The exercise between Credit Suisse and Nomura's Instinet demonstrated the ability for firms to execute and settle US equities trades conducted throughout the day.
With an in-house developed blockchain application and simulation with Goldman Sachs and BNY Mellon, JP Morgan executed a repo trade that was settled instantly.
David Rutter has founded a new trading platform, LedgerEdge, built using blockchain and artificial intelligence technologies for the corporate bond market.
Industry heavyweights Vanguard, BNY Mellon, Franklin Templeton, and State Street completed a pilot to trade FX forwards using DLT.
Nasdaq has entered into a long-term partnership with blockchain vendor R3 to support institutional grade services for digital assets.
R3 confirms the appointment of Dorothy Copeland as its new global head of partner ecosystem & alliances amid expansion strategy.
Report on London’s blockchain ecosystem from Outlier Ventures labels the city the best destination in Europe for blockchain startups.
In launching the service, the platform will allow for the simultaneous exchange of cash and securities between broker-dealers to settle US listed-equities trades.
FX settlement provider CLS has added three major investment banks to its blockchain-based netting platform, with nine institutions now live on the service.
Axoni has launched its distributed ledger network for equity swaps, with Citi and Goldman Sachs among the first to adopt the platform.