🎙️ OTCM Protocol to Attend Consensus Miami 2026, Applies to Join Speaker Roster
Groovy Company, Inc. dba OTCM Protocol A Wyoming Corporation · OTC: GROO · SEC EDGAR CIK: 1499275 📧 invest@otcm.io · 🌐 otcm.io · 📞 1-404-734-3277
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 📅 March 19, 2026
🌴 OTCM Protocol Heads to Consensus Miami, May 5–7 — Applying to Speak on $50 Billion in Trapped OTC Shareholder Value and Live Tokenized Securities Infrastructure
FAIRFIELD, NJ, March 19, 2026 — Groovy Company, Inc. dba OTCM Protocol (OTC: GROO; SEC EDGAR CIK: 1499275) today announces it will attend Consensus Miami 2026 — CoinDesk's flagship annual conference, May 5–7 at the Miami Beach Convention Center — and has formally applied to join the speaker program.
The Company will attend as the only OTC-focused tokenized securities platform building infrastructure for the market that institutional tokenization has not reached: 11,000+ U.S. companies whose shares are legally registered but practically untradeable, trapping an estimated $50 billion in shareholder value held by approximately five million American investors.
💬 From Our Leadership
"Solana gives us the speed. Our Layer 2 gives every transaction the compliance foundation that regulated securities require. Forty-two controls, enforced at the transfer primitive, before every settlement. That is what 35 years of engineering and 20 years in OTC markets taught me to build."
— Frank Yglesias, CTO, Groovy Company, Inc. dba OTCM Protocol
🎤 Speaker Application — Proposed Topics
Frank Yglesias, CTO, has applied to speak on the following topics:
- 🔐 SPL Token-2022 Transfer Hook architecture — enforcing OFAC, AML, KYC, and 1:1 custody attestation at the token transfer primitive in a production securities environment
- 🏗️ Building a Solana-native Layer 2 for regulated securities — architecture decisions, compliance-first design, and lessons from 560,000+ lines of original Rust/Anchor code in production
- 💰 The $50B OTC market problem — how 11,000+ abandoned companies and five million trapped shareholders represent the largest untouched opportunity in tokenized equity markets
At Consensus Miami, the Company will pursue issuer pipeline development, accredited investor meetings for its active Regulation D Rule 506(c) offering, Solana ecosystem partnerships, and media visibility as tokenized equity markets take shape in real time.
"Consensus is where the architects of the new capital markets go to find each other. We have something real to show: live issuers, live trading, live compliance. We belong in that room."
— Berj Abajian, CEO, Groovy Company, Inc. dba OTCM Protocol
🏦 The Custodial Backbone: Empire Stock Transfer
At the foundation of every ST22 Security Token is Empire Stock Transfer, Inc. (EST) — an SEC-registered transfer agent under Exchange Act Section 17A and the institutional custody layer that makes OTCM Protocol's compliance architecture function. EST holds all underlying Series M Preferred Shares in irrevocable custody, maintains the authoritative master securityholder file, and publishes cryptographically signed attestations to the Solana blockchain approximately every 400 milliseconds — providing continuous 1:1 backing verification on every single token transfer, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Patrick Mokros, President of Empire Stock Transfer, also serves as Chief Operating Officer of OTCM Protocol — a dual role that creates the direct operational bridge between the protocol's blockchain infrastructure and the SEC-registered custodial institution that gives its tokens real-world legal standing.
"The transfer agent is not a back-office function in this architecture. EST is the legal anchor of every token in circulation. Every ST22 that exists on Solana is backed 1:1 by a real share in our vault, verified every 400 milliseconds. That is not a promise. That is a cryptographic fact published on-chain in real time."
— Patrick Mokros, COO, OTCM Protocol · President, Empire Stock Transfer, Inc.
🗓️ Consensus Miami 2026 — At a Glance
📋 Detail | ℹ️ Information |
|---|---|
Event | Consensus Miami 2026, presented by CoinDesk |
Dates | May 5–7, 2026 |
Venue | Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, FL |
Expected Attendance | 20,000+ attendees from 100+ countries |
Key Tracks | Institutional Finance · Tokenization · Solana Accelerate · Stablecoin University · Agentic Commerce · PitchFest |
OTCM Protocol Status | ✅ Confirmed attendee · 📝 Speaker application submitted · 🏆 PitchFest application submitted |
🏢 About Groovy Company, Inc. dba OTCM Protocol
Groovy Company, Inc. dba OTCM Protocol (OTC: GROO; CIK: 1499275) is a Wyoming corporation developing Solana-native blockchain infrastructure for the tokenization of abandoned OTC microcap equity securities. The Company was founded on a single conviction: that the estimated $50 billion in shareholder value trapped across 11,000+ illiquid OTC companies represents not a niche problem but a systemic failure of market infrastructure — one that blockchain technology, properly engineered, can permanently fix.
OTCM Protocol's nine-layer stack on Solana includes:
- ⚡ CEDEX — Centralized-Decentralized Exchange combining centralized order coordination with decentralized on-chain settlement, purpose-built for ST22 Security Tokens
- 🔐 42 SPL Token-2022 Transfer Hook compliance controls — OFAC screening, AML risk scoring, KYC and accredited investor verification, and 1:1 custody attestation enforced atomically on every transaction
- 💧 Federated Liquidity Protocol — permanently locked capital pools; LP tokens burned to the zero address, making withdrawal mathematically impossible
- 🤖 Predictive AI Module (Layer 9) — XGBoost scoring engine across 15,000+ OTC companies using 140+ SEC EDGAR-derived features
- 🌐 OTCM Issuers Gateway (otcm.me) — the onboarding portal where public companies initiate and complete the tokenization process
- 🏦 Empire Stock Transfer custody integration — SEC Category 1 Model B, with Ed25519 cryptographic attestations published on-chain every ~400 milliseconds
Three beta issuers have processed more than $7 million in liquidity through the platform prior to broader launch. All ST22 Security Token offerings are conducted under Regulation D Rule 506(c) and Regulation S, limited to verified accredited investors. The Company does not operate as a broker-dealer.
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⚖️ Forward-Looking Statements
This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Statements regarding the Company's speaker application, PitchFest application, Consensus Miami 2026 objectives, platform capabilities, issuer pipeline development, and anticipated business development activities are forward-looking and subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. Speaker and PitchFest acceptance is not guaranteed. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, expectations regarding platform development, regulatory compliance, issuer acquisition, market conditions, and the evolving legal environment for digital assets and tokenized securities. OTCM Protocol undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements. This release does not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. ST22 Security Tokens have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and are offered only to verified accredited investors under Regulation D Rule 506(c).
📬 Media and Investor Contact
Groovy Company, Inc. dba OTCM Protocol 📧 invest@otcm.io 📞 1-404-734-3277 🌐 otcm.io · invest.otcm.io · otcm.me 📊 OTC: GROO · SEC EDGAR CIK: 1499275 📍 Fairfield, NJ 07004
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