How investing works, start to finish.

Become an ownerLesson 3 of 67 min
A phone showing a trading chart on a stand, between gold bars and a share certificate on one side and coins on the otherLesson video — How investing works (6 min)

Five steps from a visitor to an owner. Each step exists for a reason, and the reason is usually a rule that protects you.

1. Register

Tell us who you are and where you live. Pre-launch, this puts you first in line; once accounts open, it starts your account.

2. Verify

One KYC, once: identity, a liveness check, sanctions screening, and a few appropriateness questions. The same verification works across BlockMaze, Dealing and OneVault.

3. Fund

Transfer from your bank. Cash waits in the treasury token, earning overnight, until you choose an offering. You can hold gold the same way.

4. Own

Subscribe from the offering page. When the raise closes, your name goes on the register with the rights the documents set out. Your holding sits with a regulated custodian.

5. Sell, when you choose

After the raise closes the equity lists on Dealing. Your holding is already there; you sell at whatever price buyers will pay. A new listing can be thin at first.

If BlockMaze disappears

Your holding is on the register and with the custodian, not on BlockMaze’s balance sheet. The register and the custody arrangements survive the platform.

Check your understanding

1. After a raise closes, where does the equity trade?
2. What does “verified” mean on an offering?

Both right unlocks lesson 4.