Central Bank Money

The trial was part of an initiative set up by the European Central Bank to identify how blockchains can facilitate central bank money settlement.

Italy’s state-owned bank Cassa Depositi e Prestiti SpA has just completed a $27.2 million digital bond issuance with trillion-dollar investment bank Intesa Sanpaolo using Ethereum layer-2 Polygon.

The transaction was part of a trial conducted by the European Central Bank to identify new solutions for central bank money settlement of wholesale transactions carried out on blockchains, Intesa Sanpaolo explained in a July 18 statement.

It was the first transaction of its kind since Italy introduced its FinTech decree law, which governs the issuance and circulation of financial instruments in digital form.

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