Doha Bank Issues $150M Digital Bond With Instant Settlement

Doha Bank Issues $150M Digital Bond With Instant Settlement

The deal achieved T+0 settlement on a permissioned distributed ledger rather than a public blockchain, reflecting a growing regional shift toward regulated digital bond infrastructure.

Traditional Finance Embraces DLT: Doha Bank's $150M Digital Bond Signals New Era for Securities

In a significant development for the convergence of traditional finance and distributed ledger technology (DLT), Doha Bank has successfully issued a landmark $150 million digital bond. Leveraging Euroclear’s robust DLT platform, this issuance marks a pivotal moment, ushering in an era of instant settlement and enhanced efficiency for debt capital markets. Announced on December 15, 2025, this move by a prominent regional bank underscores the acce…

Doha Bank Taps Euroclear’s DLT Platform to Issue $150M Digital Bond

Doha Bank has completed a $150 million digital bond issuance using Euroclear’s DLT (distributed ledger technology) platform, marking a notable step forward for tokenized capital markets in the Middle East. The transaction, which was settled instantly on-chain, demonstrates how traditional banks are increasingly adopting blockchain infrastructure to modernize issuance, settlement, and custody processes. The deal places Doha Bank among a growing l…

Doha Bank issues its inaugural $150M Floating Rate DNN on Euroclear’s Digital Financial Market Infrastructure

Doha Bank has successfully issued its inaugural USD 150 million Floating Rate Digitally Native Note (DNN) on Euroclear’s Digital Financial Market Infrastructure. The post Doha Bank issues its inaugural $150M Floating Rate DNN on Euroclear’s Digital Financial Market Infrastructure appeared first on FX News Group.

Doha Bank Issues $150M Digital Bond Using Euroclear's DLT Platform With Instant Settlement

Doha Bank has issued a $150 million digitally native bond that settles instantly (T+0), leveraging Euroclear’s DLT infrastructure to eliminate clearing delays. The move highlights Qatar’s “bifurcated” strategy: banning retail crypto trading while aggressively adopting institutional blockchain for debt markets. Standard Chartered and Citi managed the issuance, which lists on the London Stock Exchange, validating DLT for high-grade sovereign and c…

Standard Chartered Leads Landmark Doha Bank Digital Bond Advancing Qatar’s Capital Markets

credit: Standard Chartered Bank (IN BRIEF) Standard Chartered has led Doha Bank’s inaugural USD 150 million Floating Rate Digitally Native Notes issuance as Sole Global Coordinator and Sole Arranger, with the notes listed on the London Stock Exchange’s International Securities Market. The transaction achieved instant T+0 settlement via Euroclear’s Digital Financial Market Infrastructure, demonstrating the practical application of distributed led…