Settlement risk elimination refers to the complete removal of the possibility that one party in a transaction fails to deliver its obligation after the other party has already performed. This objective is often achieved through atomic swaps or delivery-versus-payment mechanisms on blockchain networks, where both sides of a transaction are executed simultaneously or fail together. By ensuring instantaneous and irreversible finality, digital asset systems significantly reduce the counterparty risk inherent in traditional financial settlements. It represents a substantial improvement in financial market safety.
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The pursuit of settlement risk elimination is a primary driver for the adoption of distributed ledger technology in wholesale payments and securities trading. A key discussion involves the legal and operational frameworks required to fully realize this benefit across different asset classes and jurisdictions. Future developments will likely see central banks and financial institutions implementing DLT-based solutions to achieve real-time, risk-free settlement for a broader range of financial instruments.
The tokenized bond on a private DLT platform and central bank money integration reduces settlement friction from days to minutes, optimizing enterprise capital efficiency.
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