The Next Generation of Collateral Management | DTCC & Chainlink at Sibos 2026

At Sibos 2026, DTCC’s Dan Doney and Sergey Nazarov presented how DTCC is collaborating with Chainlink to advance 24/7 collateral management.

DTCC’s Collateral AppChain provides shared infrastructure for near real-time collateral management across financial markets and blockchains.

“The problem being solved is the fragmentation of data, how everybody connects to move collateral and settle transactions, and the different systems that need to talk to each other but cannot do so quickly enough to allow intraday collateral movement.” - Sergey Nazarov, Co-Founder of Chainlink

The Collateral AppChain will leverage the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) for orchestration between those systems and data sources, and CCIP for the movement of assets, value, and liquidity to and from the AppChain.

“You finally have a reliable and legally binding ledger from the DTCC that everyone can rely on, just like they rely on the DTCC now. That’s a very powerful thing that I think the capital markets have been waiting for, where they can’t get that from just any chain because those guarantees with the DTCC are fundamentally different.” Nazarov also added.

The DTCC Collateral AppChain is expected to launch in Q1 2027.

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