The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has published a digital assets annex for its Global Master Repurchase (repo) Agreement (GMRA). The Annex follows work by ICMA and ISLA in the Digital Assets Legal Working Group, with Clifford Chance appointed as counsel.
Repo involves the sale of collateral, usually securities, with an agreement to buy them back at a future date for a slightly higher amount representing interest.
There are already two significant intraday repo solutions with a third in progress. JP Morgan has an intraday solution for its clients, and technology firm Broadridge has its Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) solution that processes $1.5 trillion in transactions monthly.
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