“Tokenization” is a concept that is being highly talked about in the Financial and Defi sector today. Both established financial institutions and newcomers are heavily investing in projects aimed at converting securities into digital tokens, which are digital representations of value<\/p>\n
In this blog, we’re going to talk about Token vs Token Settlements, but before that, we will need to understand what securities are.<\/p>\n
Securities are tradable financial assets issued to raise funds from investors. Historically, securities were issued as paper certificates and the bearer was presumed to be the owner (<\/span>bearer securities<\/span><\/i>). However, moving paper certificates around is costly and risky. Therefore, Central Securities Depositories (CSDs) were set up to dematerialize paper certificates, and eliminate the need to settle trades by physical transfers.<\/span><\/p>\n The transfer of ownership in compliance with the conditions of an underlying agreement is known as a Securities Settlement. The arrangement is usually to either sell securities, utilize securities as collateral for other commitments, or lend securities.<\/span><\/p>\n The principal risk is a major consideration when settling securities trades. This is the risk in which one party in a transaction could lose the entire value of the transaction – for example, the chance that a seller of securities will transfer the securities irreversibly but not get paid. Binding the delivery and payment legs so that the securities move if and only if the associated cash transfer occurs is one technique to reduce primary risk. This method is known as Delivery versus Payment (DvP).<\/span><\/p>\n Token-vs-token transactions can happen on a single ledger or across two. DvP will be accomplished in a variety of ways.<\/span><\/p>\n An atomic swap smart contract is used to coordinate clearing and settlement if security tokens and currency tokens are both on the same ledger. This settlement can be done in a variety of ways, but the end result is an instantaneous and simultaneous transfer of two tokens. In a nutshell, an atomic settlement could lead to DvP in the following way:<\/span><\/p>\nWhat Happens In A Token Vs Token Transaction?<\/h2>\n