The People Behind the Mission
Building Catholic Token™
Crescite Innovation Corporation brings together experience in entrepreneurship, financial infrastructure and law.
Why Catholic Token™
First. Trademarked. Built with institutions.
Catholic Token™ brings five years of work for dioceses, schools and hospitals into one connected ecosystem. Its identity rests on the project’s history, registered trademarks, institutional relationships and the people building it.
One connected ecosystem
Catholic Token™, Catholic USD™, Catholic Wallet™, Acutis Game™, Catholic Digital Treasury ETF™ and Kenya Token™ bring together finance, access and participation.
Built for institutions
Legal wrappers, custody and reporting are designed for dioceses, parishes, schools and hospitals. Inspired by Pope Leo XIV’s Dilexi Te, the work measures technology by its service to people.
Counsel and custody
Holland & Knight and Dunnington provide legal expertise; BitGo brings institutional custody infrastructure. Registered trademarks and a patent-pending token methodology distinguish the project.
2021
Crescite is founded
Eddie Cullen and Karl P. Kilb III establish Crescite Innovation Corporation.
November 2022
The first faith-based token
The world’s first faith-based token launches ahead of the Catholic Crypto Conference, with Crescite as founding sponsor.
January 2024
A conversation at Georgetown
Crescite leads a discussion on digital assets with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce at Georgetown University.
October 2025
BitGo collaboration
A strategic collaboration brings together work on custody, reserves and issuance infrastructure for Catholic USD™ and Catholic Token™.
April 2026
Nairobi summit
The Africa Digital Assets Summit at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa features a keynote by papal nuncio Archbishop Bert van Megen.
Fall 2026
New York engagements
The season’s programme includes the Catholic Investor Summit, the Pro Pontifice Dinner with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and participation in the CNEWA centennial gala planning committee.
“We love the Church. We want Catholics to be at the forefront of this new technology, and we’re using it to enable greater access to resources for people and to do good.”
Eddie Cullen · EWTN News, February 2026
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