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Courtyard
Courtyard tokenizes graded sports and Pokémon cards, enabling instant digital trading while physical assets stay vaulted and insured.
Courtyard
Courtyard operates a marketplace that converts graded physical trading cards into blockchain-based digital twins, allowing users to buy, sell, and trade digital assets backed by real-world collectibles. The platform supports cards graded by PSA, CGC, and BGS across Basketball, Baseball, Football, and Pokémon. Holdings are stored in secure, insured vaults, and the digital representations can be traded instantly, or physically redeemed worldwide. The tokenization model places Courtyard at the intersection of collectibles and digital assets, turning illiquid physical goods into fractional, tradeable positions without requiring custody by the end user. The platform's core activity — "ripping" digital packs to reveal physical cards — replicates the sealed-product experience in an on-chain environment. Operational details, including asset volume under management, team size, and geographic footprint, are not publicly disclosed. Courtyard's architecture avoids rehypothecation risk by maintaining one-to-one backing of each digital token with a specific, serialized physical card. The firm has not publicly disclosed the vaulting partners, insurance carriers, or blockchain networks it uses. The business addresses a growing collector base that seeks liquidity and instant transfer without sacrificing the security and provenance of professional grading. No dated operational events are available from the last 24 months. The company's structural differentiator is its attempt to solve the trust problem in collectibles trading through cryptographic provenance and remote custody. By tokenizing graded cards rather than raw inventory, Courtyard builds on the existing trust infrastructure of the grading companies, then layers on instant settlement and digital market access. Whether the firm operates under a broker-dealer license, an exemption, or an unregulated structure has not been publicly clarified.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Courtyard's model for linking physical cards to blockchain tokens?
Courtyard issues a token for each specific, serialized graded card it holds in a secure vault. Every token represents a one-to-one claim on a physical card graded by PSA, CGC, or BGS. The token can be traded instantaneously, while the physical card remains in custody and can be redeemed worldwide.
Who conducts the grading for cards on Courtyard's platform?
Courtyard supports cards graded by the three major third-party authenticators: Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA), Certified Guaranty Company (CGC), and Beckett Grading Services (BGS). The grading companies authenticate, assign a condition score, and encapsulate each card before Courtyard vaults and tokenizes it.
Does Courtyard operate under any financial services license or exemption?
Courtyard has not publicly disclosed whether it operates under a broker-dealer license, a money-transmitter exemption, or an unregulated structure. Its tokenized model may implicate securities or commodities regulations depending on how the digital representations are classified in the jurisdictions where users reside.
Are the vaulted physical cards accessible outside of the digital platform?
Yes. Courtyard allows users to redeem digital tokens for the underlying physical card, which the firm ships worldwide. This redemption mechanism distinguishes the model from purely synthetic derivatives and provides an exit back to physical ownership.
What measures does Courtyard use to verify that each token corresponds to a specific physical card?
The platform ties each token to a single serialized, graded card stored in a third-party vault. This one-to-one backing model is designed to prevent the issuance of tokens in excess of physical inventory. The specific vaulting partners, insurance carriers, and blockchain networks used to record provenance have not been publicly named.
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