Trade Lifecycle — TradFi to DeFi
End-to-end workflow migration: legacy infrastructure → blockchain-native operations
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Order Execution
Migrating
→
✅
Trade Confirmation
Complete
→
🔄
Clearing
In Progress
→
💸
Settlement
In Progress
→
🔍
Reconciliation
Rebuilding
→
📚
Book of Records
Planned
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Order Execution
Migrating
Automation Level
70%
Key Systems
FIX EngineOMSRisk Pre-Check
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Current — TradFi
FIX protocol to broker/exchange. Manual pre-trade checks. Single-asset OMS.
⛓️
Target — DeFi / On-Chain
API-native order routing. Automated pre-trade risk. Multi-asset + crypto OMS.
✅
Trade Confirmation
Complete
Automation Level
90%
Key Systems
MarkitWireDTCC ConfirmUTI Generator
🏛️
Current — TradFi
SWIFT/Telex confirmations. 24-48hr matching. Manual exception handling.
⛓️
Target — DeFi / On-Chain
Real-time electronic confirmation. Automated matching. UTI/UPI generation at point of confirm.
🔄
Clearing
In Progress
Automation Level
60%
Key Systems
CMEICEAcadiaSoft SIMM
🏛️
Current — TradFi
CCP clearing via CME/ICE. Manual margin calls. SIMM bilateral for uncleared.
⛓️
Target — DeFi / On-Chain
Smart contract clearing. Automated margin via AcadiaSoft API. Real-time SIMM calculation.
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Settlement
In Progress
Automation Level
45%
Key Systems
SWIFTBNY MellonDTC/DTCC
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Current — TradFi
T+2 batch settlement. SWIFT messages. Manual fails management.
⛓️
Target — DeFi / On-Chain
T+0/T+1 atomic settlement. On-chain delivery-vs-payment. Automated fails escalation.
🔍
Reconciliation
Rebuilding
Automation Level
55%
Key Systems
Internal Recon EngineDTCC GTRPrime Broker Feeds
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Current — TradFi
Overnight batch recon. Excel-based break management. Manual root cause.
⛓️
Target — DeFi / On-Chain
Real-time intraday recon. ML break classification. Automated resolution workflows.
📚
Book of Records
Planned
Automation Level
30%
Key Systems
Portfolio ManagementRisk SystemGL Integration
🏛️
Current — TradFi
End-of-day position updates. Single-source ledger. Static reporting.
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Target — DeFi / On-Chain
Real-time position ledger. Multi-entity golden source. Blockchain-anchored audit trail.
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Delivered across this full lifecycle — across multiple firms
Nearwater Capital: Built the complete TradFi lifecycle for an SEC-registered SBSD from zero — trade booking, margin (AcadiaSoft SIMM), settlement (TriOptima + BNY), regulatory reporting.  ·  ING: Re-architected OTC derivatives reporting pipeline — Murex XML → DTCC GTR, concurrent with DTCC's 2020 GTR 2.0 re-architecture.  ·  NBC: Directed CFTC Part 45 rewrite (130+ data elements), HKMA OTCR, EMIR — managed 40+ person cross-functional team including engineers and solutions architects.