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Today in crypto, the UK government appointed HSBC Orion for its tokenized digital bond pilot, crypto lender BlockFills revealed it halted customer withdrawals last week on market conditions, and BlackRock announced its first formal move into decentralized finance, bringing its BUIDL tokenized US Treasury fund to Uniswap.
The United Kingdom’s government has appointed HSBC’s tokenization platform to power a pilot issuance of digital government bonds, known as “gilts,” marking the latest step in its push to modernize sovereign debt markets using blockchain technology.
HM Treasury has appointed HSBC Orion to facilitate the Digital Gilt Instrument (DIGIT) pilot issuance, according to a Thursday announcement.
