On October 2, 2025, Apertum Foundation, tied to DAO1, launched Xova, a non-custodial crypto wallet at xovawallet.com, registered privately on August 22, 2025, per the article and web sources. Developed by Swed Schield AG, a Swiss company founded in 2023 with Leon Filipovic as its sole director since January 2025, Xova integrates DAO1 features, allowing seamless access to APTM staking and trading, per. Filipovic’s long-standing partnership with Josip Heit, DAO1’s operator and GSPartners predecessor, suggests Heit’s involvement, per. Xova is available on Google Play, Chrome Web Store, and Apple App Store, but lacks transparency on ownership, raising red flags amid MetaMask’s July 2025 flag on DAO1 as deceptive, per.
Xova’s launch coincides with escalating regulatory actions against DAO1 and Apertum Foundation, per. Germany issued a fraud warning on October 2, 2025, Lithuania on October 30, 2025, while Australia, New Zealand, and Texas (stay granted August 2025) had prior alerts, per. Croatia confirmed an ongoing money laundering probe into Heit in October 2025, per. The undisclosed links between Xova, DAO1, and Apertum—despite DAO1 integration in Xova’s wallet—appear designed to evade wallet platform blocks, per. Heit, blocking U.S. residents since GSPartners’ 2023 collapse, uses geo-restrictions amid ongoing North American settlement talks, per. X sentiment is negative, with @CryptoLawyerz warning “Xova is DAO1 2.0—avoid,” per [post:0].
On November 4, 2025, Apertum released an AI-generated video on its SportsFuture YouTube channel, promising GSPartners G999 holders (mostly U.S./Canadian victims) a path to USDT via OpenPlaza, launched at openplaza.io (registered May 29, 2025), per. The process requires converting G999 to WG999 (Apertum token), then to WUSDT (another Apertum token), finally to USDT, but funding sources are unclear amid APTM’s 85% volume drop to $800K daily since August 2025, per. OpenPlaza, marketed as a “decentralized NFT marketplace on Apertum Blockchain,” blocks North American G999 cashouts, mirroring DAO1’s geo-restrictions, per. This appears aimed at funneling non-U.S. victims into APTM staking, sustaining DAO1 amid declining recruitment, per. X users like @BehindMLM note “OpenPlaza is G999 resurrection for APTM pump,” per [post:1].
DAO1, launched early 2025 as GSPartners reboot, replaces G999 with APTM for unregistered securities, per. Texas SSB’s March 2025 cease-and-desist named Heit, Dirc Zahlmann, Bruce Hughes, and Dennis Loos, alleging $1B+ losses, per. GSB’s August 2025 settlement stay with TSSB (to February 2026) delays hearings, per. Apertum’s $3.5M raise and DAO1 traffic from Germany (45%), Dominican Republic (27%), and UK (9%) show ongoing recruitment, per. Croatia’s probe and EU warnings risk app store delistings for Xova, per. X analysis from @CryptoPatel calls it “Heit’s shell game—G999 to APTM via OpenPlaza,” per [post:2].
DAO1/Xova/OpenPlaza exhibit Ponzi traits: undisclosed ownership, geo-blocks, and token conversions amid warnings, per. Avoid staking APTM or using Xova; report to SEC at sec.gov/complaint or TSSB at ssb.texas.gov, per. BTC ($102K) and ETH ($3,200) are stable; diversify with stop-losses below $98K, per TradingView. Follow @TheBlock__ on X for updates. GSPartners victims: Submit claims via the AlixPartners portal (deadline May 22, 2025, extended), per. Heit’s schemes may face U.S. extradition risks, per.
