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Nuno Correia

Nuno Correia

Chief Executive Officer, co‑founder · Utrust

Designed UTK token sale mechanics, treasury rules and commercial partnerships

Oversaw the corporate and token governance decisions that established how UTK would be issued, vested and managed over time. Took responsibility for designing the public token sale mechanics, allocating portions to treasury, team and community, and formalizing multi‑year vesting schedules that constrained circulating supply during early market stages. These concrete choices determined initial inflation, release cadence and counter‑party commitments that continue to affect token economics. Led negotiations with large merchants and payment processors to onboard Utrust as a merchant payments option and secured early exchange access for UTK. Executed commercial agreements that defined how UTK would be settled for merchants, the degree of fiat conversion Utrust would provide, and the operational rules for refunds and buyer protection. These contractual and business decisions materially influenced trading volumes, secondary liquidity and how market participants valued utility versus speculation. Directed treasury interventions and governance communications during periods of market stress, including approving reserve deployments for liquidity support and public statements clarifying roadmaps and token use cases. Managed investor relations and regulatory positioning to align corporate conduct with jurisdictional requirements, producing documented policies that shaped both institutional trust and market behavior around UTK.

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