• 2013

Company Description

Paxos is a financial technology company delivering pioneering blockchain solutions for global financial institutions.

Paxos is a financial technology company delivering pioneering blockchain solutions for global financial institutions. Its flagship service is Bankchain(TM), a next-generation blockchain settlement platform that is transforming post-trade across capital markets. Bankchain delivers instantaneous settlement and greater automation, offering market participants reduced counterparty risk, lower capital requirements and increased operational efficiencies. Paxos' initial focus is on the London bullion market with the new Euroclear Bankchain blockchain gold settlement service. Developed in collaboration with Euroclear, a leading global settlement house, Euroclear Bankchain will deliver instant settlement and simultaneous delivery versus payment (DvP) to the gold market for the first time while minimizing counterparty risk. Paxos’ management team is led by CEO and Co-Founder Charles Cascarilla and its board of directors includes former FDIC chair Sheila Bair, former Senator Bill Bradley, former chair of the Financial Accounting Services Board Robert Herz, former chairman, president & CEO of Lotus Development Corporation Jim Manzi and former NYSE CEO Duncan Niederauer.