Tagged: digital bond

September 8, 2024 @ 11:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Siemens has again issued a digital bond in accordance with Germany’s Electronic Securities Act (Gesetz über elektronische Wertpapiere, eWpG). Following the successful issuance of its first digital bond last year, the company is thus continuing to play a key role in “the application of the… Read More

July 29, 2024 @ 2:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On 25 July 2024, BNP Paribas arranged and placed the first ever Sovereign digital bond issuance for Eurozone and EMEA, the Republic of Slovenia with on-chain settlement using the Banque de France’s (BdF) tokenized Cash solution provided within the European Central Bank’s (ECB) wholesale central… Read More

May 28, 2024 @ 2:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Invoitix AG, a logistics invoicing and financing platform, has issued a digital bond on the Obligate platform. Deployed on the Polygon PoS blockchain and denominated in EUROe, this issuance aims to refinance invoitix’s logistics invoicing activities, “further solidifying its position in the pan-European road logistics… Read More

April 11, 2024 @ 8:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitfinex Securities El Salvador S.A. has issued a statement on a security token, or digital security, offering to help finance the Hampton by Hilton Hotel in El Salvador. The project expects to create 1000 jobs during construction and, eventually, 5000 direct and indirect jobs upon… Read More

April 8, 2024 @ 9:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Obligate announces a new digital bond issuance by Mikro Kapital, one of the  international groups of companies engaged in supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets. This move marks the first deployment on Base, an Ethereum L2 incubated by Coinbase, for Obligate. Mikro… Read More

March 19, 2024 @ 2:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitfinex Securities, a digital asset marketplace, reports that ALT2612, a tokenized bond, has issued its first payment to investors. Microlender Mikro Kapital issued the digital asset in 2023. The bond, which represents approximately 300,000 borrowers in 14 different countries, has a value of €1.09 billion. The… Read More

February 17, 2023 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Siemens is one of the first companies in Germany to issue a digital bond, “in accordance with Germany’s Electronic Securities Act (Gesetz über elektronische Wertpapiere, eWpG).” Worth 60 million, it has “a maturity of one year and is underpinned by a public blockchain.” According to… Read More

February 8, 2023 @ 10:32 am By JD Alois  |  

LCX says it will become the first company in the crypto industry to issue a tokenized bond that generates a fixed yield for investors. The blockchain-powered “EURt7 tokenized bond” has been approved by the securities regulator in Liechtenstein and is thus available across all EU… Read More

February 2, 2023 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Investment Bank (EIB) priced its first ever £50 million digital bond using a combination of private and public blockchains operated and accessed via HSBC Orion – the bank’s tokenization platform. It follows the recently adopted Luxembourg legal framework tailored “to allow for the… Read More

January 16, 2023 @ 3:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ABN AMRO, headquartered in Amsterdam, reportedly became the first bank in Europe to register a digital bond on the public blockchain, using Fireblocks. The digital bond was issued to a select group of investors “to raise funds on behalf of APOC, an ABN AMRO commercial… Read More

November 9, 2022 @ 11:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UBS AG (SWX: UBSG) recently priced its inaugural senior unsecured digital bond, “a 375 million Swiss franc-denominated three-year bond with 2.33% coupon (ISIN: CH1228837865).” The digital bond has “the same instrument structure, legal status and rating as a traditional UBS AG senior unsecured note but… Read More

April 20, 2022 @ 11:09 am By JD Alois  |  

ADDX, a full-service capital markets platform with Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) licenses for the issuance, custody, and secondary trading of digital securities, along with Singtel and UOB have priced Singapore’s largest foreign currency digital bond, to date. Digital bonds, or tokenised bonds, are issued… Read More

November 21, 2021 @ 6:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Switzerland Stock Exchange (SIX) recently revealed that the SIX Digital Exchange will be issuing its very first senior unsecured digital CHF bond. SIX’s management confirmed that the bond had been issued for a total volume of CHF 150 million and with its maturity set… Read More

June 20, 2021 @ 7:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore‘s United Overseas Bank (UOB), a multinational banking organization with branches mostly based in Southeast Asian countries, has reportedly used Marketnode’s digital asset issuance, depository and servicing platform to issue a new bond offering valued at SGD 600 million (appr. $446 million), with a final… Read More

May 31, 2021 @ 10:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-based DBS Bank Ltd (SGX:D05), a multinational banking and financial services corporation with over $330 billion in assets, revealed on Monday (May 31, 2021) that it has priced a SGD 15 million (appr. $11.35 million) digital bond, which marks DBS Digital Exchange’s (DDEx) first security… Read More

April 30, 2021 @ 2:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

This past week, the European Investment Bank (EIB) issued a €100 million digital bond offering on the Ethereum blockchain. The EIB worked with Goldman Sachs, Santander, and Societe Generale on the issuance along with the support of the Banque of France. Notably, the payment of… Read More

November 23, 2020 @ 8:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

China Construction Bank Corporation (CCB) has suspended its digital bond issuance on the FUSANG exchange. The digital bond was originally scheduled to go live on the Exchange on Friday, 13 November 2020. FUSANG said that just before the listing time, written communication was received from the… Read More

September 1, 2020 @ 5:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has completed a digital bond issuance in partnership with Temasek and HSBC. The security was issued via SGX’s digital asset issuance, depository, and servicing platform and is the first type of offering completed by the exchange. According to a note posted… Read More

December 4, 2019 @ 8:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

“Banking partner for SMEs” Kapilendo is issuing its first blockchain-based digital bond. According to the Germany based crowdfunding platform, FR L’Osteria SE, a “gastronomy concept” is issuing a tokenized bond using blockchain tech. Kapilendo is a debt-based crowdfunding platform that caters to Mittelstand companies by… Read More