In TrendsSensex TodayRupee vs DollarGold and Silver PricesAsian StocksiPhone 18 ProNilekani says digital assets must reach millions as AI changes the way we workInfosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani said India needs tokenisation systems that can work at population scale, while a stronger start-up ecosystem will be crucial as AI changes employment.By Santia Gora September 10, 2026, 4:11:32 PM IST (Published)Nandan Nilekani, co-founder and chairman of Infosys, said tokenisation needs to move beyond creating digital tokens and towards building systems that can deliver tokenised assets reliably at population scale.Speaking at the Global Fintech Fest 2026, Nilekani pointed to growing interest in tokenisation among major banks, mutual funds and companies globally, but said the bigger challenge was building the infrastructure needed to make the technology work at scale.Tokenisation needs to go beyond digital tokensTokenisation allows assets and their rules to be represented digitally. In principle, the terms attached to an asset can travel with the digital token as it moves through financial systems.But creating a token is only the first step, Nilekani said. The focus also needs to be on how tokenised assets will be used and whether they can be delivered to users reliably and on time.That means building tokenisation infrastructure that…
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