Glossary

Every term between trade and settlement.

Stablecoin Interoperability Standards (NIST IR 8408)

The NIST Interagency Report defining the federal technical taxonomy of stablecoin architectures — classifying reserve mechanisms, smart contract properties, and security vulnerabilities.

Stablecoin Run Risk vs Money Market Fund

The mechanics by which stablecoin peg pressure and money market fund redemption shocks propagate into systemic stress — compared across reserve structure, run trigger, and regulatory response.

Stablecoin Settlement

The use of regulated payment stablecoins as the cash leg in DvP securities settlement, enabling near-real-time finality on a 24/7/365 basis beyond Fedwire and CHIPS operating hours.

Standing Settlement Instructions

Pre-agreed instructions specifying how a counterparty's securities and cash should be delivered or received, applied automatically to every qualifying trade.

Straight-Through Processing (STP)

End-to-end automation of the post-trade lifecycle from execution to DvP settlement, with STP rate as the primary compliance KPI under T+1.

SWIFT Connectivity for Broker-Dealers

SWIFT connectivity is the messaging infrastructure over which securities settlement instructions travel between broker-dealers, custodians, and CSDs — MT54x and sese.023 messages, both domestic and cross-border.

SWIFT Gateway for Securities

The SWIFT connectivity stack — SAG, Alliance Access, and gateway software — connecting broker-dealers and custodians to SWIFTNet for securities settlement messaging.

System of Record Securities Operations

The authoritative single source of truth for a firm's positions, trades, and accounts — the system of record that all other systems, reports, and compliance functions derive from.