Wall Street’s Book-Keeper DTCC Completes ‘Phase One’ of Digital Asset Blockchain PoC Trial
Post-trade market infrastructure provider DTCC, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation has announced the competition of the initial phase of its blockchain proof-of-concept trial in the clearing and settlement of repurchase agreement (repo) transactions. In its announcement yesterday, the DTCC said it successfully completed the first leg of its proof-of-concept test using blockchain technology developed by New York-based industry firm Digital Asset. The test aimed to better manage the netting process for U.S. Treasury and Agency repurchase transactions in order to reduce the risks....
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The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), a company that oversees the clearing and settlement of $1.6 quadrillion in US securities annually, has announced it will test a distributed ledger solution for managing repurchase (repo) agreements. The test, a partnership with industry startup Digital Asset Holdings, finds the DTCC embarking on its first trial of blockchain technology, a move that follows its January participation in the firm’s $60m funding round and coincides with a New York-based event focused on distributed ledgers and their applications. In interview, DTCC....
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....
Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC), a firm at the center of Wall Street’s trading infrastructure, is about to launch an important test of distributed ledger technology: seeing whether it can provide workable solutions for the $2.6 trillion repo market, The Wall Street Journal reports. DTCC will collaborate with Digital Asset Holdings for planning and running the test. Earlier this year, DTCC participated in a $52 million funding round for Digital Asset Holdings, with other investors including JP Morgan, Citi, Accenture, CME Group and ASX, the company behind Australia’s stock....
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....
Seven Wall Street firms including four global banks have announced the successful testing of blockchain technology used for credit default swaps’ trading process in post-trade lifecycle events, a market wherein outstanding contracts amount to in the trillions of dollars. In a new initiative that further underlines the financial industry’s determined foray into embracing blockchain technology, seven Wall Street firms have announced the successful test of blockchain technology used for credit default swaps (CDS). Credit-default swaps are fundamentally insurance contracts which are paid off....