The government of Austria is to utilize ethereum’s public blockchain for the issuance of €1.15 billion ($1.35 billion) of government bonds in an auction that starts this October 2nd. Austria’s Finance Minister, Hartwig Löger, says:
“For us, blockchain technology forms a focus of economic policy. Through setting up the FinTech Advisory Council at the Ministry of Finance, we are developing strategies enabling Austria to benefit optimally from these developments.”
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