Odaily Planet Daily News German technology giant Siemens announced that it has issued its second digital bond for 300 million euros. The bond issuance uses SWIAT's permissioned blockchain technology and is part of the European Central Bank's wholesale distributed ledger technology (DLT) settlement trial. This one-year bond uses Germany's Trigger solution to automate central bank payments through the TARGET 2 system, reducing settlement time to just a few minutes. In contrast, Siemens' previous 60 million euro bond issued on the Polygon blockchain took two days to settle. (cryptonews)