{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/611d14fa9d5f470014bbc7b3/6214f43bdf5a2c0013fc7f90?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Whatever happened to blockchain in the bond markets?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/611d14fa9d5f470014bbc7b3/1632309665646-60818a3436d73e6db6a24ce5a6bc0d88.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Back in the blockchain heyday of 2016-18 there was no shortage of schemes to apply the technology to primary market issuance, bond market trading, and post-trade settlement and financing. Some of the ideas of that burst of creativity are now coming to market. </p><p><br></p><p>– Bond issuance on to distributed networks</p><p>– The on-chain trading of bonds between market participants</p><p>– The financing of bond market transactions in an on-chain repo market</p><p>– The use of bonds as collateral to secure commercial and central bank money</p><p>– Settlement of bond transactions on and off chain</p>","author_name":"Future of Finance"}