Institutional Loss Prevention

Manual reconciliation across siloed ledgers is a primary source of financial leakage and failed trades. A shared, single source of truth automates settlement, reducing errors and freeing up capital.

• Example: DTCC's Project Ion for equities settlement reduces counterparty risk and operational costs by billions annually.
• ROI Driver: Cuts settlement times from T+2 to near-instant (T+0), releasing trapped liquidity and preventing costly fails.

Manual compliance reporting is expensive and prone to human error. An immutable audit trail automates proof-of-process for regulators like the SEC and FINRA.

• Example: J.P. Morgan's Onyx uses blockchain for intraday repo transactions, creating an automatic, tamper-proof record for compliance.
• ROI Driver: Reduces audit preparation time by up to 70% and eliminates fines for reporting inaccuracies.

Global supply chains lose over $500B annually to fraud and counterfeit goods. Asset tokenization and traceability provide verifiable provenance from origin to end-user.

• Example: IBM Food Trust enables retailers like Walmart to trace produce origin in seconds vs. days, drastically reducing recall costs and liability.
• ROI Driver: Cuts recall investigation costs by over 90% and protects brand value by guaranteeing authenticity.

Paper-based trade finance is vulnerable to document fraud, causing billions in losses. Smart contracts automate and secure transactions against predefined rules.

• Example: Marco Polo Network digitizes trade finance, reducing document processing from 5-10 days to under 24 hours while eliminating double-financing fraud.
• ROI Driver: Lowers processing costs by 50-80% and virtually eliminates fraud-related write-offs.

Traditional custody relies on trust in intermediaries. Decentralized custody solutions and atomic swaps enable direct, secure asset transfers without third-party risk.

• Example: Fireblocks provides institutional digital asset custody, using MPC technology to prevent theft and unauthorized transactions.
• ROI Driver: Reduces insurance premiums for custodial services and prevents catastrophic loss events from exchange failures.

Insurance fraud costs the industry over $40B annually. Parametric insurance via smart contracts automates claims verification and payouts using trusted data oracles.

• Example: Etherisc offers flight delay insurance that automatically pays out if a flight is delayed, verified by oracle data, eliminating fraudulent claims.
• ROI Driver: Reduces claims processing costs by up to 60% and cuts loss ratios by automating fraud detection.

Eliminate costly manual reconciliation and forensic accounting. Smart contracts and immutable ledgers create a single source of truth for all transactions, from trade settlement to inter-company transfers.

• Real Example: A global bank reduced its trade finance reconciliation time from 14 days to near-instant, cutting operational risk and freeing up millions in capital.
• ROI Driver: Reduces audit costs by up to 40% and virtually eliminates reconciliation disputes.

Prevent identity fraud and unauthorized access with self-sovereign identity (SSI) protocols. Employees, customers, and counterparties control verifiable credentials, reducing reliance on breach-prone centralized databases.

• Real Example: A major logistics consortium uses blockchain-based digital passports for carriers, eliminating fake vendor fraud and ensuring only authorized parties handle high-value shipments.
• ROI Driver: Mitigates multi-million dollar losses from synthetic identity fraud and credential stuffing attacks.

Stop losses from counterfeit goods and compliance failures. Asset tokenization and track-and-trace protocols provide end-to-end visibility, proving origin, custody, and handling conditions.

• Real Example: Luxury goods manufacturers embed NFC chips linked to blockchain records, allowing consumers and distributors to instantly verify authenticity, protecting brand value and revenue.
• ROI Driver: Reduces counterfeit-related revenue loss and ensures compliance with ESG and import/export regulations.

Move beyond the single point of failure in traditional custody. MPC technology distributes private key control across multiple parties, requiring consensus for transactions without exposing the full key.

• Real Example: Institutional asset managers use MPC wallets to secure digital assets, eliminating the risk of a single employee causing a catastrophic loss, while maintaining operational efficiency.
• ROI Driver: Reduces insurance premiums for digital asset custody and provides a clear audit trail for all authorized signers.