The world is moving into overdrive. The first industrial revolution lasted 120 years, the second roughly 60 years, and the third 20 years; the fourth is in its fifteenth year, and the fifth is likely to be significantly shorter. Technology has moved at what Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, called the speed of thought. The capital market has also thrown a few gears as trading activities have moved from open outcry to on-floor digitally traded platforms to off-floor remote trading. Technology is increasing the speed of transactions, the efficiency of payment and settlements, and the access to market-sensitive information. The capital market trading world is now a digital bubble.

Building on digital advances, global capital markets are navigating ways to improve investor journey experience using digital blockchains through distributed ledger technologies or DLTs. A distributed digital ledger is a decentralised set of servers that handle different aspects of digital databases from separate locations to enable faster processing and more precise analytical interpretation of the data flow.