Fairmint aims to upgrade private equity infrastructure by embedding regulatory rules into smart contracts, creating a compliant, automated alternative to traditional processes for asset transfers.

CEO Delanoue proposes a seven-point SEC reform to standardize private-market digital equity, enable privacy-preserving yet observable on-chain activity via observer nodes, and support live compliance monitoring for transparency.

The interview envisions an on-chain IPO as a near-term objective, advocating a co-designed, ecosystem-wide blueprint that grants native blockchain access to equity offerings without unnecessary intermediaries, with programmable equity enabling scalable, compliant on-chain exits.

Programmable on-chain equity is dynamic: ownership becomes a flexible asset that can move, be used across financial systems, and participate in new market behaviors, with ownership tied to the investor rather than private keys alone.

Fairmint calls for robust risk management in smart contracts, including regulated agents (brokers, transfer agents) and a clear distinction between crypto-securities and pure DeFi tokens, detailing how identity and regulatory liability are handled.

Delanoue emphasizes that tokenization should center on equity in private markets to address illiquidity and fragmentation.

Automation-driven compliance encodes KYC/AML, Regulation D and S exemptions, and lockup periods in smart contracts to enforce securities-law transfers and reduce dependence on traditional lawyers and intermediaries.