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Seven claims, seven sources, one status each.

A matrix of DRN's headline quantitative and qualitative claims crossed against four public-source categories: DRN's own press, third-party trade press, regulatory filings, and independent audit.

Public-confirmed Self-reported / cited Not in source Not found / absent Not applicable
Claim 01 / Platform metric
20,000+ registered properties
Appears on DRN's About page and own press. Absent from Bisnow and The Real Deal coverage. No auditor, data provider, or analyst has verified. No methodology for "property" disclosed.
Claim 02 / Platform metric
$400B+ in registered real-estate value
Cited by Bisnow and The Real Deal, both attributing to Mandt rather than to audit. Methodology not disclosed. Describes buildings registered, not money moving through DRN.
Claim 03 / Platform metric
11B SF of registered assets
DRN press release and repeated in Bisnow and The Real Deal, both attributing to Mandt. Self-reported, no audit.
Claim 04 / Transaction
BXP 140 Kendrick St., $132M, digital rights included
Independently reported by Bisnow and The Real Deal. BXP EVP Bryan Koop on the record. Split between physical and digital rights not disclosed by BXP.
Claim 05 / Activation
Duran Duran AR concert, NHL Stanley Cup Final June 2026
Not in DRN's launch press. Not in NHL communications. Not on Duran Duran's tour calendar (band is in Europe June 19 through June 28, 2026). NHL Stanley Cup Final runs June 4 through a maximum of June 21.
Claim 06 / Fundraise
$5M raise at $50M pre-money
No SEC Form D located. No Crunchbase organization page surfaced for DRN. No prior-round history. No named investors.
Claim 07 / Legal framing
"Fourth category of property rights" alongside land, mineral, air
No US statute or court decision located establishes AR layer rights as a severable property interest. Academic treatment (Michigan Technology Law Review, Vanderbilt JETL, Harvard ILJ 2025) frames this as an open question requiring future legislation or case law. DRN's contracts are private-law transfers, not statutory property rights.