eighteen months later the asset is where it started, minus the fees.
Ask yourselfWhat would you have left in your hands after each step?
A token that works without us.
The contracts are deployed on chain with the source verified on the block explorer. Your instrument keeps working with us gone.
Six things you are left holding.
Not a report about the asset. The asset itself, in a form a counterparty can check without asking you for anything.
✓A rule-bound token
Your rule set sits inside the asset rather than in a clause, and every transfer is checked against it before it executes.
✓An on-chain cap table
The register is the asset, not a spreadsheet describing it. Holders, positions and restrictions read from chain state.
✓An asset passport
Every claim with its source document, its attesting party and its date, published for a counterparty to open.
✓An issuer console
One surface for the instrument, its holders, its rules and its pending actions, for the years after issuance.
✓The contracts themselves
Deployed on chain, with the source verified on the block explorer. The register and the passport are readable without us.
✓An instrument ready for admission
Ready for admission to regulated markets. Whether any given venue admits it is a matter for that venue and the licensed firms involved.
Compliance rules enforced by the token: six that stop being promises.
Your counsel decides which of these apply. Compass turns each one from a clause somebody has to remember into a condition of the asset. Try a transfer below. This is an illustration of the logic, not a live instrument.
Transfer check
Switch a condition off and watch what the asset does.
Every condition is met, so the asset moves and the event is written into the passport.
Event recordedIssued on Base.
Base is the primary issuance chain: the instrument and its rules are deployed there, settlement runs in USDC, and the holder keeps the keys through Coinbase Smart Wallet. Arbitrum and Canton are available where a counterparty requires them.
BasePrimary issuance chain
USDCPaid in something a treasurer recognizes
Underneath CompassStobox Orbit: the permissioned protocol under the front end.
Compass is what an issuer and a counterparty see. Orbit is what makes every claim on that screen true: contracts that issue and govern tokens for real-world assets, with the rules inside the token and the state readable by anyone. Orbit is in development.
A transfer that breaks the rules does not fail an audit later. It does not happen.
Code changes wait at least seven days. Forced transfers and treasury withdrawals wait at least 24 hours, with the reason named.
An investor is verified once as a subject. No name and no document is on chain.
Deployed on Base: 40 contracts verified on the block explorer, 128 transactions, none failed. Not yet live.
Read about OrbitBase · not yet live
Five events, each written down as it happens.
the instrument and its rules go on chain
checked against the rule set, then recorded
paid to holders of record from the register
authorized by the issuer, then written down
the position closes and the history stays
Nothing is quietly replaced. Each event is written into the passport at the time it happens, so a reader in year three can reconstruct what was true in year one, and prove which is which.
Where the rules and standards are written.
Published prices: Compass is $499 a month for the platform and the first asset, and $199 a month for each additional asset. The full list is on the pricing page.
Answered briefly.
What does Compass cost for one asset?
A month of Compass is $499 for the platform and the first asset, and $199 for each additional asset. Going on chain is a one-time $1,248: the asset passport at $499 plus contract deployment at $749, with mainnet following the contract audit. For one asset the first year comes to $7,236 before onboarding. Onboarding and verification of the entities and the asset is priced separately, from $4,950. See the pricing page .
Are there hidden setup costs or a percentage of the raise?
No. Our lines are published, and a quote adds only the lines that depend on your structure. What can exceed the sticker is work you pay other firms for (counsel, audit, custody, filings), and the quote names those. There is no success fee and no percentage at any layer; where a commission applies, it belongs to the licensed broker-dealer and appears on their paper.
Does Compass work for a family office or a trust company?
It fits where the family office or trust company is the issuer: an asset held in an entity, with interests issued to its own investors. Property, funds and private equity, and private credit are among the eight asset kinds on this page. Transfer consent, holder caps and jurisdiction limits become conditions of the asset, and the register is current at every transfer, so reporting comes from it rather than from a reconciliation.
Can we tokenize a single property or one SPV?
Yes. Pricing is per asset, so one building is a normal start. The work is title, encumbrances and the entity that actually holds the building; once that is settled, investors hold positions in one register and rent reaches holders of record from it. The SPV tokenization guide covers the structure.
What happens to our token if Stobox goes away?
It keeps working. The contracts stay on chain, with the source verified on the block explorer, so you keep the contracts, the deployment and the passport history, and lose only the attestation. What if the platform disappears walks through it.
How does Compass compare with Securitize, Tokeny, Brickken, DigiShares or Polymesh?
Each comparison has its own page, built from the vendor’s published facts with a date: Securitize , Tokeny , Brickken , DigiShares and Polymesh . If the choice is between a platform and your own stack, read build vs buy ; for the questions to ask any vendor, how to choose a tokenization platform .
Updated 3 October 2026
Talk to usPlanning an issuance on Base?
Tell us the asset and who has to hold it. We will say plainly what the token would enforce, and what stays with you and your counsel.
What happens to your tokenized cap table if we disappear.
Published in advance, because the question gets asked in every board meeting and the answer is better in writing than in a call.
If we raise the price
The contracts are deployed on chain, with the source verified on the block explorer. The token does not check whether an invoice has been paid, because there is nothing in it that could.
If we go away
The contracts stay on chain. Orbit is tested for exactly this: every build is deployed on a clean chain with no Stobox contract, and a token sale is run end to end. Your instrument keeps working with us gone.
If you simply want to leave
You take the contracts, the deployment and the passport history. You lose the attestation, which is the only thing you were buying.
Compass is the visual front end; the protocol underneath is Stobox Orbit, which is in development. The rails are chosen so a counterparty can verify them without us: Base, USDC, Coinbase Smart Wallet and the Ethereum Attestation Service. Stobox is a technology provider; regulated activity runs through licensed firms. Compass is not a law firm.
Not sure where your asset stands? Score it first.
Twenty-five questions about the asset, the paperwork and who owns what. You get a score across seven dimensions, and a plain list of what is missing. It takes about eight minutes.
About eight minutes. Nobody calls unless you ask.
- 25questions about the asset
- 8minutes, about
- 7dimensions scored
What is missing
Move the sliders and watch the profile change. The real score comes from twenty-five questions about your own asset.
One record, one package, one front end, one protocol.
One verified record of your company, every answer with its evidence.
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Offering documents written from the record and signed off by your counsel.
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The console and the passport an issuer and a counterparty actually use.
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The permissioned tokenization protocol underneath: rules enforced on every transfer.
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Which of the six rules applies to your asset? Eight minutes tells you.
Twenty-five questions across seven dimensions, about eight minutes, and no call unless you ask for one.
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