Institutional Custody Risk Research
Independent analysis from the Linkmerica Research Team. All briefs are versioned, dated, and produced under the LISR framework. Suitable for institutional reference and compliance documentation.
Google AP2 v0.2.0: The Custody Risk Surface of Cryptographic Mandate Infrastructure
Nine months of adoption data on Google's Agent Payments Protocol. The three-mandate cryptographic architecture introduces a custody risk category existing frameworks do not address — authorization custody, not asset custody.
AP4M: 30 Days After Launch — What the Intelligence Record Shows
Built entirely from Linkmerica's own dated agentic monitoring record — June 11 through June 16, 2026. The first institutional research document demonstrating the value of continuous infrastructure surveillance over point-in-time analysis.
Trump's Quantum EOs and Self-Custody: What the 2030 Deadline Means for Hardware Wallet Holders
On June 22, 2026, President Trump signed two executive orders mandating federal PQC migration by 2030–2031. Linkmerica published its quantum readiness assessment one week earlier. This brief maps the federal compliance timeline against the four LISR-scored wallets and the harvest-now-decrypt-later threat vector.
The Quantum Readiness Gap: Rating the Self-Custody Stack Against Q-Day
March 2026 research compressed the Q-Day risk window to 2029–2035. Hardware wallet manufacturers are responding unevenly. This brief maps the four currently-scored LISR wallets against the post-quantum transition — the first independent institutional quantum readiness assessment of hardware wallet custody infrastructure.
Agent Pay for Machines: The Custody Risk Surface of Machine-to-Machine Payments
Mastercard's AP4M introduces a parallel payment infrastructure where autonomous agents authorize and settle transactions across card rails, bank accounts, and stablecoin networks. The first independent institutional custody risk analysis of AP4M — published the day after launch.
Research inquiries: research@linkmerica.com · All briefs are informational only and do not constitute financial or investment advice.