UK targets £33B boost through tokenisation
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- The UK said tokenised financial markets could add up to £33 billion to annual economic output by 2035.
- The roadmap calls for the UK's first tokenised government bond by early 2027.
- The plan aims to expand blockchain from pilot projects into live financial markets.
The United Kingdom said tokenised financial markets could add up to £33 billion (US$44 billion) to annual economic output by 2035.
The estimate comes from the first report by Wholesale Digital Markets Champion Chris Woolard, who was appointed by HM Treasury.
The report calls for the UK's first tokenised government bond, known as a digital gilt, by the first quarter of 2027.
The roadmap also proposes using tokenised bonds for trading, borrowing, and as collateral with the Bank of England.
More than 50 companies, including BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, HSBC, Coinbase, Circle, Ripple, and Kraken, helped develop the plan.
The UK first announced its Digital Gilt Instrument pilot in 2024 and later selected HSBC's Orion platform to support the project.
The report aims to move tokenisation from small pilot programmes into everyday use across the UK's financial markets.