The missing layer is not another rail. It is the compliance control plane.
Institutional digital asset infrastructure has matured across custody, settlement, liquidity, messaging, and reporting. The unresolved gap is the proof layer that lets compliance, audit, treasury, and regulators verify authorization before value moves.
Start where the buyer feels the risk.
Each note is written for people who approve, govern, or integrate cross-border payment infrastructure. The pages are intentionally concrete: what the layer consumes, what it proves, and what it must not perform.
Compliance is not a branch. It is the control plane.
The core Vestry thesis for auditors, payments architects, and digital asset infrastructure leaders.
SOX readiness requires a replayable evidence vault.
Why institutional digital asset workflows need deterministic decision reconstruction.
Travel Rule compliance is an orchestration problem.
How jurisdiction logic, identity payloads, and VASP exchange become a control-plane concern.
Cross-ledger reconciliation is where enterprise trust breaks.
The proof gap between treasury systems, custody platforms, exchanges, and settlement rails.