Secure management of transfers of digital assets between computing devices using permissioned distributed ledgers

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• receiving, using at least one processor, a request to transfer a digital asset from a first device to a second device and a first digital signature applied to the request, the request comprising a first public key of a first application program executed at the first device and a first digital token associated with a prior authentication process involving the first application program;
• based on a validation of the first digital signature, and based on a determination that the first digital token corresponds to a second digital token associated with the request, applying, using the at least one processor, a second digital signature to the request and to the first digital signature;
• and
• transmitting, using the at least one processor, the request, the first digital signature, and the second digital signature to a computing system, the computing system being configured to perform operations that record the first public key and asset data identifying the digital asset within an element of a distributed ledger based on a validation of the first and second digital signatures.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a communications interface;
• a memory storing instructions;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the communications interface and to the memory, the at least one processor being configured to execute the instructions to:
• receive, via the communications interface, a request to transfer a digital asset from a first device to a second device, a first digital signature applied to the request, and a second digital signature applied to the request and to the first digital signature, the request comprising a first public key of a first application program executed at the first device, and a first code challenge associated with a prior authentication process involving the first application program;
• obtain a second code challenge based on one or more elements of the request;
• and
• based on a validation of the first and second digital signatures, and based on a determination that the first code challenge corresponds to the second code challenge, perform operations that record the first public key and asset data that identifies the digital asset within an element of a distributed ledger.