Thai Central Bank’s New Blockchain-Enabled Bond Infrastructure Passes Test With $1.6B Bond Sale

The central bank of Thailand has launched a blockchain-enabled platform for the issuance of government saving bonds

AccessTimeIconSep 14, 2020 at 9:10 p.m. UTC
Updated Sep 14, 2021 at 9:55 a.m. UTC
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The Thai central bank, Bank of Thailand, has launched a blockchain-enabled platform for the issuance of government saving bonds. 

  • According to a press release, the Thai central bank sold 50 billion baht (approximately $1.6 billion) worth of government savings bonds over one week’s time.  
  • The release added that the blockchain-enabled platform will help build a more secure, efficient mechanism for issuing government bonds and also aid in reduction of associated operational costs. 
  • Thailand has been pivoting its bond market toward blockchain-enabled platforms as the country's finance ministry had earlier in June announced plans to sell $6.42 million worth of low-face-value government savings bonds using state-owned Krung Thai Bank’s blockchain wallet. 
  • “In the next phase, the infrastructure will expand to support all different government bonds,” the release said. Thailand’s finance ministry announced last month that the funds obtained from selling $1.6 billion worth of savings bonds would go toward financing the government’s budgetary deficit. 

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