[Northern Trust Launches Tokenized Money Market Share Class, Officially Entering the Digital Asset Market] According to Deep Tide TechFlow on March 2, as reported by Businesswire, TradFi giant Northern Trust announced the launch of a tokenized share class (Tokenized Money Market Share Class) for its NIF Treasury Instruments Portfolio, a U.S. short-term Treasury instrument. This marks its official entry into the digital asset market. The tokenized share class serves as a blockchain 'mirror record' of institutional-grade shares, enabling digital registration of holdings through blockchain technology. In the initial phase, it will be available to investment clients on BNY Mellon’s LiquidityDirect platform. (Note: A tokenized money market share class typically refers to a share class established within a tokenized money market fund for specific investor groups or trading methods, issued and managed in token form on a blockchain.)