Founding & origin
Institutional origin of DBIS
The Digital Bank of International Settlements (DBIS) traces its institutional origin to a formal debit of Mann Li Family Office (MLFO) accounts by the Bank for International Settlements. That debit created a performance obligation which the BIS fulfilled through its Innovation Hub. DBIS is the output of that performance.
In public-facing reliance terms, DBIS is described as an institutional operating architecture rather than a licensed bank or central bank: the Order's tripartite mechanism for sovereign treasury authority, regulated financial counterparties, and technical settlement infrastructure.
The BIS debit / performance chain
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BIS debits MLFO accounts
The Bank for International Settlements debits $27 trillion from Mann Li Family Office accounts. Under formal accounting, a debit creates a performance obligation.
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BIS owes performance
The word "debited" is operative: it is not a seizure or donation but a formal accounting entry requiring the BIS to deliver commensurate value.
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BIS Innovation Hub delivers
The BIS Innovation Hub — a publicly documented BIS entity whose mandate is to "develop public goods in the technology space geared towards improving the functioning of the global financial system" — delivers the performance.
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Innovation Hub output = DBIS
The Digital Bank of International Settlements (DBIS) is presented as the institutional output of that performance: treasury operating architecture, digital settlement infrastructure, Chain 138, the GRU reserve programme, and the governance framework published on this portal.
Mann Li Family Office (MLFO)
- Legal name
- Mann Li Family Office L.P.B.C.
- Entity type
- DC56-PBC (Cooperative + Public Benefit Corporation)
- Jurisdiction
- Colorado, C.R.S. 7-101-503
- Entity ID
- 20241969162
- Formed
- September 17, 2024
- Address
- 1942 Broadway St, Ste 314C, Boulder, CO 80302
- Registered agent
- Pandora C. Walker
- Public benefit designation
- For-profit corporation legally required to balance shareholder returns with identified public benefits
LPBC designates a Limited Public Benefit Corporation under Colorado law — a for-profit corporation legally required to identify specific public benefits in its articles of incorporation. The DC56-PBC form combines cooperative governance (Article 56) with the public benefit mandate.
Capital structure
The attested capital structure underlying the DBIS institutional framework. Base inputs are self-attested from founding documentation; external verification requires access to the underlying instruments.
| Layer | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | $92,000,000,000 | Liquid base |
| M00 (gold-backed assets) | $309,000,000,000 | Gold-backed collateral layer |
| Declared asset base (net) | $1,545,000,000,000 | ~3.85× uplift from base inputs |
| BIS debit | $27,000,000,000,000 | Amount debited by BIS from MLFO accounts |
The M00 layer represents gold-backed assets with an implied multiplier of approximately 4.7×. The declared asset base of $1.545T represents a 3.85× uplift from the combined cash + M00 base of $401B. The $27T BIS debit represents approximately 1.7% of MLFO's attested net assets within the broader capital structure.
BIS Innovation Hub context
The BIS Innovation Hub is a publicly documented entity of the Bank for International Settlements. Its stated mandate is to “develop public goods in the technology space geared towards improving the functioning of the global financial system.” DBIS — including treasury-control doctrine, Chain 138, the Absu consensus client, the GRU reserve programme, and this institutional portal — is presented as the output of that Innovation Hub mandate, delivered as performance on the $27T debit from MLFO accounts.
The BIS operates under sovereign immunity as established by its headquarters agreement and host country treaties. Balance sheet entries and inter-institutional transfers may not appear in public BIS financial statements.