R3’s Commitment to Shaping the Future of Finance and Resilience in Navigating Economic Realities

R3’s journey began with an understanding that tokenization, powered by distributed ledger technology, would play a pivotal role in reshaping the future of finance. Since our inception in 2015 our mission has remained the same—to enable an open, trusted, and enduring digital economy. We have made great strides in the past few years, as is evidenced by the number of customers who have built innovative solutions powered by the Corda platform.

We are proud of the fact that Corda is recognized as a world leading permissioned DLT platform for regulated markets, powering digitization and tokenization of traditional financial assets and currencies. We also just launched the next generation of Corda which is designed to deliver on R3’s promise of enabling a connected ‘network of regulated networks’ through private and public blockchain interoperability.

While we are making strides in realizing our mission, we also recognize that the path to this digital transformation will not be a straight line. Macroeconomic conditions continue to be challenging, and for R3 to remain unwavering in our commitment to digitally transform the financial industry we have had to make difficult yet necessary decisions on our organizational structure.

So, what are these changes, and how will they help R3 maintain its strong operating and financial position?

1. Core Focus Areas: we are aligning our resources behind the areas of highest demand within the market. This includes a relentless focus on the Corda platform, with an emphasis on supporting our customers who are building applications on Corda and migrating to the next generation version.
2. Digital Currency Solutions: we will continue to invest in digital currency solutions, including Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), to cater to the needs and growing demands of our customers.
3. Digital Assets and Tokenization Solutions: Recognizing the importance of modernization and tokenization initiatives, we are accelerating work with financial market infrastructure providers and regulated financial firms as they further invest in bringing digital asset marketplaces and tokenized real-world assets to market.

With this renewed focus, we are also streamlining operations internally, which unfortunately will result in a reduction of headcount across various functions.

Such a decision is not unique to R3; it mirrors the broader trends seen across the global tech industry in response to challenging macroeconomic conditions. However, it’s important to note that R3 remains in a robust position. This restructuring will not only ensure agility and efficiency throughout the organization but also safeguard R3’s ability to innovate, grow, and deliver for its customers, even in the face of market uncertainties.

With many customers live on Corda, our commitment to being a trusted partner to them has never been more important. We are gratified to see the world’s central banks embrace innovation in CBDCs with R3’s technology, to partner with the largest FMIs as they execute their modernization programs, and to help regulated financial institutions safely navigate the tokenization of assets.

We remain dedicated to our mission, and to transforming financial markets so they operate with greater transparency and efficiency.