Slovenia has become the first European Union member state to issue a 30 million euro (32.50 million dollar) sovereign digital bond, settled on-chain via the Bank of France's tokenized cash system, as part of the ECB's experimental monetary settlement program. The four-month note, which matures on November 25, has a coupon rate of 3.65 percent. The Slovenian government said it settled on Thursday in a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC).