Hong Kong prices HK$20B digital green bond sale, adds deposit token settlement

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government said it had priced about HK$20 billion worth of digital green bonds under its Government Sustainable Bond Programme. The bonds were issued in four currencies: the Hong Kong dollar, yuan, U.S. dollar and euro. For this sale, the government newly introduced deposit tokens into the primary issuance settlement process for Hong Kong dollar-denominated bonds, alongside traditional settlement methods and a previously introduced tokenized central bank money settlement method.