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India starts tokenizing $620 billion corporate bond market with digital rupee settlement

What CoinDesk reports, why it matters and what remains unconfirmed.

MarketsBy Shaurya Malwa at CoinDesk
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01 / What happened

What CoinDesk reports

SEBI’s Demat 2.0 pilot turns corporate bonds into digital tokens and settles payment through the RBI’s wholesale digital rupee, with secondary trading and retail access expected in later phases.
02 / Why it matters

The immediate significance

The report bears on the path from tokenisation plans to usable financial infrastructure. The practical significance depends on legal status, live issuance and measurable activity rather than the announcement alone.

03 / Evidence gaps

What remains unknown

  1. The extract does not establish final legal status, live issuance or measurable user activity.
  2. No matched primary document independently supporting the central claim is linked to this page.
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