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

The Thai central bank, Bank of Thailand, announced on Friday that it 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 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.