Yesterday Slovenia issued a €30 million short dated digital bond on the BNP Paribas Neobonds platform. Settlement used the Banque de France’s wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) as part of the Eurosystem’s wholesale DLT settlement trials.
This is the first sovereign digital bond issuance in EMEA. While the European Investment Bank issued several digital bonds, it is owned by the EU’s member states but is financially autonomous. Hong Kong issued a $756 million digital green bond in February.
BNP Paribas acted as Global Coordinator, Sole Bookrunner and platform issuer with Clifford Chance handling the legal aspects.
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