The United Kingdom has set an early 2027 target to issue its first digital sovereign bond on distributed-ledger infrastructure, becoming the first G7 country to launch government debt in tokenized form. According to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who announced the plan…

HSBC has completed its first blockchain-based issuance of a digitally native structured product, using tokenized U.S. dollar-denominated notes in a private placement for institutional investors in Hong Kong. According to HSBC, the pilot transaction involved U.S. dollar-denominated structured notes issued…