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About The Qoin Foundation

The Qoin Foundation is the independent entity entrusted with guiding Qoin into its next era of global decentralization and innovation. Incorporated in the Cayman Islands, the Foundation is responsible for governance, compliance, and the management of Qoin reserve tokens, while enabling a sustainable, transparent, and community-focused ecosystem.

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About The Foundation

The Qoin Foundation is the independent entity entrusted with guiding Qoin into its next era of global decentralisation and innovation. Incorporated in the Cayman Islands, the Foundation is responsible for governance, compliance, and the management of Qoin reserve tokens, while enabling a sustainable, transparent, and community-focused ecosystem.
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Building the Ecosystem

Building the ecosystem

The Qoin Foundation exists to uphold the principles of decentralization, interoperability, and long-term ecosystem growth. By transitioning Qoin to the public Base blockchain, we are unlocking new possibilities, eliminating single points of failure, and opening Qoin to millions of users, apps, and services across the Ethereum Layer 2 network.

Qoin Leadership

Qoin Leadership

Paul Parker

Director

The Foundation is led by Paul Parker, an experienced Cayman Islands–based lawyer and corporate director with over 15 years of expertise in digital assets, fintech law, and regulatory governance. Paul brings a wealth of insight from global financial institutions and has been instrumental in overseeing the strategic migration to Base.

Frank Balderamos

Director

Frank Balderamos brings over 25 years of international experience in corporate governance, portfolio management, finance, and compliance. A qualified accountant, registered investment advisor, and accredited director, Frank has held senior roles at EY, Barclays, and MetLife, as well as advising family offices, startups, and investment funds globally.

He holds a Master’s Degree in International Finance Law and Regulation (LLM) and has worked across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean. Frank’s expertise spans all stages of a business lifecycle, from strategic planning and operations to compliance and restructuring, making him a valuable leader in guiding Qoin’s continued growth and governance

Our Commitment

Our Commitment

We honour the Qoin community’s pioneering work in building a token with real-world use. The Foundation is committed to stewarding Qoin into a future that is open, scalable, and community-governed.
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What We Do

What we do

Governance & Compliance

Qoin is built on the Base blockchain, ensuring security, and trust in every transaction.

Token Reserve

Managing the Qoin Reserve with no further minting, ensuring long term scarcity and stability.

Market Transition

Leading the shift from algorithmic valuation to open market price discovery.

Ecosystem Enablement

Supporting wallet intergrations, future listings, and partnerships with business directories and marketplaces.

User Empowerment

Providing guidance and tools for users to transition seamlessly into a self-custodial, open blockchain environment.

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BASE

Migration to base

In July 2025, the Foundation initiated Qoin’s migration from its private enterprise chain to Base, an Ethereum L2 incubated by Coinbase.  This transition opens up Qoin to fast, gas-efficient transactions, diverse DeFi integrations, and improved user ownership through compatible wallets.

Fast Transactions

Gas Efficient

Defi Integration ​

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is Qoin migrating to a public blockchain?
Decentralisation & Sustainability: Public Layer 2 networks like Base remove single-point-of-failure risks and foster long-term community governance. Lower Fees & Scaling: Base leverages Optimism’s SuperChain for fast, low-cost transaction. Ecosystem Access: Migration opens Qoin to bridges across the wider Ethereum ecosystem.
Within the coming weeks, Qoin will move (“migrate”) from its private enterprise blockchain over to Base, a public Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain. Existing Qoin balances will be bridged onto Base by their owners so that Qoin may over time become interoperable with millions of other users in the Base ecosystem.
The existing Qoin App will guide you step by step to complete your migration. A summary of these steps are: – authorize the migration of your Qoin, – create your new self-custodial wallet, – affirm your wallet address, and amount of Qoin to be migrated, – continue to make Qoin transactions from your new wallet.
Any wallet compatible with Base will work.
Previously the fair value of each Qoin, for purposes of exchanging Qoin for goods and services within the community, was determined by an algorithm.  The algorithm was described in the original Whitepaper.  Due to further decentralisation and reviewing the blockchain data of the past five years, the Qoin Foundation has resolved to replace the algorithm with a market price discovery mechanism allowing the market to adjust gradually and maintaining an orderly discovery process until such time that adequate market pricing becomes available.