Building an Open Economy for Everyone
NexOTC is building the settlement layer for private markets, turning OTC and syndicate deals into non-custodial, compliant, audit-ready rails for the Open Economy.
Sérgio Rebelo
Feb 26, 2026
5 min read
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Key Takeaways
The Open Economy is a world where eligible participants can access markets globally, move value faster, and operate across platforms with less friction.
Most friction today is not caused by bad apps. It comes from weak rails underneath, fragmented records, slow settlement, and too much manual coordination.
A settlement layer is where outcomes become final and defensible. It is the foundation for trust, automation, and real interoperability.
Private markets feel this pain the most. OTC and syndicate deals still run on chats, spreadsheets, static escrows, and trust heavy processes.
NexOTC is building non custodial settlement infrastructure for private markets, so deals can execute with clear rules, privacy aware compliance, automated payouts, and audit ready records.
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NexOTC and the Open Economy
The Open Economy is simple: if you’re eligible, you should be able to access opportunities globally, move value faster, and operate across platforms without heavy friction. For that to work, modern finance needs rails that are always on, interoperable, and built for real execution, not just nice interfaces.
Why settlement is the Foundation
Most market friction comes from what happens after people agree on a deal. Records live in silos, settlement takes time, and trust is outsourced to intermediaries and manual process. A settlement layer fixes this by making outcomes final and defensible. It gives everyone the same source of truth on what happened and who owns what, and it makes automation possible without relying on “trust me” workflows.
Why Private Markets Need it First
Private markets are large but operationally outdated. OTC and syndicate deals often run through chats, PDFs, and static escrows. That creates delays, custodial risk, messy payouts, and weak audit trails when something goes wrong. This is exactly where strong settlement rails create immediate value because they turn fragmented execution into a repeatable process.
NexOTC’s Approach in Three Building Blocks
NexOTC is building settlement infrastructure for private markets with three core parts:
Smart escrow that enforces deal rules
A per deal escrow enforces deposits, settlement, timeouts, refunds, and payout routing, including fees and broker commissions. It’s non custodial by design so participants keep control and the rules enforce outcomes.Workflow that makes deals predictable
Each deal runs through clear stages with a visible checklist, so everyone knows what is required, what’s blocked, and what’s next. Teams can reuse templates instead of rebuilding execution from scratch each time.Compliance and records without overexposure
Eligibility can be enforced through verification tiers and readiness gates, while minimizing sensitive data exposure. Every action and settlement event is captured into an audit friendly timeline with receipts and statements.
What a deal looks like on NexOTC
Set terms and participants, complete readiness checks, fund the escrow, then either settle automatically when conditions are met or unwind via clear refund rules. The result is a clean record that supports reporting and dispute resolution.
This is how NexOTC helps move private markets toward the Open Economy: by turning deal execution into rails you can trust and operate on.
What's Next:
NexOTC is starting where settlement friction is highest: OTC and syndicate dealflows in private markets. Near term, we’re shipping non-custodial execution, multi-party funding with batch settle or refund, clean broker commission routing, and operational tooling like receipts, event logs, exports, and webhooks, with privacy-first compliance tiers built in. Longer term, we’ll expand to more private instruments and real-world assets as they move on-chain, so private markets can run on interoperable, always-on rails rather than fragmented workflows.
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