PROPOSED · Government / Markets / Tokenisation / Money

The UK Is Preparing a Digital Gilt Transaction

HM Treasury plans an initial Digital Gilt Instrument transaction by the first quarter of 2027, using HSBC Orion. This remains a planned issuance.

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HM Treasury · Source published:

Signal reviewed:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/update-on-the-digital-gilt-instrument-digit-pilot-issuance/update-on-the-digital-gilt-instrument-digit-pilot-issuance

Why Future Owned cares

Government debt is a useful test of new market rails. We are investigating what changes in settlement and custody, rather than assuming a different underlying asset.

Future Owned’s research interpretation.

  • What changes about the asset itself?
  • Who operates the rails?

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