Remarks on Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology in Financial Market Infrastructures

Remarks on Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology in Financial Market Infrastructures

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Remarks on Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology in Financial Market Infrastructures

Distributed Ledger Technology (built on a blockchain) enables peer to peer interactions between financial institutions without the need for any distinguished, trusted intermediaries. In principle, this opens the possibility of removing the “too big to fail” risk of CCPs and of significantly speeding up settlement times to just a few minutes, if not seconds.

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