Czech National Bank issues its first DLT bonds, testing purchases, sales against payment and repo with a domestic bank

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High Primary source (regulator / official record); quote string-matched against the live page.

Quote verified

2026-11-13 11:59 UTC

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SHA-256 403ec05fb257501f75d03d07064bccc676a147e99a050d747d85b9c0afd47be2 · fetched 2026-11-12 · Wayback Machine copy ↗

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Primary Czech National Bank ↗

Verified quotes

• “For the first time in its history, the Czech National Bank (CNB) has issued its bonds in tokenised form using distributed ledger technology (DLT).”

• “It tested bond transfers, purchases and sales against payment, as well as repo transactions.”

• “A domestic commercial bank acted as the counterparty in the tests. Settlement took place almost instantaneously. For testing purposes, the volume of the transactions was in the tens of thousands of koruna. The transactions took place in October and November.”

• “It recently invested in a euro-denominated government bond that exists exclusively on DLT.”

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Additional evidence

• Primary The CNB’s first DLT bond and the new physics of the digital koruna (speech by Governor Aleš Michl, CzechCrunch Money Maker, Prague, 10 November 2026) ↗ · Czech National Bank
• Primary The Czech National Bank’s first DLT bond and the new physics of the digital koruna (BIS central bankers' speeches copy) ↗ · BIS