9th Gear brings operational efficiency and risk mitigation to financial markets by reducing the time to track, clear and settle financial assets starting with foreign exchange (FX). Now is the time to implement market structures that offer real-time settlement, reduced risk, and lowered cost coupled with intraday liquidity. 9th Gear’s platform allows digital assets to be tracked through tokens created on its private permissioned blockchain (a proprietary and immutable digital ledger). In the case of foreign exchange and payments, tokens take the form of synthetic digital currency that can be traded and re-traded within the closed ecosystem. The platform’s unique design can be applied to many other product lines and across different asset classes to track liquidity and collateral, respectively. The platform is API and AWS message queue enabled for easy connection to multiple, disparate systems. The digital solution improves the transparency of transactions, increases investor confidence and demonstrates fair treatment of all market participants.