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EIB issues blockchain-backed bond under Luxembourg law

EIB issues first digital bond under Luxembourg law

Developments in Luxembourg legislation have enabled the European Investment Bank, the EIB, to issue for the first time a digital bond under Luxembourg law. In a project codenamed Project Venus, the EIB this week raised 100 million euro by issuing a blockchain-based bond in cooperation with the central banks of France and Luxembourg and backed by a deal team working in five countries.

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