T Zero (t0) is first ever blockchain-based trading platform for stocks and securities founded by Patrick Byrne, the CEO of Overstock.com.
It is coined as the blockchain version of Wall Street.
It debuted on August 04, 2015 at Nasdaq's New York headquarters and covered by news outlets such as Wired and The Wall Street Journal.
T Zero is focused on improving trading processes with the blockchain technology.
The platform integrates distributed ledgers that are cryptographically secured with the existing market process to lessen settlement costs and time, increase transparency, auditability and efficiency.
It is also a modular and adaptable platform that integrates with trade participants to create an authenticated, real-time and immutable ledger.
On the technical side, t0 runs on a private blockchain but it is also designed to be blockchain agnostic which means it can also use anybody's blockchain.
As a matter of fact, it is currently using the Bitcoin blockchain for added security at the same time to offer a transparency which other markets today do not offer.
On December 2016, Overstock becomes the first publicly traded company to issue stock over the internet through a technology based on the Bitcoin blockchain with over 126,000 company shares being traded in the platform.
Byrne hopes that more outside organizations will license t0's technology including stock exchanges, banks and other financial institutions.
Recently, they announced in a September 27 press release that they have the first ICO exchange to be in compliance with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
In a joint venture with RenGen LLC and the Argon Group, T Zero launch an Alternative Trading Sytem (ATS) which will facilitate the ICO tokens aligned with the guidelines of the SEC and FINRA.