The evolution of digital markets
Digital markets are reshaping financial services
Blockchain securities are advancing the shift from electronic to digital markets, enabling greater operational efficiency, capital efficiency, and faster settlement.
Markets are in the midst of a major digital transformation. Blockchain securities—which include both (1) crypto that qualify as securities and (2) traditional securities issued on a blockchain—are unlocking a new wave of efficiencies similar to when securities moved from paper certificates to electronic registers.
Potential benefits of 'digital markets' include:
- Faster settlement: Near-instantaneous transaction speeds reduce the delays of traditional processes.
- Cost benefits: Streamlined operations and fewer intermediaries can cut costs for both issuers and investors.
- Broader market access: Digitizing illiquid or complex assets opens up new investment opportunities.
- Reduced counterparty and liquidity risk: Faster settlement periods between transactions reduces trade fails, defaults, or liquidity shortfalls.
- Capital efficiency: Accelerated settlement preserves and enhances the time value of capital by minimizing idle funds and extending the period over which they can earn yield or interest.
Digital markets are reshaping financial services
Digital asset securities are advancing the shift from electronic to digital markets, enabling greater operational efficiency, capital efficiency, and faster settlement.
Markets are in the midst of a major digital transformation. Digital asset securities—which include both (1) crypto that qualify as securities and (2) traditional securities issued on a blockchain—are unlocking a new wave of efficiencies similar to when securities moved from paper certificates to electronic registers.
Potential benefits of 'digital markets' include:
Prometheum’s purpose-built blockchain securities solution
Solving for incompatible markets
Prometheum has developed advanced market and custodial technology by taking aspects of traditional and digital markets to build a full-service on-chain securities ecosystem.
What is a Special Purpose Broker-Dealer?
A Special Purpose Broker-Dealer (SPBD) license is a regulatory framework introduced in the United States by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2020 to address the unique challenges of handling digital asset securities. It is designed to enable broker-dealers to custody and transact in security tokens subject to federal securities laws.
Solving for regulatory hurdles
Prometheum ATS and Prometheum Capital are FINRA members and SEC-registered broker-dealers providing blockchain securities trading, custody, settlement, and clearing services
Marketplace +
Custody, Settlement & Clearing
Public, Secondary Markets Enabled by ProCap + ProATS
Capital Formation Services by ProFin
Solving for limited distribution
Institutions, retail, market makers, buy- and sell-side firms, issuers and more will have access to capital formation services and an integrated secondary market operating as a FINRA member and SEC-registered broker-dealer.