Gene Deyev
Gene co-founded Stobox in 2018, in the first wave of the security-token industry, and has led it since — from STO technology and consulting to the Run → Raise → Tokenize platform behind $300M+ in tokenized real-world assets across 100+ clients and 20+ jurisdictions. His thesis hasn't changed in eight years: the barrier to tokenization was never the technology — it's whether the business is ready.
Track record
- 2018
- Co-founds Stobox with Ross Shemeliak; CEO since August 2018.
- Book
- Co-authors one of the first books on STOs with the Malta Digital Innovation Authority.
- Framework
- Authors the Stobox Tokenization Framework — battle-tested across 100+ client engagements.
- Standards
- Co-authors the STV3 compliance-embedded tokenization protocol; public backer of ERC-7943.
- 2025
- Participates in the SEC Crypto Task Force roundtable on tokenized securities.
- Today
- Leads the Run → Raise → Tokenize platform behind $300M+ tokenized across 20+ jurisdictions.
Latest writing
The Economy of Trust: How Ukraine's Municipalities, Global Partners, and Tokenization Are Rewiring Post-War Reconstruction
Economy of Trust Ukraine unites mayors, a coalition of international companies, and a 7-stage project finance program to turn Ukraine's reconstruction into transparent, investable assets. Stobox serves as the ecosystem's tokenization partner. Here is how the model works, who is behind it, and why verifiable transparency, not promises, is what will unlock capital for Ukraine. Available in English and Ukrainian.
The Round Is Live: Non-US Investors Can Now Own Stobox Through STBX
Stobox's investment round is open — and from today, eligible non-US investors can participate through STBX, our tokenized Class-C equity, live on Stobox Compass. Here is what a tokenized share actually is, and why we issued ours on our own rails.
Consolidating STBU: Trading on MEXC Winds Down Ahead of Base
As Stobox Token (STBU) consolidates onto a single canonical contract on Base, trading of STBU on MEXC will wind down this week. This is a planned step in the migration: the move to Base runs on-chain, from wallets holders control, so tokens are moving back into holders' hands to be migrated 1:1. If you hold STBU on MEXC, withdraw it to a self-custody wallet now and migrate before the 15 September 2026 deadline. We expect to revisit STBU's availability on MEXC once the migration completes.
One STBU, One Chain: Stobox Token Is Live on Base
Stobox Token (STBU) is consolidating onto a single canonical contract on Base — one token, a clean 1:1 exchange, and zero migration fees. The new contract is live, verified on BaseScan, immutable, and hard-capped at 250,000,000. Holders on Ethereum, BNB Chain, Polygon, and Arbitrum burn their old STBU and claim the new token 1:1 from 15 September 2026. Here is what STBU is, how the migration works, and how to do it safely.
Stobox Compass Lite Is Live: Tokenized Fundraising, In Production Today
Stobox Compass Lite — the current production release of Stobox Compass — is officially live at version 1.10. Issuers run a complete tokenized capital raise from a branded page on their own domain: investors commit, verify identity, sign hash-pinned documents, pay in stablecoins straight to the issuer's treasury, and receive their tokens. Non-custodial by construction, verified on-chain, and open for issuer onboarding now.
Stobox Joins the Qatar Financial Centre Digital Assets Lab
Stobox is an official participant in the QFC Digital Assets Lab — Qatar's structured environment for building regulated tokenization under the Digital Assets Framework 2024. Here is what the Qatar Financial Centre is, how the Lab works, and why a jurisdiction that legally recognizes property rights in tokens matters for real-world asset tokenization.
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