By Sofia Gerace ( February 12, 2026, 09:47 GMT | Insight) — The UK has chosen Orion, HSBC’s blockchain platform, to handle the pilot issuance of digital bonds this year. The initiative aims to modernize UK sovereign debt issuance using distributed ledger technology.The UK has chosen HSBC’s blockchain platform to handle the pilot issuance of digital bonds this year; a move that makes the UK the first G7 nation to issue tokenized sovereign bonds on a blockchain….

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