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News · ▲ Bullish · 1 source confirmed · 2026-09-21 08:49 UTC

Hana Bank issues South Korea’s first digital bond using Euroclear’s blockchain

Why now

Thesis: Blockchain bond settlement shows concrete institutional adoption.

Catalyst to watch: More banks adopting similar blockchain issuance.

Main risk: Limited scale, slow broader adoption.

Why it matters

Same-day settlement via blockchain cuts counterparty and operational risk for bond issuance, a concrete institutional adoption signal.

Details

South Korea's second-largest bank’s $100 million foreign-currency bond blockchain issuance shortened settlement time to the same day from three to five business days.

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