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DTCC launches blockchain settlement platform

The new platform has averaged more than 100,000 transactions a day

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The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, which operates the main clearing house for equities in the US, is rolling out a settlement platform that uses distributed ledger technology.

Dubbed Project Ion, it is one of the largest attempts to use DLT in equity settlement.

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