
In the latest chapter of this financial fable, a spotlight falls on former Ripple architect Ashish Birla, who, in a voice as sharp as a cockerel’s dawn call, declares that the Ledger was already encrypting assets-gold, diamonds, you name it-over a decade ago. While the broader world pretends to be astonished, the Ledger has, like a seasoned librarian, always had a record of every coin and note in its digital alcove. Now, the institutional giants-BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, names that echo through marble halls-have waltzed into this ballroom, sprinkling their grand capital into the digital amphitheater as if they were the first few patrons to glimpse a ghostly performance that had been rehearsing for centuries.