BlackRock launches tokenized money market fund access in Europe

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BlackRock has debuted tokenized access to its money market funds in Europe, covering a pool worth $311 billion. The move follows the asset manager's earlier expansion of its U.S. tokenized cash platform this week. That U.S. expansion included offering onchain shares of an existing fund. BlackRock also introduced a new daily reinvestment stablecoin fund as part of the broader initiative.

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