How Sanctum Scaled Compliant Global Payments with Toku’s Stablecoin Payroll Infrastructure

Sanctum partnered with Toku to enable compliant, stablecoin-based payroll for its distributed contributors and ecosystem partners - achieving faster payments, simplified compliance, and a unified global payroll framework purpose-built for Web3 organizations.

The Challenge

Paying a Global Contributor Network Without Compliance Risk

Sanctum’s mission is to simplify the liquid staking ecosystem - providing infrastructure that connects validators, protocols, and liquidity providers across the Solana network. As its operations expanded, Sanctum relied on a large, globally distributed contributor network.

However, managing payments across jurisdictions introduced significant complexity. The team needed a way to handle payroll, taxes, and compliance for contributors and partners in multiple countries - while continuing to pay in stablecoins like USDC, which align with the on-chain nature of their ecosystem.

Traditional payroll systems could not accommodate this structure. Manual payouts and lack of jurisdictional coverage created compliance exposure and operational bottlenecks. Sanctum turned to Toku to build a compliant global payment solution that could match the speed and transparency of its decentralized infrastructure.

The Approach

Integrating Stablecoin Payroll into Web3 Contributor Operations

Toku deployed its stablecoin payroll and compliance infrastructure to help Sanctum automate payments, improve compliance, and maintain operational flexibility as its ecosystem grew.

1. Global Contributor Onboarding

Toku standardized the onboarding process for Sanctum’s global contributors, collecting KYC, AML, and tax documentation automatically. Each contributor was verified and set up for compliant payments in stablecoins, ensuring regulatory adherence in their local jurisdiction.

2. Compliant Stablecoin Payments

Through Toku’s system, Sanctum could pay contributors in USDC while maintaining compliance with local payroll and tax regulations. Every transaction is recorded in fiat-equivalent value, generating audit-ready records for regulators and finance teams.

3. Unified Reporting and Transparency

Toku consolidated Sanctum’s global payroll operations into one dashboard - providing real-time visibility into payment status, reporting obligations, and contributor compliance across multiple countries.

4. Operational Efficiency and Scalability

The integration eliminated manual tracking and disjointed spreadsheets, enabling Sanctum’s finance and operations teams to scale payments efficiently across their ecosystem.

Together, Toku and Sanctum demonstrated how on-chain organizations can run global payroll in stablecoins while meeting enterprise compliance standards.

The Results

Faster, Transparent, and Compliant Global Payments

With Toku’s infrastructure, Sanctum transformed its contributor payment process into a compliant, efficient, and transparent system. The company can now pay globally in stablecoins while maintaining complete alignment with labor, tax, and reporting requirements.

This collaboration demonstrates that even highly technical, decentralized organizations can achieve enterprise-grade compliance without sacrificing the speed and efficiency of on-chain operations.

Key Takeaways

1. Compliance enables scalability. Global contributor programs require structured onboarding, verification, and reporting to stay sustainable.
   
2. Stablecoins simplify global payroll. Dollar-backed digital assets like USDC reduce settlement friction and cross-border costs.
   
3. Transparency drives trust. On-chain payments combined with audit-ready data give both teams and regulators full visibility.
   
4. Operational simplicity matters. Unified dashboards eliminate the overhead of multi-platform payroll management.
   
5. Web3 infrastructure meets enterprise standards. With Toku, decentralized teams can pay compliantly across borders using stablecoins.

The Outcome

Sanctum’s partnership with Toku represents a new benchmark for Web3 operations - a payroll model that’s fast, compliant, and globally scalable.
By integrating stablecoin payments into a compliant framework, Sanctum has built an infrastructure that aligns its decentralized ethos with real-world financial and regulatory standards.

Next Steps

Toku enables decentralized and AI-first organizations to run compliant global payroll using stablecoins - bringing transparency, automation, and compliance to every payment.

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