Markets Counsel — Autheo Spot & Perpetual Venue | Listing Standards, US Persons & Market Integrity

Overview

The organization is seeking Markets Counsel for a planned spot and perpetual venue (Autheo book). This role supports market listing decisions, US-person access rules, and market-integrity policies.

THEO already trades on MEXC, Hydrex, and Uniswap on Robinhood Chain. This seat is specifically responsible for drafting and enforcing the venue’s listing standards and related policies for markets the venue has not opened yet.

Responsibilities

• Draft the V1 listing standard for the Autheo book, including:
  • what may list
  • what may not list
  • what requires a wrapper or delay
• Write the US-person position for each V1 market (crypto perp, infra future, RWA, and agent market do not default to the same answer)
• Define venue geo-restrictions and sanctions screening, coordinated with what TheoID can enforce on day one (identity on the roadmap is not a control)
• Write the market-integrity policy, covering:
  • wash trading
  • spoofing
  • oracle manipulation
  • the pull rule already in the maker program
  • mapping offenses to commercial consequence (Liquidity) and market pause (Risk)
• Review the maker term sheet and insurance-fund policy before either is signed (focus on what the venue has promised, not negotiating spread)
• Coordinate with the VP of Exchanges so representations made to MEXC, Hydrex, or the next venue are not contradicted by the Autheo book
• Set and maintain the public-statement rule with Marketing, ensuring no market and no leverage/“regulated” claims go out without this seat’s approval
• Advise on agent counterparties (having a TheoID is not, by itself, the basis to offer a perp)
• Maintain a matter file including:
  • listing decisions
  • geo calls
  • markets refused and the reasons
• Escalate to outside counsel where a question involves a license, registration, or a US offering (this seat determines the venue rule; it does not pretend to be the license)

Requirements (Must Have)

• Licensed attorney, in good standing, with digital-asset or derivatives markets work on a live product (a whitepaper review is not the work)
• Experience producing and shipping written materials such as:
  • listing standards
  • geo-blocks
  • exchange terms sets
• Ability to distinguish and document differences between:
  • a commodity perp
  • a tokenized security
  • a product that should not be offered
• Willingness to own and hold a listing (no standard from this seat, no open—this includes markets the GM wants)
• Ability to work part time, in an equity / token-based structure, and produce written answers rather than meeting-only collaboration
• Willingness to leave matcher, margin math, maker recruitment, and CEX pipeline ownership to other seats

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)

• CFTC, SEC, or exchange-compliance practice experience, either in-house or at a firm that has cleared a listing
• Experience with RWA, tokenized securities, or a perp whose underlying was not crypto
• Familiarity with prediction markets, agent-signed transactions, or identity-gated access
• Wyoming counsel experience, or work with a Wyoming corporation and a foundation steward
• Judgment on what not to say in a launch post (THEO is already public; the venue is not)

First 90-Day Deliverables

• V1 listing standard (one document) covering:
  • crypto perps
  • infra future
  • RWA
  • the agent market
• US-person and geo matrix for the same market set, including what TheoID can enforce now versus later
• Market-integrity policy mapped to:
  • the maker pull rule
  • the Risk pause rule
• Review notes on the maker term sheet and the insurance-fund policy before either is used
• Public-statement checklist for Marketing, agreed with the GM
• A refused-market log opened on day one (even if the first entry is empty)

Compensation & Growth Path

• Part-time equity / token-based cofounder opportunity
• Equity is provided in Launch Legends, Autheo, and the WFO Creator Network, along with token allocations in the Autheo blockchain
• An initial financing round has been completed to support infrastructure and marketing
• Salary is expected to begin within 4 to 5 months, following node, token sales, or funding milestones
• Fractional participation is acceptable for this seat

Location

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