BNY Mellon and Citadel Securities Complete Tokenized U.S. Treasury Tri-Party Repo Transaction
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BNY completed a tri-party repo transaction using tokenized U.S. Treasuries with Castle Securities.
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【BNY Mellon and Castle Securities Complete Tri-Party Repo Transaction Using Tokenized U.S. Treasuries】BNY completed a tri-party repo transaction workflow using tokenized U.S. Treasuries with Castle Securities, marking the first use of tokenized assets on a major tri-party repo platform. Castle Securities used BNY to purchase a 2-year U.S. Treasury on the Tradeweb platform. The tokenized representation of the Treasury was recorded on BNY's private digital ledger and settled within minutes, rather than the standard T+1 settlement cycle. Castle Securities then used it as collateral for overnight tri-party repo financing, with BNY providing the cash.BNY said it plans to launch more digital cash and tokenized deposit functions to support on-chain settlement and financing, and expects next year to extend the operating hours of its traditional settlement platform to European and Asian trading sessions.
Key points
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BNY completed a tri-party repo transaction workflow using tokenized U.S. Treasuries with Castle Securities.
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Citadel Securities purchased a BNY-year U.S. Treasury through 2 on the Tradeweb platform.
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The tokenized representation of the Treasury was recorded on BNY's private digital ledger and settled within minutes.
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Citadel Securities subsequently used the Treasury as collateral for overnight tri-party repo financing, with BNY providing the cash.
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BNY said it plans to launch more digital cash and tokenized deposit functions and expects next year to extend the operating hours of its traditional settlement platform to European and Asian trading sessions.
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The transaction recorded the U.S. Treasury in tokenized form on BNY's private digital ledger and used it as collateral to obtain overnight financing. The article states that settlement was completed within minutes rather than using the standard T+1 settlement cycle.
Why it matters to readers
This indicates that tokenized U.S. Treasuries have been used in a tri-party repo financing workflow; if BNY the planned digital cash, tokenized deposits, and extended operating hours are implemented, the related settlement arrangements may continue to expand.
It demonstrates how tokenized assets can participate in Treasury trading, collateralization, and financing, but does not mean that all similar transactions can achieve the same speed or scale.
Risks and unknowns
The evidence comes from a Telegram article and does not provide original announcement links from BNY, Castle Securities, or Tradeweb.
BNY The planned digital cash and tokenized deposit functions, as well as the extended operating hours, have not been shown in the evidence to have been implemented.
The evidence does not state whether the transaction will expand into a regular tri-party repo business.
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tokenized assets
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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.
