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Fnality began as a research project to explore how Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) could transform financial markets. This project drew the interest of a consortium of financial institutions, who wanted to investigate how blockchain and DLT could be used to settle securities trades with tokenised cash assets. This initiative was known as the Utility Settlement Coin (USC) Project and its primary goal was to create a peer-to-peer digital cash asset to settle tokenised transactions with finality.

Crypto Garage, a Fintech company developing blockchain financial services, has provided blockchain settlement services and related products, such as “SETTLENET,” to Japanese and global crypto asset business operators. In June 2021, in accordance with Japan's Payment Service Act, Crypto Garage was registered with the Kanto Finance Bureau as a crypto asset exchange, allowing it to act as an intermediary for transactions between domestic crypto asset exchanges and cover companies.

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