Tokenisation means putting real-world assets such as bonds, funds, property, commodities and private equity onto a blockchain, so they can be traded and settled as digital tokens.

It matters because the Bank of England, the FCA and major UK banks are building it now, and the UK is racing New York and Singapore to set the rules.

Blockchain Scotland is hosting Scotland’s first Tokenisation Summit at the Informatics Forum, University of Edinburgh, bringing together around 180 people from finance, regulation, government, academia and technology.

Confirmed speakers include voices from the Ethereum Foundation, Asian Development Bank, 21Shares, Baillie Gifford, Burness Paull, Polymesh, the UKUS Crypto Alliance and the University of Edinburgh Business School, with further names to be announced.