đ„DTCC'S PROJECT ION BEING DISCUSSED AT OPTIC 2022đ„
(DINARIAN NOTE: Below is an August article describing Project ION, a DTCC collusion with R3's CORDA platform. Also a few screenshots from OPTIC2022, which is happening right now in Europe. There is a lot going on behind the scenes, well out of the average Joes eyes. Stay focused as THEY will make it APPEAR that DIGITAL ASSETS ARE ALL BUT DEAD. KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZES... WE ARE CLOSE... 2023 IS ONLY A FEW MONTHS AWAY! ISO2022 coins will begin MASS integration in 2023 and be FULLY INTEGRATED within ALL financial systems by 2025)
DTCC'S PROJECT ION PLATFORM NOW LIVE IN PARALLEL PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT, PROCESSING OVER 100,000 TRANSACTIONS PER DAY ON DLT
Project Ion represents one of the largest DLT initiatives in equities settlement across the financial services industry.
đDTCC has selected R3âs Corda as the underlying DLT technology for the Project Ion platform
New York/London/Hong Kong/Singapore/Sydney, August 22, 2022 â The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), đthe premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that its Project Ion platform, which is being developed as an alternative settlement platform đ leveraging distributed ledger technology (DLT), has gone live in a parallel production environment while upholding the firmâs rigorous resiliency and safety standards. The Project Ion platform is now parallel processing an average of over 100,000 bilateral equity transactions per day, and almost 160,000 transactions on peak days, with DTCC subsidiary, The Depository Trust Companyâs (DTCâs), classic settlement systems remaining the authoritative record.
DTCCâs private, permissioned DLT platform was developed in collaboration with many of the worldâs leading market participant and technology provider firms, đincluding Apex Clearing Corp., Barclays, BNY Mellon, Charles Schwab Corp., Citadel Securities, Citi, Credit Suisse Securities USA LLC, Fidelity Investments, Fnality International, Goldman Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley & Co, Raymond James Financial Inc., Robinhood Securities LLC, State Street Corporation, and Virtu Financial Inc.
The goal of Project Ion is to ultimately provide a resilient, secure and scalable alternative settlement service to clients, with the đoption to leverage DLT for those firms who wish to take advantage of the emerging technology. DTCC partnered with leading enterprise technology provider đ R3 to develop and launch the Project Ion platform leveraging đR3âs Corda DLT software.
âThis is a milestone achievement for the equity markets and reflects the deep level of collaboration and partnership between DTCC and our clients,â said Murray Pozmanter, Managing Director, President of DTCC Clearing Agency Services and Head of Global Business Operations. đâProject Ion is an important step forward in advancing digitalization in financial markets and opens the door to exciting, new opportunities to drive greater efficiencies, risk management and cost savings for the industry. đ Digitized assets and emerging technology like DLT are shaping and evolving the financial services landscape, and we remain committed to advancing innovative solutions that capitalize on opportunities, deliver new value and drive the industry forward.â
Project Ion is being designed to adhere to rigorous regulatory standards and deliver the resiliency, volume capacity, security, scalability and risk controls that DTCC is known for. đ Project Ion is also being built to support a netted T+0 settlement cycle, as well as T+2, T+1 and extended settlement cycles.
âProject Ion provides a parallel book and infrastructure for limited đbilateral transactions, with DTCâs existing systems remaining the authoritative source of transactions. đWith firms across the industry at different levels of maturity around DLT adoption, DTCC is building this platform to provide optionality and flexibility to clients. đThose who are ready to leverage the Project Ion platform can begin development efforts today while others can continue to use our classic solutions,â added Michele Hillery, General Manager of Equity Clearing and DTC Settlement Service at DTCC.
With the production đparallel now live, DTCC is working closely with its clients on a phased expansion of the platform. The Project Ion platform will continue to be enhanced according to client and industry needs. Future enhancements may include additional DTC activities and capabilities as well as the expansion of Project Ion to DTCC subsidiary National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC) to take advantage of NSCCâs central counterparty (CCP) trade guarantee for every cleared transaction.
About DTCC
With over 45 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From 21 locations around the world, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes and standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers. Industry owned and governed, the firm simplifies the complexities of clearing, settlement, asset servicing, data management, data reporting and information services across asset classes, bringing increased security and soundness to financial markets. In 2021, DTCCâs subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at nearly U.S. $2.4 quadrillion. Its depository provides custody and asset servicing for securities issues from 177 countries and territories valued at U.S. $87.1 trillion. DTCCâs Global Trade Repository service, through locally registered, licensed, or approved trade repositories, processes 16 billion messages annually.
Links:
https://www.dtcc.com/
https://www.dtcc.com/news/2022/august/22/project-ion
https://twitter.com/AFME_EU
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/