I kept wondering about one thing with on-chain finance, if traditional markets already have systems for issuing, trading and settling assets, why move those workflows onto a blockchain at all?
Looking into Dusk and NPEX made the question more interesting. NPEX is a regulated Dutch trading venue, and the partnership is focused on issuing, trading and tokenizing regulated financial instruments through blockchain infrastructure.
But putting a market on-chain isn't just about creating a token. Dusk's own market-infrastructure model includes investor eligibility, transfer controls, payment coordination, settlement, reporting and selective disclosure.
That made me think the real point isn't simply “put securities on a blockchain.”
It's whether several parts of the market that currently depend on separate systems can actually work around the same infrastructure.
And that's where I'm still curious.
If the existing system already works, what would need to improve enough for institutions to genuinely prefer an on-chain market?
@Dusk_Foundation $DUSK #dusk
Looking into Dusk and NPEX made the question more interesting. NPEX is a regulated Dutch trading venue, and the partnership is focused on issuing, trading and tokenizing regulated financial instruments through blockchain infrastructure.
But putting a market on-chain isn't just about creating a token. Dusk's own market-infrastructure model includes investor eligibility, transfer controls, payment coordination, settlement, reporting and selective disclosure.
That made me think the real point isn't simply “put securities on a blockchain.”
It's whether several parts of the market that currently depend on separate systems can actually work around the same infrastructure.
And that's where I'm still curious.
If the existing system already works, what would need to improve enough for institutions to genuinely prefer an on-chain market?
@Dusk_Foundation $DUSK #dusk