China Construction Bank's blockchain bond efforts take a new direction
After an earlier attempt, China Construction Bank has gone back to the drawing board with new partners and a new proof-of-concept for a blockchain-based bond. China Construction Bank, the world's second-largest bank by assets, is cooperating with Malaysian and Singaporean partners to test blockchain technology for use in the bond market.As previously reported, China Construction Bank's branch in Labuan, Malaysia, had initially pursued a partnership with a Labuan-based fintech to issue what was hailed as prospectively the first-ever blockchain-based digital security to be issued by a....
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The "Big Four" Chinese bank has suspended the listing of a $3 billion bond issuance that was intended to be tradable for bitcoin and U.S. dollars.
The $3 billion blockchain bond has been effectively cancelled. China Construction Bank’s $3 billion blockchain bond has been reportedly withdrawn following an initial delay.Fusang Exchange, a Malaysian cryptocurrency exchange that was to be responsible for listing the bond, said that it has been withdrawn at the issuer’s request.According to Reuters on Nov. 23, CCB’s branch in Labuan informed Fusang Exchange on Nov. 20 that the bond issuance would not proceed.The blockchain-based bond was to be issued by Longbond Ltd, a special purpose platform designed solely to issue digital bonds and....
It is not currently clear when or if China Construction bank's debt issuance sale will be rescheduled. The listing of China Construction Bank’s blockchain-based debt issuance bonds has been delayed “at the request of the issuer” until further notice, according to a Nov. 13 statement from the Fusang exchange where they were due to be traded.A block-explorer scan of the smart-contract address associated with the sale shows no transactions, suggesting that the sale and issuance of the bonds has also been delayed.As Cointelegraph reported just last week, CCB is the second-largest bank in the....
China Construction Bank, one of the “big four” banks in China, is selling $3 billion in bonds that can be paid for with bitcoin. The bonds will be listed on a regulated Malaysian digital asset exchange. Beijing-based China Construction Bank (CCB) is selling $3 billion in bonds for bitcoin and U.S. dollars through its unit in Malaysia, the South China Morning Post reported Wednesday. This is the first digital security issued by a Chinese bank on a blockchain, the publication added, noting: The deal also allows investors to trade these China Construction Bank’s digital....
The Agricultural Bank of China, one of the Big Four Chinese Banks, has begun notifying its Bitcoin Exchange clients of upcoming changes to policy. The other 3 “Big Four” banks in China are: The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Construction Bank, and Bank of China. By market capitalization, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China is the largest bank in the entire world, according to Relbanks 2013 statistics on largest banks in the world. The Agricultural Bank of China is the 6th largest bank in the world by the same measure, outstripping all American Banks besides Wells....