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  "data_version": "seed-0.7 · marketcap-1 · 2026-08-30",
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  "collection": "clearing",
  "count": 20,
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      "id": "dtc",
      "name": "DTC — The Depository Trust Company",
      "legal_name": "The Depository Trust Company",
      "lei": "549300HBJLRO8YFMI370",
      "type": "Central securities depository",
      "type_code": "CSD",
      "country": "US",
      "country_id": "united-states",
      "country_name": "United States",
      "website": "https://www.dtcc.com",
      "url_check": "bot-blocked",
      "serves": [
        "nyse",
        "nasdaq"
      ],
      "role": "Holds US equities and corporate debt in book-entry form; ownership changes by moving a record, not a certificate.",
      "note": null,
      "tokenization": {
        "checked": "2026-10-07",
        "entries": [
          {
            "networks": [
              "Hyperledger Besu (DTCC's private Collateral AppChain)",
              "Canton"
            ],
            "status": "pilot",
            "scope": "Securities custodied at DTC, Treasuries and equities, converted to tokens for collateral pledges, securities lending, repo and delivery versus payment. More than thirty firms took part in production trades on 15 July 2026.",
            "note": "The SEC staff no-action letter of 11 December 2025 that permits the service names no network; DTCC named them. The full service was announced for October 2026 and had not been declared live when this was checked.",
            "document": {
              "title": "DTCC Turns Tokenization into Reality",
              "issuer": "DTCC",
              "date": "2026-07-15",
              "url": "https://www.dtcc.com/news/2026/july/15/dtcc-turns-tokenization-into-reality"
            },
            "quote": "The digital conversions occurred on LFDT's Besu (DTCC's private network) and Canton (a public network)",
            "checked": "2026-10-07"
          },
          {
            "networks": [
              "Stellar"
            ],
            "status": "planned",
            "scope": "DTC-custodied securities in token form on a public network, expected in the first half of 2027.",
            "note": "DTCC's service page lists Stellar as a third eligible network beside the Collateral AppChain and Canton.",
            "document": {
              "title": "DTC's Tokenization Service to Connect with Stellar Public Blockchain as DTC Advances its Multi-Chain Strategy",
              "issuer": "DTCC",
              "date": "2026-05-27",
              "url": "https://www.dtcc.com/press-releases/2026/tokenization-service-to-connect-with-stellar-public-blockchain-as-dtc-advances-multi-chain-strategy"
            },
            "quote": null,
            "checked": "2026-10-07"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "nscc",
      "name": "NSCC — National Securities Clearing Corporation",
      "legal_name": "NATIONAL SECURITIES CLEARING CORPORATION",
      "lei": "549300RYC9NELN2ICA34",
      "type": "Central counterparty",
      "type_code": "CCP",
      "country": "US",
      "country_id": "united-states",
      "country_name": "United States",
      "website": "https://www.dtcc.com",
      "url_check": "bot-blocked",
      "serves": [
        "nyse",
        "nasdaq"
      ],
      "role": "Novates and nets US equity trades, so the settlement instruction DTC acts on is one net figure per member, not one per trade.",
      "note": null
    },
    {
      "id": "ficc",
      "name": "FICC — Fixed Income Clearing Corporation",
      "legal_name": "FIXED INCOME CLEARING CORPORATION",
      "lei": "549300H47WTHXPU08X20",
      "type": "Central counterparty",
      "type_code": "CCP",
      "country": "US",
      "country_id": "united-states",
      "country_name": "United States",
      "website": "https://www.dtcc.com",
      "url_check": "bot-blocked",
      "serves": [],
      "role": "The same role as NSCC for US Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities, including the repo market.",
      "note": null
    },
    {
      "id": "cls",
      "name": "CLS Bank International",
      "legal_name": "CLS BANK INTERNATIONAL",
      "lei": "549300ECDY3E8AN4XF58",
      "type": "FX settlement system",
      "type_code": "FX settlement",
      "country": "US",
      "country_id": "united-states",
      "country_name": "United States",
      "website": "https://www.cls-group.com",
      "url_check": "reachable",
      "serves": [],
      "role": "Settles both legs of a foreign-exchange trade at the same instant or neither, removing the gap in which one side has paid and the other has not.",
      "note": null
    },
    {
      "id": "euroclear-france",
      "name": "Euroclear France",
      "legal_name": "EUROCLEAR FRANCE",
      "lei": "54930060MY6S68NEUP16",
      "type": "Central securities depository",
      "type_code": "CSD",
      "country": "FR",
      "country_id": "france",
      "country_name": "France",
      "website": "https://www.euroclear.com",
      "url_check": "bot-blocked",
      "serves": [
        "euronext"
      ],
      "role": "The French central securities depository; also the settlement point for instruments admitted on Euronext Paris.",
      "note": "The site is up — confirmed in a real browser; a scripted request is turned away by bot protection."
    },
    {
      "id": "clearstream-lux",
      "name": "Clearstream Banking S.A.",
      "legal_name": "CLEARSTREAM BANKING S.A.",
      "lei": "549300OL514RA0SXJJ44",
      "type": "International CSD",
      "type_code": "ICSD",
      "country": "LU",
      "country_id": null,
      "country_name": "Luxembourg",
      "website": "https://www.clearstream.com",
      "url_check": "reachable",
      "serves": [],
      "role": "An international CSD in Luxembourg, holding cross-border bonds and equities for participants in many jurisdictions.",
      "note": null
    },
    {
      "id": "lch-ltd",
      "name": "LCH Limited",
      "legal_name": "LCH LIMITED",
      "lei": "F226TOH6YD6XJB17KS62",
      "type": "Central counterparty",
      "type_code": "CCP",
      "country": "GB",
      "country_id": "united-kingdom",
      "country_name": "United Kingdom",
      "website": "https://www.lch.com",
      "url_check": "reachable",
      "serves": [
        "lse"
      ],
      "role": "London clearing house for interest-rate swaps, repo and listed derivatives; the largest single pool of cleared rates risk.",
      "note": null
    },
    {
      "id": "lch-sa",
      "name": "LCH SA",
      "legal_name": "BANQUE CENTRALE DE COMPENSATION",
      "lei": "R1IO4YJ0O79SMWVCHB58",
      "type": "Central counterparty",
      "type_code": "CCP",
      "country": "FR",
      "country_id": "france",
      "country_name": "France",
      "website": "https://www.lch.com",
      "url_check": "reachable",
      "serves": [
        "euronext"
      ],
      "role": "The Paris arm of the same group, clearing equities and derivatives traded on Euronext markets and euro-denominated repo.",
      "note": null
    },
    {
      "id": "ice-clear-europe",
      "name": "ICE Clear Europe",
      "legal_name": "ICE CLEAR EUROPE LIMITED",
      "lei": "5R6J7JCQRIPQR1EEP713",
      "type": "Central counterparty",
      "type_code": "CCP",
      "country": "GB",
      "country_id": "united-kingdom",
      "country_name": "United Kingdom",
      "website": "https://www.ice.com/clear-europe",
      "url_check": "reachable",
      "serves": [
        "ice-eu"
      ],
      "role": "Clears the energy and interest-rate contracts traded on ICE Futures Europe, including Brent.",
      "note": null
    },
    {
      "id": "ice-clear-credit",
      "name": "ICE Clear Credit",
      "legal_name": "ICE CLEAR CREDIT LLC",
      "lei": "T33OE4AS4QXXS2TT7X50",
      "type": "Central counterparty",
      "type_code": "CCP",
      "country": "US",
      "country_id": "united-states",
      "country_name": "United States",
      "website": "https://www.ice.com/clear-credit",
      "url_check": "reachable",
      "serves": [
        "ice-us"
      ],
      "role": "Clears credit default swaps — the instrument whose lack of a clearing house was a central lesson of 2008.",
      "note": null
    },
    {
      "id": "eurex-clearing",
      "name": "Eurex Clearing AG",
      "legal_name": "EUREX Clearing Aktiengesellschaft",
      "lei": "529900LN3S50JPU47S06",
      "type": "Central counterparty",
      "type_code": "CCP",
      "country": "DE",
      "country_id": "germany",
      "country_name": "Germany",
      "website": "https://www.eurex.com/ec-en/",
      "url_check": "reachable",
      "serves": [
        "eurex"
      ],
      "role": "Counterparty to every trade on Eurex and to a large share of European repo.",
      "note": null
    },
    {
      "id": "six-sis",
      "name": "SIX SIS AG",
      "legal_name": "SIX SIS AG",
      "lei": "549300A3XI3YWROC2J57",
      "type": "Central securities depository",
      "type_code": "CSD",
      "country": "CH",
      "country_id": "switzerland",
      "country_name": "Switzerland",
      "website": "https://www.six-group.com",
      "url_check": "reachable",
      "serves": [
        "six"
      ],
      "role": "The Swiss central securities depository, settling what trades on SIX Swiss Exchange.",
      "note": null
    },
    {
      "id": "jscc",
      "name": "Japan Securities Clearing Corporation",
      "legal_name": "株式会社日本証券クリアリング機構",
      "lei": "549300JHM7D8P3TS4S86",
      "type": "Central counterparty",
      "type_code": "CCP",
      "country": "JP",
      "country_id": "japan",
      "country_name": "Japan",
      "website": "https://www.jpx.co.jp/jscc/en/",
      "url_check": "reachable",
      "serves": [
        "jpx"
      ],
      "role": "Clears cash equities and derivatives across the Japan Exchange Group venues.",
      "note": null,
      "tokenization": {
        "checked": "2026-10-07",
        "entries": [
          {
            "networks": [
              "Canton"
            ],
            "status": "pilot",
            "scope": "Japanese government bonds used as collateral: rights transferred, and the book-entry account register updated, through a blockchain — around the clock and across borders.",
            "note": "Run with Mizuho, Nomura and Digital Asset from 20 April 2026. The document is a participant's release, not JSCC's own.",
            "document": {
              "title": "日本国債（JGB）を活用したデジタル担保管理の実証実験を開始 — proof of concept for digital collateral management using JGBs",
              "issuer": "Nomura Holdings",
              "date": "2026-04-20",
              "url": "https://www.nomuraholdings.com/jp/news/nr/nhi20260420.html"
            },
            "quote": "「Canton Network（カントン・ネットワーク）」を活用した、担保管理の高度化に関する実証実験…を共同で開始します。",
            "checked": "2026-10-07"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "hkscc",
      "name": "Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company",
      "legal_name": "香港中央結算有限公司",
      "lei": "213800NM8ZN1F16ARD34",
      "type": "Depository and central counterparty",
      "type_code": "CSD/CCP",
      "country": "HK",
      "country_id": "hong-kong",
      "country_name": "Hong Kong SAR",
      "website": "https://www.hkex.com.hk",
      "url_check": "reachable",
      "serves": [
        "hkex"
      ],
      "role": "Both depository and clearing house for Hong Kong equities, and the settlement leg of Stock Connect into mainland China.",
      "note": null
    },
    {
      "id": "ksd",
      "name": "Korea Securities Depository",
      "legal_name": "한국예탁결제원",
      "lei": "9884008RRMX1X5HV6625",
      "type": "Central securities depository",
      "type_code": "CSD",
      "country": "KR",
      "country_id": "south-korea",
      "country_name": "South Korea",
      "website": "https://www.ksd.or.kr",
      "url_check": "reachable",
      "serves": [
        "krx"
      ],
      "role": "Korea's central depository, settling what trades on KRX.",
      "note": null,
      "tokenization": {
        "checked": "2026-10-07",
        "entries": [
          {
            "networks": [
              "Hyperledger Besu",
              "Hyperledger Fabric",
              "Avalanche"
            ],
            "status": "guideline",
            "scope": "Every token security registered once the amended Electronic Securities Act takes effect on 4 February 2027. KSD joins each ledger as the node that tracks the total quantity issued.",
            "note": "The three are listed as equals, as of July 2026; any other ledger needs prior consultation with KSD. A KSD official told Seoul Economic Daily that Avalanche was added at participants' request, not chosen in advance. The amended law and the FSC's draft decrees of 1 October 2026 name no network.",
            "document": {
              "title": "Standard Requirements Guideline for Token-Securities Distributed Ledgers — annex 3 to the FSC release of 4 September 2026, p. 42, item D-1-3",
              "issuer": "Korea Securities Depository, published by the Financial Services Commission",
              "date": "2026-09-04",
              "url": "https://www.fsc.go.kr/comm/getFile?srvcId=BBSTY1&upperNo=87650&fileTy=ATTACH&fileNo=5"
            },
            "quote": "KSD는 시장 준비현황 파악을 통해 Hyperledger Besu, Hyperledger Fabric, Avalanche과 연계 가능하도록 ‘KSD 토큰증권 플랫폼’을 구축 중(’26. 7월 기준)",
            "checked": "2026-10-07"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "nsdl",
      "name": "NSDL — National Securities Depository Limited",
      "legal_name": "NATIONAL SECURITIES DEPOSITORY LIMITED",
      "lei": "335800NFZPTMGTPAHE42",
      "type": "Central securities depository",
      "type_code": "CSD",
      "country": "IN",
      "country_id": "india",
      "country_name": "India",
      "website": "https://nsdl.com",
      "url_check": "reachable",
      "serves": [
        "nse-india",
        "bse"
      ],
      "role": "India's first depository, holding securities in dematerialised form for both Indian exchanges.",
      "note": "Moved: the old nsdl.co.in address loops in redirects, even in a real browser.",
      "tokenization": {
        "checked": "2026-10-07",
        "entries": [
          {
            "networks": [],
            "status": "pilot",
            "scope": "Corporate bonds issued natively as tokens in SEBI's regulatory sandbox ('Demat 2.0'), settled in the Reserve Bank of India's wholesale digital rupee. Three issuers in September 2026: REC, L&T and IIFL.",
            "note": "SEBI says the ledger is owned by the depositories, NSDL and CDSL. Neither the release nor its FAQ names the network or protocol.",
            "document": {
              "title": "Successful launch of \"Demat 2.0\" Pilot project for Tokenised Corporate Bonds (PR No. 56/2026) and its FAQ",
              "issuer": "Securities and Exchange Board of India",
              "date": "2026-09-10",
              "url": "https://www.sebi.gov.in/media-and-notifications/press-releases/sep-2026/successful-launch-of-demat-2-0-pilot-project-for-tokenised-corporate-bonds_104418.html"
            },
            "quote": "The ledger is owned by the depositories.",
            "checked": "2026-10-07"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "cdsl",
      "name": "CDSL — Central Depository Services (India)",
      "legal_name": "CENTRAL DEPOSITORY SERVICES (INDIA) LIMITED",
      "lei": "335800YRV56TH7RQVH27",
      "type": "Central securities depository",
      "type_code": "CSD",
      "country": "IN",
      "country_id": "india",
      "country_name": "India",
      "website": "https://www.cdslindia.com",
      "url_check": "reachable",
      "serves": [
        "nse-india",
        "bse"
      ],
      "role": "India's second depository; the two compete for accounts while settling the same market.",
      "note": null,
      "tokenization": {
        "checked": "2026-10-07",
        "entries": [
          {
            "networks": [],
            "status": "pilot",
            "scope": "Corporate bonds issued natively as tokens in SEBI's regulatory sandbox ('Demat 2.0'), settled in the Reserve Bank of India's wholesale digital rupee. Three issuers in September 2026: REC, L&T and IIFL.",
            "note": "SEBI says the ledger is owned by the depositories, NSDL and CDSL. Neither the release nor its FAQ names the network or protocol.",
            "document": {
              "title": "Successful launch of \"Demat 2.0\" Pilot project for Tokenised Corporate Bonds (PR No. 56/2026) and its FAQ",
              "issuer": "Securities and Exchange Board of India",
              "date": "2026-09-10",
              "url": "https://www.sebi.gov.in/media-and-notifications/press-releases/sep-2026/successful-launch-of-demat-2-0-pilot-project-for-tokenised-corporate-bonds_104418.html"
            },
            "quote": "The ledger is owned by the depositories.",
            "checked": "2026-10-07"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "strate",
      "name": "Strate",
      "legal_name": "Strate (Pty) Ltd",
      "lei": "378900F4A0A690EA6735",
      "type": "Central securities depository",
      "type_code": "CSD",
      "country": "ZA",
      "country_id": "south-africa",
      "country_name": "South Africa",
      "website": "https://www.strate.co.za",
      "url_check": "reachable",
      "serves": [
        "johannesburg"
      ],
      "role": "South Africa's central securities depository, settling equities and bonds traded on the JSE.",
      "note": null
    },
    {
      "id": "depozitarul-central",
      "name": "Depozitarul Central",
      "legal_name": "DEPOZITARUL CENTRAL SA",
      "lei": "254900LXHEVKYGERER05",
      "type": "Central securities depository",
      "type_code": "CSD",
      "country": "RO",
      "country_id": "romania",
      "country_name": "Romania",
      "website": "https://www.roclear.ro",
      "url_check": "reachable",
      "serves": [
        "bucharest"
      ],
      "role": "Romania's central securities depository. Its LEI is the one the ISO 10383 registry mistakenly carries for the Bucharest exchange.",
      "note": null
    },
    {
      "id": "tase-clearing",
      "name": "Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Clearing House",
      "legal_name": "מסלקת הבורסה לניירות ערך בתל – אביב בע\"מ",
      "lei": "213800WG3A9RJ78EGT48",
      "type": "Central counterparty",
      "type_code": "CCP",
      "country": "IL",
      "country_id": "israel",
      "country_name": "Israel",
      "website": "https://www.tase.co.il",
      "url_check": "reachable",
      "serves": [
        "tel-aviv"
      ],
      "role": "Israel's clearing house. Its LEI is the one the ISO 10383 registry mistakenly carries for the exchange itself.",
      "note": null
    }
  ]
}