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Hybrid Finance Stack

"A Step-by-Step Guide to Integrating Traditional and Decentralized Finance: Managing Treasury, Payments, and Accountability for Distributed Organizations"

Distributed Organizations - Emphasizes a non-centralized structure, with team members or functions spread across different locations and often operating independently.

In today’s rapidly evolving financial landscape, organizations need a tech stack that seamlessly bridges traditional financial systems with decentralized finance (DeFi). The Hybrid Finance Stack Module serves as the foundation of this approach, enabling organizations to efficiently manage both fiat and cryptocurrency in one cohesive ecosystem. This module ensures transparency, security, and compliance while maintaining the flexibility needed to scale with additional financial tools as the organization grows.

As the first of many, this module provides the essential infrastructure for hybrid financial operations. Future extensions can be added and layered onto this core to build out an even more robust structure, tailored to specific needs such as:

Additional Extensions

Governance Toolkit: Tools for decentralized voting, decision-making, and managing organizational structures, ensuring fair and transparent operations.

Treasury Diversification Toolkit: Expanding into various asset classes, including real-world assets like gold or digital assets across multiple chains.

Security Enhancements: Integrating advanced security measures such as multi-factor authentication, fraud detection, and smart contract audits.

Compliance Solutions: Streamlining legal and regulatory adherence, including crypto tax reporting and cross-jurisdiction compliance.

NFT Creation and Management: Platforms for minting, managing, and trading non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for art, fundraising, or tokenizing real-world assets.

Yield-Generating Strategies for Asset Growth: Utilizing DeFi protocols to earn passive income through staking, lending, or liquidity provision.

DeFi Lending and Borrowing: Platforms that allow access to decentralized finance for borrowing and lending, providing liquidity options for treasury management.

Cross-Chain Asset Management: Tools that enable the management of assets across multiple blockchain networks for broader financial opportunities.

Automated Accounting and Reporting: Solutions that automate complex accounting processes, offering real-time financial reports for transparent and efficient management.

Decentralized Identity Management: Tools to securely manage identity verification, particularly valuable for governance, voting, and access control.

Carbon Offset and ESG Tracking: Extensions focused on tracking sustainability metrics, including carbon offset initiatives and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting for mission-driven organizations.

Hybrid Finance Stack Outline

Money Management & Treasury

Open Collective: Provides transparent financial management for tracking expenses, donations, and collective funds. Supports fiat transactions while offering full transparency for fund usage.

Safe (formerly Gnosis Safe): A multi-signature wallet for securely managing digital assets. Essential for handling Web3 treasury assets (ETH, tokens) and requiring multi-party approval for transactions, ensuring secure fund transfers.

Multis: Bridges fiat and crypto accounting. Integrated with Safe, it helps manage recurring payments, payroll, and expenses in both fiat and crypto, simplifying treasury workflows.

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Payment Processing & Transfers

Stripe: Processes fiat payments such as credit cards and bank transfers. Stripe ensures secure processing and easy transfer of revenue from fiat sources like customer payments or donations.

MetaMask: The core Web3 wallet for managing Ethereum-based assets, providing access to decentralized applications and handling Web3-native payments.

Sequence: Acts as a financial router for moving funds between fiat and crypto accounts, orchestrating complex payment workflows between traditional and decentralized systems.

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Crypto Donations & Crowdfunding

Gitcoin: A decentralized crowdfunding platform specifically designed to support open-source projects and public goods. Gitcoin enables organizations to raise funds through cryptocurrency donations via quadratic funding, ensuring broader community support and participation.

Giveth: A blockchain donation platform that allows organizations to accept cryptocurrency donations with full transparency. Ideal for decentralized organizations and nonprofits.

Open Collective: Also supports fiat donations, allowing transparency in how donor funds are allocated and managed.

Karma Gap: Provides transparency in tracking value exchanges, particularly within community-driven initiatives and donations. It integrates with platforms like Gitcoin and Giveth to ensure equitable and transparent fund distribution.

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Accounting & Reconciliation

Multis: Handles crypto accounting integrated with Safe, simplifying reconciliation for on-chain transactions and auditing digital assets.

Koinly: Manages crypto tax reporting by tracking crypto-to-fiat conversions and ensuring tax compliance across multiple jurisdictions.

Traditional Accounting Software: (e.g., QuickBooks or Xero) Used for traditional fiat accounting and tax reporting, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory standards.

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Banking & Fiat Wallets

Traditional Bank Account: Supports fiat management (USD, EUR, etc.), acting as an endpoint for fiat transfers processed through platforms like Stripe or crypto-to-fiat conversions.

Spritz: A Web3-powered offramping solution that allows users to convert crypto to fiat, pay bills, or send funds directly to a traditional bank account. Spritz bridges the gap between decentralized wallets (MetaMask, Safe) and fiat banking, replacing Coinbase.

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Payroll & Expense Management

Multis: Manages crypto payroll and recurring payments, allowing for easy disbursement of payments in digital assets like ETH or stablecoins.

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Compliance & Tax Management

Koinly: Automates tax reporting for crypto transactions, ensuring the organization stays compliant with local tax regulations. It tracks capital gains, losses, and taxable events across crypto-to-fiat conversions.

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Flow of Funds in a Hybrid Finance Stack

Fiat Payments:

Processed through Stripe → Deposited into a Traditional Bank Account → Managed via Open Collective for transparency, accounting, and expense tracking.

Crypto Donations/Payments:

Handled through Gitcoin or Giveth → Deposited into MetaMask or Safe (formerly Gnosis Safe) wallets → Managed via Multis for crypto accounting, payroll, and treasury oversight.

Karma Gap: Integrated into Gitcoin and Giveth workflows, tracking and ensuring transparent value exchange and equitable fund distribution for community-driven donations.

Payroll:

Paid in fiat via Deel or Remote.com, or in crypto via Multis, which handles disbursement of ETH, stablecoins, or other digital currencies.

Conversion Between Fiat and Crypto:

Spritz enables off-ramping of crypto to fiat by transferring from MetaMask or Safe wallets directly to Traditional Bank Accounts, allowing for seamless conversion and bill payments without needing an exchange like Coinbase.

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Final Thoughts

This hybrid stack ensures that your organization can operate smoothly in both traditional and decentralized financial ecosystems. It incorporates essential components for managing crypto assets, receiving payments, handling compliance and tax reporting, and maintaining transparency through Web3 tools.

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