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Hana Bank in South Korea issued a $100 million, 5-year foreign currency digital bond, directly utilizing Euroclear's digital financial market infrastructure. This is the first digital bond issued directly using the Euroclear blockchain infrastructure in South Korea. The issuance, registration, and settlement of the bond are all processed through a distributed ledger network, and the distribution and payment settlement of the bond have been shortened from 3 to 5 working days to the same day. Investors can trade the bond through the Euroclear global settlement network through existing accounts and trading systems.