DLT in the real world 2026: a present-tense conversation

For years, DLT has been discussed in terms of future potential. This year’s DLT in the real world 2026 research points to it being a present-tense reality, with growing investment, live use cases and higher expectations for on-chain activity.

In this VX Insight podcast, Barnaby Nelson is joined by Paul Chiappetta and Sahil Duggal of Broadridge to move from survey findings into practice.

The discussion explores:

• how adoption is moving from foundational, in-house use cases towards bilateral and intraday repo

• why intraday repo is broadening the value case across liquidity, capital and balance sheet management

• why there is no single winning chain or digital cash leg

• how tokenised activity can be integrated with existing market infrastructure

• what still needs to change for adoption to scale further

A recurring theme throughout the conversation is that DLT needs to remain value-driven. As Sahil notes, not everything needs to be on chain.

Produced in partnership with Broadridge.