CaratShares
Own and trade fractions of vaulted, certified gemstones
CaratShares launched on August 11, 2026 with 2 votes, #5,788 of 23,274 launches that month.
What it does
Coloured gemstones are a $50B asset class with no public market — no continuous price, no fractional access. CaratShares fixes that: vaulted, lab-certified stones (GIA, SSEF, Gübelin, AGL) are tokenised into carat-level facets and traded 24/7 on an on-chain order book settled on Base. Sworn appraisers record NAV on-chain, holders govern custody and sales, and the physical stone is ultimately redeemable. Live demo — every mechanism working end to end.
The standard for fractional gemstone ownership. Tokenized facets of vaulted, certified colored gemstones — with continuous secondary markets, independent appraisals, and on-chain governance.
No continuous price. No fractional access. No transparent settlement. For five hundred years, the world's rarest stones have changed hands in private rooms, priced by reputation rather than market. CaratShares introduces the missing layer — each stone vetted by accredited laboratories, tokenised at the carat level, traded continuously and settled on-chain. Colored gemstones are a $50 billion asset class with no public market. No order book. No daily price. No way for capital to enter or exit without a buyer flying to a Geneva safe deposit box. A Burmese ruby that traded at $300,000 a carat in 2014 might trade for a million today — or half — and no one outside the trade really knows.…from caratshares.com
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