Computing platform for litigation funding and initial litigation offerings

A method for providing a litigation funding platform and exchange, the method comprising:

• receiving a litigation event;
• generating, based on the litigation event, (i) a litigation product contract, (ii) a master product key for the litigation event that includes a public key and a private key, and (iii) a freeze rule;
• providing an initial offering of litigation product tokens, wherein the initial offering incorporates, at least, the litigation product contract;
• receiving requests to purchase the litigation product tokens as part of an initial public offering;
• generating a plurality of litigation product tokens that each include the litigation product contract, the public key, and the freeze rule;
• generating a token ledger that includes initial entries for the plurality of litigation product tokens;
• and
• determining whether to permit a digital trade of a particular litigation product token based, at least in part, on whether a freeze event is present in the token ledger for the particular litigation product token and whether a signature included as part of the freeze event is validated by the public key.

A method for freezing a litigation product token in a litigation funding platform and exchange, the method comprising:

• receiving (i) a settlement event, and (ii) a request to invoke a freeze event;
• generating a signature for the settlement event;
• retrieving, from a ledger, a public master product key that is associated with the litigation product token;
• validating, using a freeze rule, the signature for the settlement event using the public master product key;
• and
• adding the freeze event to a token ledger for the litigation product token.