BNY Mellon and Citadel Securities Complete Tokenized U.S. Treasury Transaction, Advancing the Link Between Settlement and Financing
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BNY Mellon and Citadel Securities announced the completion of a tokenized U.S. Treasury transaction to explore improving settlement and financing efficiency.
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BNY Mellon and Citadel Securities Complete Tokenized U.S. Treasury Transaction, Exploring Faster Wall Street Financing
BlockBeats reports that October 14, the world's largest custodian bank, BNY Mellon (BNY) and trading giant Citadel Securities announced on Tuesday that they had completed a tokenized U.S. Treasury transaction, aiming to demonstrate how blockchain technology can accelerate the transition of assets from trade settlement to financing and improve collateral mobility.
U.S. Treasuries are important collateral for banks and trading institutions to obtain short-term loans and finance trading activities. Under traditional settlement systems, however, transferring bonds between different accounts and systems takes time and may result in funds and assets being temporarily tied up. This transaction connects the settlement and financing processes through tokenized Treasuries, potentially enabling institutions to reuse collateral more quickly and unlock liquidity.BNY stated that it plans to further introduce digital cash and tokenized deposit services to support blockchain-based settlement and financing; it also plans to extend the operating hours of its traditional settlement system for Federal Reserve-eligible securities and U.S. tri-party repo transactions in 2027 to cover European and Asian trading hours.
As institutions including BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, and JPMorgan Chase continue to explore asset tokenization, traditional financial institutions are attempting to use blockchain to shorten settlement times, automate business processes, and improve asset liquidity.
Original link https://m.theblockbeats.info/flash/371650
Key points
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BlockBeats reported that BNY Mellon and Citadel Securities, on October 14 announced the completion of a tokenized U.S. Treasury transaction.
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The report stated that the transaction aimed to demonstrate how blockchain technology can accelerate the transition of assets from trade settlement to financing and improve collateral mobility.
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BNY Mellon said it plans to further introduce digital cash and tokenized deposit services.
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BNY Mellon plans to extend, in 2027 the operating hours of its traditional settlement system for Federal Reserve-eligible securities and U.S. tri-party repo transactions, covering European and Asian trading hours.
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The original report stated that institutions including BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, and JPMorgan Chase are also exploring asset tokenization.
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A tokenized U.S. Treasury is a U.S. Treasury processed in the form of a token on a blockchain. This transaction attempts to connect settlement and financing so that collateral can move more quickly through the relevant processes; however, the original report only stated that the transaction had been completed and described its objective, without disclosing the actual increase in speed.
Why it matters to readers
U.S. Treasuries are used as collateral for short-term loans and trading finance. If tokenization can shorten the time required to transfer collateral between accounts and systems, institutions may be able to reuse collateral more quickly, reducing the time funds and assets are temporarily tied up.
This is not an announcement of a new product for individual users, but an exploration by traditional financial institutions of blockchain-based settlement and financing processes. Beginners should pay attention to whether the relevant services are actually launched and whether verifiable efficiency improvements are disclosed.
Risks and unknowns
The original report did not disclose the transaction amount, participating accounts, specific process, or duration.
The provided material contains no transaction documents or independent verification and only relays the relevant institutions' announcement.
It remains unclear whether the transaction will expand into a regular business.
The specific launch date, scope, and implementation conditions for the digital cash and tokenized deposit services were not disclosed.
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The original report only wrote “October 14” and did not specify the year to which the date belongs.
The original report provided no quantitative results on whether tokenization actually shortened settlement times or improved liquidity.
Related concepts
Tokenized U.S. Treasuries
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An asset provided by a counterparty to guard against potential losses, which may be liquidated in the event of default to compensate the lender for its loss.
