26th April, 2024 Hogan Lovells advises on issuance of native digital bond, governed by English law and issued on a public blockchain On 9 April 2024 a segregated account of Digital Bonds Ltd (the “Issuer”) issued an English law governed zero coupon digital bond, denominated in USDC, directly on the Ethereum public blockchain. Read article on Hogan Lovells
26th April, 2024 Belgian FinTech investment drops to lowest level since 2019 Belgian FinTech deal activity is on track to reach 20 transactions in 2023, a 32% drop from last year Read article on Fintech Global
26th April, 2024 PV01 completes proof of concept for on-chain debt market with digital bond issuance on Ethereum PV01 has issued the first digital native bond on the public Ethereum blockchain under English law, backed by a US Treasury Bill and purchased by blue-chip stablecoin investors. Read article on CryptoDaily
16th April, 2024 Max Boonen's PV01 tokenizes $5M treasury bill, Plans to look at corporate bonds The company aims to bring corporate bonds to blockchain rails, which could have averted a similar credit meltdown to what happened in crypto in 2022, CEO and co-founder Max Boonen said in an interview. Read article on CoinDesk
21st April, 2023 Crypto trading legend’s next move is bringing US treasuries to crypto, with plans for corporate bonds PV01, which launched last month, is using blockchain technology to target long-standing issues in debt capital markets. Read article on Coindesk
20th April, 2023 Token effort is no blockchain boon for illiquid assets Luke Clancy investigates the concept of tokenisation and how it offers the prospect of liquidity in hard-to-reach assets to categories of retail investors for whom they are otherwise off limits. Read article on Risk.net
22nd March, 2023 Former Goldman trader looks to sell bonds on the blockchain Max Boonen gave an exclusive interview to Bloomberg and discussed how the use of public blockchain increases visibility into ownership and enables improved transferability of debt. Read article on Bloomberg