(This past December, Symbiont collaborated with State Street Corp. and Vanguard on a live test of a margin calculation process that is central to the transaction of a 30-day, foreign exchange forward contract. At the heart of the transaction was Symbiont’s distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform Assembly, which has been the focus of the trio… Read More >>
SWIFT Gets on the Blockchain Proof-of-Concept Bus
Financial messaging and services cooperative SWIFT is providing more details about its R&D efforts, including proof of concept efforts, for blockchain/distributed ledger technology (DLT) in a white paper it just completed with global consultancy Accenture The two have combined efforts for a position paper, “SWIFT on Distributed Ledger Technologies: Delivering an Industry Standard Platform through… Read More >>
DTCC Wants to Guide Blockchain’s Future in Ops
The DTCC is embracing with qualifications Blockchain distributed ledger technology and is signaling that settlement may be “an ideal long-term target” if the new technology can mature and scale under the tutelage of the post-trade infrastructure utility provider, which says it “is uniquely positioned to help implement this technology and increase its adoption.” DTCC officials… Read More >>
