Purpose-bound money, still searching for its purpose

AT the recent Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF), I bought lunch for myself using some digital Singapore dollars. The experience was rather underwhelming – it reminded me of the process of using the digital Community Development Council (CDC) vouchers, except it was more unwieldy.

My tokens were loaded on to a unique wallet that I knew how to access only via a webli…

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