The Hong Kong SAR Government issues HK$20 billion equivalent digital green bonds introducing Hong Kong dollar tokenized deposits

Odaily Planet Daily News The Hong Kong SAR government announced today (September 29) that it has successfully priced approximately HK$20 billion worth of digital green bonds under the Government Sustainable Bond Program, covering Hong Kong dollars, RMB, US dollars and euros. In addition to the traditional settlement method and the tokenized central bank currency settlement option introduced last time, tokenized deposits are also introduced through EnsembleTX in the primary issuance and settlement process of Hong Kong dollar bonds this time. It is the first digital bond in the world to introduce Hong Kong dollar tokenized deposits, further improving the digital ecosystem and laying the foundation for exploring the programmability of digital currencies.