Core concepts

The rest of this documentation leans on a handful of ideas worth learning once. This section defines that shared vocabulary so the other pages don't repeat it. Three concepts do most of the work:

• Tokens and pairs: how Assetera separates the logical instrument (its regulatory identity) from its on-chain form (a token deployed on a specific chain), and how a tradable pair is built from two tokens on the same chain. This is also where the catalog status lifecycle lives.
• Tenancy: how one multi-tenant Marketplace API serves Assetera and every distribution partner at once, with each tenant strictly isolated, and how KYC reliance lets one party rely on another's onboarding.
• Compliance gating: how eligibility is enforced at the point of action: off-chain KYC combined with on-chain, single-use, signed attestations that a trade cannot execute without.