Tokenized Repo Moves Market Plumbing Toward Near-Instant Settlement

Financial professional examining a large screen displaying a tokenized repo ledger in a modern trading room.

Major repo market participants are shifting core settlement infrastructure onto distributed ledgers, using tokenized cash and securities to compress settlement windows and reduce counterparty risk. The change marks a structural upgrade to financing-market plumbing, with platforms such as JPMorgan’s Kinexys, Broadridge’s DLR and the Canton Network already processing large volumes through pilots and early deployments.