Hong Kong prices record HK$20 billion digital green bond issuance

  • Hong Kong SAR Government priced record digital green bonds under its sustainable bond programme.
  • The four-currency issuance totals approximately HK$20 billion equivalent.
  • EnsembleTX supports tokenized deposits in Hong Kong-dollar primary issuance settlement.

Hong Kong SAR Government has priced approximately HK$20 billion equivalent of digital green bonds under its Government Sustainable Bond Programme, setting a record as the world’s largest digital bond issuance. The offering spans Hong Kong dollars, renminbi, U.S. dollars and euros. Traditional settlement arrangements and the tokenized central bank money option used in the previous issuance remain available, while Hong Kong-dollar primary-market settlement also uses tokenized deposits through EnsembleTX. The government said the transaction further develops the digital ecosystem and provides a basis for exploring digital-currency programmability.

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