DTCC CEO: Blockchain a Once-In-A-Generation Opportunity
Wall Street’s clearing and settlement house, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has, in recent times, increasingly made rapid strides in blockchain research and investment into the innovation. Blockchain technology is fast being touted as the oncoming evolutionary leap to boost the financial industry. Stock exchanges like the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) have gone beyond merely researching the technology, by running trials and a prolonged testing period which sees Australia’s biggest stock exchange use blockchain-based solutions for post-trade events. Wall....
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The Wall Street companies may soon start using blockchain technology based services provided by DTCC. Blockchain technology in banking and fintech is not a new thing. The sector has been working on implementing the distributed ledger technology into its operations for more than a year now. As they make progress, the Wall Street clearinghouse has decided to hop on the bandwagon by adopting blockchain technology. According to reports, Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation – DTCC has announced its intentions to start using Blockchain technology on a trial basis. DTCC is a leading firm....
Digital currency startup Ripple Labs has appointed Donald Donahue, former CEO of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) as an advisor to the company. DTCC is the main clearing house for US securities and derivatives, processing more than $1.6 quadrillion in transactions per year. In his role as COO and then CEO, Donahue is thought to have led the DTCC's efforts in stabilising the financial system following the 2007-08 market crash. Donahue said in a company statement:
The listing of BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF on DTCC has raised the hopes of many crypto enthusiasts on the potential approval of spot BTC ETFs. However, a renowned ETF expert has discouraged this optimism, stating that the recent DTCC listing has no significance. BlackRock DTCC Listing Downplayed Chief Executive Officer of Armada ETFs, Phil Bak took […]
The company that last year processed $1.6 quadrillion in securities has a lot to lose if it is cut out of the financial food chain. As a result, the Depository Trade & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has been working diligently for the past several months to position itself at the center of a wide-range of experiments other companies are conducting with blockchain technology. Instead of fighting against the distributed ledger technology popularized by bitcoin, the DTCC has embraced the new tool and is doing what it can to help define the future architecture of the industry, even if that....
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) hosted a group of regulators and members of the financial industry in Washington, DC, for a discussion on blockchain tech last month. The event, held on Capitol Hill, was designed by the DTCC to give regulators and other financial industry stakeholders a chance to ask questions directly to blockchain experts. In a blog posted yesterday, DTCC managing director Mark Wetjen said of the event: "It is important that we engage policy makers and regulators from the beginning of this process. New technologies are creating tremendous....