In yesterday’s column, I discussed how blockchain technology’s place in the finance industry was changing. While at first there was the hype-fuelled rush around crypto exchanges and digital tokens, now the industry is taking a more considered approach. The traditional finance giants are looking to embrace the technology through tokenisation, a process through which a digital representation of a real thing can be created and stored “on chain”. The likes of BlackRock and Fidelity International are among those that have already launched their own tokenised money market funds. Ireland’s claim to relevance in this story is not that it will…

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