DBS Bank Issues Digital Bonds in First Security Token Offering
In hopes to grow its financial products on the DBS Digital Exchange (DDex), Singapore’s DBS Bank just announced its issuance of a $11.3 million digital bond in its security token offering (STO). A security token offering is similar to that of an IPO, in that it’s a type of public offering where tokenized digital securities […]
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