How Do Blockchain-Based Ledgers Fundamentally Address non-DVP Risk?

Blockchain ledgers enable the transfer of both the asset and the payment to be recorded in the same atomic transaction or within the same block, ensuring cryptographic finality. This inherent synchronization eliminates the time lag between the two legs of the trade, which is the root cause of non-DVP risk.

The ledger itself enforces the simultaneous exchange (DVP).