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1. Introduction

Capital markets are close to the ground zero of blockchain adoption: crypto-currencies, which were intended to ease the payment leg of remote transactions between parties. Crypto-currencies have since morphed into an asset class of their own. Creating credit, market analysis and forecasting for crypto-currencies has borrowed heavily from existing capital markets theory and practice. Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) based capital markets based use cases and some production systems have been created. The advantages of DLTs, including creation of a mutual source of truth between parties that do not completely trust each other and automated business logic through smart contracts are drivers for adoption in capital markets. Appropriate levels of transparency between counterparties, traceability and ease of regulatory oversight are additional advantages. 

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