Systems and methods for electronically curculating a currency

A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions configured to cause a computing device to perform a method for electronically circulating a currency, the method comprising:

• receiving from each of a plurality of custodians, information regarding an asset held thereby;
• generating a plurality of persistent, electronically anchored currency notes (PEAC notes), each PEAC note comprising a respective unique currency note identifier (UCNID) and a value, and being associated with an asset held by one of the plurality of custodians;
• storing each of the generated PEAC notes in a datastore;
• assigning ownership of a first one of the PEAC notes to a first entity;
• receiving a request to transfer ownership of the first PEAC note from the first entity to a second entity;
• authorizing the request by verifying that the request was authorized by the first entity and that the first entity owns the first PEAC note;
• and
• transferring ownership of the PEAC note to the second entity while maintaining the first PEAC note in the datastore and maintaining the asset associated with the first PEAC note with the asset custodian when the request is authorized.

A method for electronically circulating a currency, comprising:

• receiving from each of a plurality of custodians, information regarding an asset held thereby;
• generating a plurality of persistent, electronically anchored currency notes (PEAC notes), each PEAC note comprising a respective unique currency note identifier (UCNID), value, and being associated with an asset held by one of the plurality of custodians;
• storing each of the generated PEAC notes in a datastore;
• assigning ownership of a first one of the PEAC notes to a first entity;
• receiving a request to transfer ownership of the first PEAC note from the first entity to a second entity;
• authorizing the request using a third-party authentication service, wherein the request is authorized without receiving private information from the first entity and comprises verifying that the request was authorized by the first entity;
• transferring ownership of the PEAC note to the second entity while maintaining the first PEAC note in the datastore and maintaining the asset associated with the first PEAC note with the asset custodian when the request is authorized;
• and
• maintaining an ownership history of the PEAC note, the ownership history comprising the first entity and the second entity;