[Czech National Bank Pilots Distributed Ledger Technology Bond Issuance] According to Ledgerinsights, the Czech National Bank (CNB) has completed a test issuance of digital bonds. The test used the Czech Central Securities Depository, CSD Prague, which happened to be the first infrastructure to receive approval under the EU's Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) pilot program. Czech commercial bank Česká spořitelna served as the counterparty. The bond issuance amounted to only 10,000 Czech crowns (approximately US$453). The test was conducted through the CNB Lab and included purchase, sale, interest payments, and repurchase transactions.