The London Stock Exchange (LSE), which is one of the largest regulated exchanges globally, has issued an STO worth £3 million on the LSE’s Turquoise platform.

This is the first STO, or as some are calling it an Equity Token-Offering (ETO), for The LSE, and has been carried out within the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Fintech Sandbox for a company called 20/30.

Nivaura helped with the 20/30 issue, and had previously been involved in launching a bond on the Ethereum network, claiming that by using Blockchain technology the costs of issuing a bond could fall by as much as 65% to 80%.

Nivaura recently raised over £20 million from Linklaters, Allen Overy, and the LSE to develop their business as they believe that Digitising the issuance of bonds and equities for private and publicly quoted businesses is here to stay.

No doubt other exchanges around the world will be keeping a close watch on the LSE, as they will not want London to steal too big an advantage in this sector, which is attracting considerable institutional interest around the world!