JPMorgan Completes Live Blockchain Repo Trade Ahead of New Product Launch
The live repo trade used a blockchain application built in-house, as well as the bank's JPM Coin.
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JPMorgan is using blockchain to drive efficiency in the repo market; Goldman and others are taking notice. Goldman Sachs is reportedly one of several financial institutions to sign on to JPMorgan’s custom blockchain service — a sign that more broker-dealers were looking to take advantage of digital currencies for their repo operations.In an interview with Bloomberg, Scott Lucas, head of blockchain markets at JPMorgan, said the investment bank is already using blockchain to conduct billions of dollars worth of repurchase agreements. The bank utilizes JPM Coin, a dollar-backed stablecoin, to....
Goldman Sachs reportedly traded digitized treasury bonds for JPM Coin on JPMorgan Chase's Onyx blockchain platform. After six months of eyeing JPMorgan Chase’s custom blockchain service for repo markets, Goldman Sachs has started trading on the platform. Mathew McDermott, global head of digital assets for Goldman Sachs’ global markets division, confirmed the first transaction dated June 17 in an interview, Bloomberg reported. In the trade, Goldman Sachs swapped a tokenized version of a United States Treasury bond for JPM Coin, JPMorgan’s dollar-pegged stablecoin. JPMorgan started its....
Wall Street has become more accepting of cryptocurrencies and the blockchain in recent months. One of America’s biggest bank, JPMorgan has joined hands with Singapore’s Tamasek Holdings and DBS Group in a move to overhaul the blockchain-based foreign exchange and trade settlement for cross-border payments. JPMorgan has announced the launch of a new company Partior […]
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....
Post-trade market infrastructure provider DTCC, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation and blockchain startup Digital Asset Holdings have announced plans to develop distributed ledger solutions to improve the current process he clearing and settlement of repurchase agreement (repo) transactions. In a new announcement by DTCC and Digital Asset, the firms will develop and test a distributed ledger or blockchain-based solution to manage the clearing and settlement of U.S. Treasury, Agency and Agency Mortgage-Backed repurchase agreement or repo transactions. With the endeavor, the....