Bonds

Ethereum

Austrian Government to Notarize $1.3 Billion Bond Auction Using Ethereum

The Austrian government is planning to use the ethereum blockchain to notarize the auction of a bond worth around $1.3 billion.

Business  ·  27 September 2018
Ethereum

World Bank Bond Blockchain Offers Key Insights

Is it time to rethink private blockchains? The World Bank's "blockchain bond" success has reinvigorated that question.

Business  ·  3 September 2018
Banking

World Bank’s Blockchain Bond Experiment Raises $81 Million

The World Bank's blockchain bond raised $110 million AUD, and is based on a private ethereum network.

Business  ·  24 August 2018
Banking

The World Bank Is About to Settle a Blockchain Bond Worth $73 Million

The World Bank is expected to settle its first blockchain-based bond worth $73 Million at the end of this month.

Business  ·  23 August 2018
Banking

World Bank Taps Australia’s CommBank to Issue Its First Blockchain Bond

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has been chosen by the World Bank Group to help issue a bond over a blockchain.

Business  ·  10 August 2018
Banking

Bulls Get Relief as Bitcoin Price Beats $6.5K Resistance

Bitcoin's price rose above $6,500 today, offering some respite for the badly battered bulls.

Markets  ·  10 August 2018
Russia

Sberbank Buys Commercial Bonds Issued Over Blockchain Platform

Russian bank Sberbank CIB and telecoms firm MTS have conducted what they say is the country's first commercial bond transaction made using blockchain.

Business  ·  17 May 2018
Investments

US City Plans to Sell Tokenized Bonds in ‘Initial Community Offering’

Confronted with big federal funding reductions, Berkeley, California, is turning to crypto token-based funding for services like affordable housing.

Markets  ·  28 February 2018
Banking

Australia’s CommBank Plans to Issue a Bond on the Blockchain

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has revealed a plan to issue a bond over a blockchain system in collaboration with a major world issuer.

Business  ·  6 December 2017
Ethereum

Who Needs a CSD? Nivaura to Issue First Regulated Ether Bond

Blockchain startup Nivaura will today initiate its first bond denominated in ether. And, notably, the issuance will be conducted on a blockchain.

Tech  ·  22 November 2017
Russia

Making Boring Sexy: NSD Sees Booming Interest for Blockchain Bonds

Russia's National Security Depository is seeing an unexpected benefit of blockchain that could turn into a new source of revenue: publicity.

Business  ·  25 October 2017
Japan

Corporate Analyst Fisco Tests Issuance of Bitcoin Bond in Japan

A financial data provider and bitcoin exchange operator in Japan is testing a digital bond denominated in the cryptocurrency.

Business  ·  18 August 2017
Ethereum

Daimler’s €100 Million Ethereum Bond Is Bigger Than Mercedes-Benz

Daimler AG's blockchain-based "Schuldschein" bond signals the first step in a much larger plan to explore the technology.

Tech  ·  18 July 2017
Banking

Bonding Experience: Can Kenya Pave a Path for Blockchain Change?

Kenya, a country with rickety infrastructure and a reliance on agriculture, could be poised to kickstart mainstream use of blockchain technology.

Business  ·  8 May 2017
News

World Bank to Support Blockchain Bonds Trial in Kenya

The World Bank has revealed plans to explore how blockchain could help boost Kenya's financial prospects.

Tech  ·  2 May 2017