✔️ BNP Paribas Launches Slovenia's Blockchain Bond

Slovenia made history by issuing the first sovereign digital bonds in the eurozone using the Canton blockchain platform for blockchain settlement.

💸 Slovenia issued the first sovereign digital bonds in the eurozone as part of an on-chain transaction organized by the French banking giant BNP Paribas, utilizing the tokenized money solution from the Bank of France.

The digital bond from Slovenia was issued using BNP Paribas' Neobonds platform, which operates on the Canton blockchain.

"BNP Paribas is committed to contributing to wholesale digital settlement solutions led by the Eurosystem, which will make bond settlements more efficient and secure," said Frédéric Zorzi, Global Head of Primary Markets at BNP Paribas CIB.

BNP Paribas reports that Neobonds recorded legal ownership of the digital bonds, allowing network participants to manage the operational structure for issuing and trading bonds on secondary markets.

The bond, with a nominal value…