Kyle Sonlin, the founder and CEO of Miami-based blockchain company Global Settlement Network, has been featured recently in local media. The firm helped recently connect the world’s first completely tokenized capital stack for an operating energy asset. Feniix Energy secures $75 million to acquire oil and gas facility in Latin America. This agreement is a major step forward in using blockchain technology to execute international finance. Since graduating from the University of Miami (UM), he’s been developing his company ecosystem in Miami since 2015. He sees the city as the ideal home for Global Settlement Network.

Sonlin's company helped a Miami family office finalize a $75 million oil and gas acquisition in Latin America entirely on-chain. This prototype system takes that idea even further, reducing transaction times from weeks to minutes. The company's pipeline already includes billions of dollars in assets slated to move through Global Settlement Network's infrastructure.

Sonlin often describes his work as “hand-to-hand combat.” His insistence on the enduring challenges of trying to revolutionize deeply entrenched financial systems—even with the virtue of blockchain and smart contracts—lingers. Banks have no real incentive to make cross-border transactions faster. This is an issue his fintech company is tackling head-on.

Sonlin's vision extends beyond large-scale acquisitions. He wants to bring that support to businesses of all shapes and sizes. For instance, he supports a pineapple exporter in Costa Rica by allowing them to get paid quicker. This would remove the uncertainty, delays, and added costs that so often accompany international transactions today.

"This ecosystem has given me so much," - Kyle Sonlin

As director of UX/UI for eCom Miami, Sonlin heads a 10-person team, divided between the Miami office and remote employees. The Global Settlement Network is poised to expand rapidly. This expansion is lit by the increasing demand for faster and more efficient cross-border financial solutions.

"Whether it's the family offices, the developers, or just the energy here, it's a place where capital and culture actually mix." - Kyle Sonlin

Avoiding industry jargon, Sonlin focuses on blockchain tech’s real-world use cases. He’s convinced that the true future of finance is using blockchain technology to address applicable, real-world challenges.

"We're not trying to force crypto onto people," - Kyle Sonlin

"We're just making finance work the way it should." - Kyle Sonlin

"We're just making the transaction layer faster, cheaper, and safer." - Kyle Sonlin

The document-heavy traditional process for cross-border transactions can result in weeks of waiting times. In the interim, financial institutions can occupy those dollars and utilize them to earn yield on investment.

"There's a whole business built around holding your money and earning yield while you wait," - Kyle Sonlin

Sonlin is a diamond-handed blockchain specialist hellbent on making the financial transaction process more efficient and more secure. As his company Panasonic energy’s success in tokenizing a large energy asset shows, the marriage of blockchain and international finance has huge transformative potential.