Metallicus is a San Francisco-based blockchain company building The Digital Banking Network (TDBN), a compliance-first infrastructure that connects traditional banks, credit unions, and fintechs to Web3. Founded in 2016 by Marshall Hayner and Glenn Mariën, the company is the core developer of Metal Blockchain - a Layer 0 protocol with Bank Secrecy Act compliance built in - and powers stablecoin pilots, digital identity, and crypto-banking products used by community financial institutions across the United States.
Marshall Hayner is the Founder and CEO of Metallicus, a San Francisco-based blockchain infrastructure company building compliant, regulation-forward digital banking tools for credit unions and financial institutions. A Bitcoin miner since 2009, Hayner pioneered social crypto payments with QuickCoin (the first Facebook-integrated Bitcoin wallet) in 2014, then spent a decade building Metallicus into the only blockchain company certified as a service provider for the Federal Reserve's FedNow instant payment rail. His company's flagship products - Metal Pay, Metal Blockchain, and the Digital Banking Network - sit at the intersection of traditional finance and decentralized infrastructure.