韩国中央银行正在为债券市场建立新的区块链系统
韩国银行（BOK）正在考虑为韩国债券市场开发一种新的区块链系统，这是亚洲最大的此类市场之一。
韩国金融新闻网站Yonhap Infomax 周二证实，韩国中央银行正在寻找一家可以构建新的区块链系统的公司，该系统将改善市场记录。
一名当地官员告诉韩联社，债券交易可以记录在区块链上，甚至可以构成“实时同步支付交易系统”的基础。该系统旨在与相关金融机构以及韩国金融监管机构韩国银行和公平贸易委员会（FTC）之间共享。
该报告称，除非有更大的监管明确性，否则韩国央行不太可能启动区块链债券系统。
根据金融数据网站Cbonds的数据，韩国债券市场是亚洲最大的市场之一。政府定期发行债务，外国投资者可以购买。随着负责任债券（例如绿色债券）的出现，中国已迅速成为区域领导者。到2019年6月，绿色债券的发行量升至 60亿美元以上，领先于中国20亿美元。
据说BOK受到世界银行的启发，该银行通过与澳大利亚联邦银行一起在私人版本的以太坊区块链上进行的两次债券出售，共筹集了1.08亿美元。
目前还不确定韩国央行提议的区块链计划是否只会与政府发行的债务整合，或者是否可以扩展到包括公司债务。同样，目前尚不清楚是否可以制作区块链债券平台来支持中央银行数字货币（CBDC）。
韩国央行于去年年底成立了一个专门研究CBDC的工作队。
#央行# #区块链# #债券市场#
South Korea’s Central Bank Is Building a New Blockchain System for the Bond Market
Feb 20, 2020 at 040 UTC
Updated Feb 20, 2020 at 16:25 UTC
The Bank of Korea (BOK) is looking at developing a new blockchain system for the Korean bond market, one of the largest such markets in Asia.
Korean financial news site Yonhap Infomax confirmed Tuesday the Korean central bank was looking for a company that can build a new blockchain system that would improve record-keeping for the market.
Bond transactions could be recorded on the blockchain and could even form the basis for a "real-time simultaneous payment trading system," a local official told Yonhap. The system would be designed to be shared between relevant financial institutions as well as the BOK and the Fair Trade Commission (FTC), Korea's financial watchdog.
The BOK is unlikely to launch a blockchain bond system until it has greater regulatory clarity on whether it would be ultimately responsible for any failure or accidents, the report reads.
The Korean bond market is one of the largest markets in Asia, according to financial data site Cbonds. The government regularly issues debt, which can be purchased by foreign investors. The country has rapidly become a regional leader with the advent of responsible bonds, such as green bonds, where issuances rose to more than $6 billion by June 2019, $2 billion ahead of China.
The BOK is said to have been inspired by the World Bank, which has raised a total of US$108 million through two bond sales held on a private version of the ethereum blockchain, together with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
It's uncertain whether the BOK's proposed blockchain initiative would only be integrated with government-issued debt, or whether it could be expanded to include corporate debt as well. Similarly, it is unclear if the blockchain bond platform could be made to support a central bank digital currency (CBDC).
The BOK established a task force dedicated to researching CBDCs at the end of last year.
#bond markets# #bank of korea# #blockchain#
