Figure: Completes First Digital Securities Transaction Using Real-time Marketplace

Figure: Completes First Digital Securities Transaction Using Real-time Marketplace

  • Figure is transforming financial services through blockchain, bringing speed, efficiency, and savings to both consumers and institutions
  • Announced it completed a first of its kind digital securities transaction using ATS
  • The significance of this transaction marks a historic milestone in the deployment of blockchain technology
  • This trade was ground-breaking in many ways, including the minting of a fiat marker by a U.S. bank on a blockchain baked by fiat reserves
  • The Marketplace trading platform using ATS is the first of its kind and allows for real-time, bilateral trading
  • Anticipates that the ATS will support dozens of secondaries with other private companies through the end of this year
Laura M
Laura M
Laura is a financial reporter, editor, and researcher with a particular interest in fintech innovation, capital markets, and the evolving global banking landscape.

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