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USDM1 (Republic of the Marshall Islands tokenized secured bonds, redeemable at one US dollar)

What the client owns
Republic of the Marshall Islands tokenized perpetual adjustable-rate secured bonds, par one US dollar, secured by short-dated US Treasuries pledged to the collateral agent. Issuer direct: The on-chain record is the securityholder file; the holder is the registered owner.
Who may hold it
Not offered to US persons. First purchase minimum not stated. Sold in continuous Reg S offerings; the Republic has not registered USDM1 under the US Securities Act, and its site says USDM1 may not be offered, sold, pledged or transferred in the United States or to US investors unless registered or exempt. Outside the Marshall Islands the Republic gives “controlled access” to qualified institutional counterparties, on request through M1X Global. No minimum is published.
Who can freeze or claw back
Ethereum: can freeze a holder, claw back, mint, change the code. A single key can freeze a holder and claw back tokens.
How it exits
Redeem with the issuer in its window. A holder may redeem each bond at any time for one US dollar; the trustee administers par redemption from the Treasury collateral. No cutoff, settlement time or fee is published.. Settles in USD.

Research and shelf status are on the memo: USDM1 (Republic of the Marshall Islands) Research unresolved

Issuer
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (Ministry of Finance, Banking & Postal Services), as sovereign issuer under a New York law indenture; Surus Trust Company (North Carolina) as trustee, collateral agent and custodian; M1X Global as the Republic’s exclusive services provider
Registration
Regulation S, offshore
Official record
None named. The bonds exist only in book-entry form recorded from token holdings; Surus Trust Company is trustee under the indenture
Instruments
USDM1
Chains
Ethereum
Reviewed
2026-09-23 · v1
Next review
2027-03-23

Who may buy, hold, transfer, and redeem

Each answer rests on the issuer’s own words, quoted from the document named under it. Ketju re-reads each document and records whether the words are still there. Where the documents say nothing, the row says so.

What the holder owns

Each unit is a par-value bond of the Republic with a secured claim on the pledged US Treasuries.

“each unit of USDM1 represents a par-value sovereign obligation with enforceable rights against the sovereign, alongside a secured claim on the U.S. Treasury collateral.”

RMI Ministry of Finance: Financial Access and the Path to USDM1 (2025-12-15) · Part 6, The Instrument · words found 2026-09-23

Who may hold it

Non-US holders under Regulation S; outside the Marshall Islands, qualified institutional counterparties the Republic admits.

“the RMI is enabling controlled access to USDM1 for qualified institutional counterparties”

RMI Ministry of Finance: Financial Access and the Path to USDM1 (2025-12-15) · Part 6, International Inquiries · words found 2026-09-23

First purchase minimum

No minimum is published.

Not stated in USDM1 home page, USDM1 disclosures, RMI Ministry of Finance: Financial Access and the Path to USDM1 (2025-12-15), Cleary Gottlieb: Republic of the Marshall Islands establishes program for continuous offerings of tokenized bonds (2025-11-19).

Who it may be transferred to

Tokens move freely on chain, but the bonds may not be offered, sold, pledged or transferred in the United States or to US investors unless registered or exempt.

“USDM1 may not be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred in the United States or to US investors, unless they are registered, or exempt from, or not subject to, registration under the US Securities Act.”

USDM1 disclosures · Disclosures, first paragraph · words found 2026-09-23

How a holder redeems

A holder may redeem each bond at any time for one US dollar.

“holders will be able to redeem each of their bonds at any time for one U.S. dollar to liquidate their investments, similar to a stablecoin.”

Cleary Gottlieb: Republic of the Marshall Islands establishes program for continuous offerings of tokenized bonds (2025-11-19) · Announcement, second paragraph · words found 2026-09-23

Who keeps the official record

The bonds exist only as book entries recorded from token holdings on the chain.

“the bonds are issued in dematerialized (electronic) and uncertificated form only, recorded in book-entry form based on the holdings of tokens issued on a blockchain network.”

Cleary Gottlieb: Republic of the Marshall Islands establishes program for continuous offerings of tokenized bonds (2025-11-19) · Announcement, second paragraph · words found 2026-09-23

What the issuer says it can freeze or take back

The documents do not mention freezing; on Ethereum the owner key can freeze any address and grant the role that burns from any holder.

Not stated in USDM1 home page, USDM1 disclosures, RMI Ministry of Finance: Financial Access and the Path to USDM1 (2025-12-15), Cleary Gottlieb: Republic of the Marshall Islands establishes program for continuous offerings of tokenized bonds (2025-11-19).

FactWhat the file records
Who onboards the holderissuer
Voting rightsNone
Distributionsnew tokens
SIPC coverage of the walletNo

Who can change the record

Powers read from the deployed contracts and their verified source: the token and every contract it consults on transfer. A power recorded here is the issuer’s ability, not evidence it has been used.

ChainFreeze a holderPauseClaw backGate holdersChange the codeKeys held by
EthereumYesNoYesNoYesA single key can freeze a holder and claw back tokens.

Who holds the keys

Every current holder of each power, read from the chain on 2026-09-23. A single key is one private key: whoever holds it acts alone. A multisig needs the stated number of signers. A timelock makes every action wait, so holders can see it coming.

ChainKeyWhat it can doHeld byAddress
EthereumOwnergrant and revoke these powers, mint new tokens, freeze a holdera single key0xc8b6…ec99
EthereumMinter burner roleclaw back tokens, mint new tokensa contract run by a single key0xcbd3…b7e7
EthereumMinter burner roleclaw back tokens, mint new tokensa contract run by a single key0x2385…b64f
Ethereum: 2 contract reads at block 26042799, 4 functions in verified source, 2026-09-23
Read from the chain
  • eip1967.implementation=0x304c5dc51fd7f31dad838be89d6a68b05723351c
  • owner()=0xc8b6df21933cac084672d6af8cb859054d20ec99
Read from verified source

Where it trades

VenueKind
Republic of the Marshall Islands through M1X Global (institutional access on request)issuer primary

How it exits

PathSettlementSettles in
Redeem with the issuer in its windowA holder may redeem each bond at any time for one US dollar; the trustee administers par redemption from the Treasury collateral. No cutoff, settlement time or fee is published.USD

What the monitor reads daily

Every control function in the table above and the contracts the token consults on transfer; the token’s on-chain supply against yesterday’s; and its market quote against its one-dollar value. Every document quoted above is re-read too, and a quote that leaves its document reopens the file. A change opens a review item in the governance queue and reopens the file before any client action.

Sources

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