Philippines Complete First Tokenized Treasury Bonds Sale Of $270 Million

In a recent cryptocurrency news, there has been a significant surge in investors’ interest in tokenized bonds as the Philipines reportedly raised a whopping 270 million dollars in tokenized bond sales. The huge sale marked the nation’s epic entrance into embracing 5he digitized roadmap which aims to reduce the costs and risk of transacting bonds.

According to the report, the Philippines recently made a historic move as it succeeded in completing what seemed to be the country’s maiden sale of tokenized treasury sales. In addition, the nation reportedly realized about $270 million from the sale exercise, thereby increasing crypto investors’ interest in digitalized bonds markets as well as increasing the adoption of crypto innovation in the country.

Institutions Showed Strong Interest in Digitized Bonds

In addition, Shortly after the epic sale by the Philippines, the Bureau of Treasury in the country reportedly announced that there was a significant reaction to the recent sales from investors as they rapidly demanded tokenized Treasury bonds worth a whopping 31.426 billion pesos. According to the reports, the high demand for tokenized bonds was three times higher than the limited offer of about 10 billion Pesos which is available.

This signified that the institutional investors are showing strong interest in investing in the tokenized assets which is strongly dominated by pesos. Also, the new development revealed that the diversification strategy that the country’s government implemented recently is proving to be effective.

Furthermore, the report revealed that the Development Bank of the Philippines as well as the Land Bank of the Philippines were selected to manage and control the issuance of tokenized Treasury bonds to interested institutional bodies in the country.

Government Issued Tokenized Bonds To Investors

In addition, the tokenized bonds would be issued at a fixed rate which would be determined at the beginning of each year and would last for a year. According to the report, the country officially launched the sales of the tokenized bonds on Monday and the issuance started on Wednesday this week.

In addition, the report showed that the landmark launching of tokenized Treasury bonds was an integral part of the Government Securities Digitalization Scheme of the Philippines government. Also, the launch depicts the broader plans the government has to apply the distributed ledger innovation in facilitating the nation’s bond market. More so, the report stated that the government aimed at reducing the costs and risks connected with trading traditional bonds.

Additionally, according to the guidelines of the Philippines Treasury Department, eligible investors are allowed to borrow at least PHP10 million which is valued at about $179,230 in digitized bonds. Also, they can apply for an increment of about PHP10 million which is worth $17,930 as at the time of publication. Interested investors were expected to tender their application before Monday 12:30 P.M. as the government aimed to announce the proposals which were accepted on the same day.

Philippines Joins Trendy Tokenized Bond Markets

With the epic sales that increased its revenue by $270 million, the Philippines had successfully marked its entrance into the digitized bonds market, joining a host of other countries. According to the report, the Philippines’ successful sales news surfaced shortly after the Hong Kong government reportedly issued a HKD800 million which was valued at a whopping $102.5 million digitized green bond. Moreso, Singapore, a fast-rising cryptocurrency hub, is reportedly embracing crypto innovation with full determination to become a global crypto hub. Recently, Singapore reportedly collaborated with BNY Mellon, DBS Bank, JP Morgan, and other prominent institutions in the crypto industry to further expand crypto activities in the country.

The deputy Treasury at the Bureau of Treasury, Erwin Ana, pointed out the significance of the proof of concept consensus model, stating that it stands as the initiating point for the national government’s plan to leverage crypto innovation in democratizing investments. Furthermore, he stated that the government aimed at reducing friction costs and settlement risks as well as facilitating financial inclusion associated with local bond markets.

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