World’s first collectible crypto coin released in Lithuania

Bank of Lithuania's board member, Marius Jurgilas, at a press conference to present eurozone's first central bank-produced digital coin on July 9, in Vilnius, Lithuania. — AFP

Lithuania, which is positioning itself as a financial-technology hub for start-ups, rolled out the world’s first crypto coin for collectors.

The country's central bank said on July 9 that it’s opening an e-shop for purchases of a digital coin dedicated to the Baltic nation’s 1918 declaration of independence. It advised collectors to sign up before July 23, when it will offer 24,000 tokens based on blockchain technology.