Video-off/voice-consistency flag

Circle USYC's assessment for RD-F-120 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

Leo Mizuhara has conducted multiple verified on-camera public appearances: Security Token Show video interview (YouTube, Jan 2025) discussing Circle acquisition; FINTECH.TV video interview; CopperCasts podcast Ep052 (2024) with voice/identity confirmed; in-person Digital Asset Summit 2024 panel appearance with named co-panelists (Strijers/Deribit, Roberts/Copper, Kermsky/Cumberland). No video-off or voice-inconsistency flags.

Sources #

URL
Security Token Show: Circle Acquires Hashnote - Leo Mizuhara video interviewSecurity Token Show YouTube video interview - Leo Mizuhara on-camera, identity verifiedretrieved 2026-05-16
URL
CopperCasts Episode 052 - Leo Mizuhara Founder CEO HashnoteCopperCasts podcast Episode 052 with Leo Mizuhara - voice/identity confirmedretrieved 2026-05-16

Methodology #

Record whether the team has declined video in public interviews, or exhibits voice/timezone inconsistencies suggesting false identity.

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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol circle-usyc factor RD-F-120 score green collected_at 2026-05-15 21:56:43