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2026-08-21 00:36

Tokenized assets will enter traditional funds; Franklin Templeton plans to use them for ETFs and mutual funds

Odaily News Franklin Templeton is preparing to bring tokenized assets into traditional investment funds. The company stated that, following approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, its digital-native products will be permitted for use in traditional funds for the first time. According to a publicly disclosed letter from the SEC and information shared by company executives, Franklin Templeton plans to use its tokenized money market fund for ETFs and mutual funds, both as fund holdings and as collateral.

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2026-08-20 20:19

Franklin Templeton Completes First $1.5 Billion Mortgage Fund Debt Offering

Franklin Templeton announced the completion of its first Collateralized Fund Obligation (CFO), Franklin Templeton Structured Solutions 2026, L.P., raising $1.5 billion from global investors. The offering is designed to provide institutional investors with diversified exposure to its private markets strategies, covering private equity secondaries and continuation funds managed by Lexington Partners, as well as U.S. middle-market direct lending managed by Benefit Street Partners.

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2026-08-18 14:21

RWA DeFi Deposits Surpass $3.98 Billion, 6x Growth in One Year

According to Cryptopolitan, data from the on-chain data platform DefiLlama shows that as of August 18, the active deposit size of Real World Assets (RWA) in DeFi protocols has reached $3.98 billion, representing an approximately 6-fold increase compared to $651 million a year ago; three years ago, this figure was only $12 million. The current total issuance of tokenized RWA is $34.55 billion, but the actual on-chain utilization rate is only about 11.5%. Of this, private credit accounts for over half of the active total with $2.13 billion, bonds contribute $799 million, and reinsurance contributes $406 million. In contrast, the utilization rate of tokenized treasury bonds is extremely low—BlackRock BUIDL issuance reaches $2.74 billion, but on-chain deployment is only $18 million, with a utilization rate of only 0.66%; Franklin Templeton BENJI utilization rate is zero. Analysis points out that such products are designed specifically for institutional cash management, where holders pursue treasury yields rather than lending capabilities; tokenization only improves settlement efficiency and does not convert them into collateral.

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2026-08-13 19:57

SEC Allows Franklin Templeton Funds to Invest in Its On-Chain Money Market Fund

Odaily News: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stated it will not take enforcement action if asset management firm Franklin Templeton fund managers invest cash into its Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund. The fund invests in U.S. government securities and aims to maintain a price of $1 per share. The SEC also allowed affiliated transfer agent Franklin Templeton Investor Services (FTIS) to serve as custodian for the tokenized fund and hold private keys, without needing to comply with existing physical custody rules. The arrangement includes 12 conditions, requiring Franklin Templeton to prevent unauthorized instructions and requiring FTIS to have management controls capable of correcting, freezing, migrating, or recovering records. Data shows that Franklin Templeton manages $2.5 billion in on-chain assets through its tokenized fund, ranking fifth among tokenized asset managers. The company established a dedicated crypto business unit in June and acquired crypto asset management firm 250 Digital. (Cointelegraph)

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2026-08-13 03:56

Registered funds can use on-chain money market fund FOBXX to manage cash; SEC Division of Investment Management issues no-action letter to FTDA_US

Odaily News: Fox Business crypto reporter posted on X platform that the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Investment Management has issued a no-action letter to FTDA_US, allowing its registered funds to use Franklin Templeton's on-chain money market fund FOBXX to manage cash, including securities lending collateral. The exemption allows Franklin Templeton to custody these fund shares and record ownership through its blockchain-integrated system, without needing to comply with certain traditional rules established for physical securities. Franklin Templeton stated that this structure supports intraday trading, hourly net asset value calculations, and faster transaction processing.

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2026-08-04 09:10

Franklin Templeton Becomes Canton Network Super Validator, Further Expanding Into Institutional-Grade Blockchain Infrastructure

Franklin Templeton Digital Assets stated that traditional finance and decentralized finance are converging at an accelerating pace, and institutions should not only use blockchain but also participate in its infrastructure operations. To deepen its investment in the blockchain infrastructure sector, Franklin Templeton has become a super validator of the Canton Network. The institution stated that this move will help enhance transaction security and compliance, and lay the foundation for future institutional capital on-chain.

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2026-07-28 05:49

Asset manager Franklin Templeton, with $1.79 trillion in assets under management, supports the CLARITY Act

Asset management firm Franklin Templeton announced its support for the CLARITY Act on July 27. Franklin Resources had previously disclosed that as of June 30, its assets under management totaled $1.79 trillion, up from $1.78 trillion a month earlier. Franklin Templeton stated that the CLARITY Act would establish clearer rules for digital assets, help investors understand the protections available, and increase corporate certainty regarding the division of federal regulatory responsibilities. BlackRock, Fidelity Investments, Goldman Sachs, and Charles Schwab have previously publicly supported this market structure bill. Senate Republicans released an updated version on July 22, proposing to divide the regulatory oversight of digital assets between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

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2026-07-22 21:29

Franklin Templeton Digital Assets Head Says AI Agents Are Next Key Use Case for Blockchain

: Sandy Kaul, Head of Digital Assets and Innovation at investment management firm Franklin Templeton, stated that the AI agent economy will increase demand for blockchain protocols to facilitate machine-to-machine micropayments. Traditional bank card networks are unsuitable for agent-based payments due to fees and settlement times. Sandy Kaul pointed out that blockchain networks like Aptos, Solana, and BNB Chain are more suitable for the agent economy, with transactions settling in seconds, faster than the 1 to 3 business day settlement time of the Visa network. In a joint report, payment company Visa and investment validation platform Artemis stated that traditional bank cards designed for low-frequency human commercial activities are insufficient to support AI agents, which require near-zero fees and faster settlement. Since its launch in May 2025, the x402 payment protocol developed by Coinbase has seen an adjusted transaction volume of $15 million and over 109 million adjusted transactions.

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2026-07-16 10:15

Crypto liquidation platform Glacis Labs closes $6.8 million seed round, led by Lightspeed Faction.

According to The Block, crypto liquidation platform Glacis Labs announced the completion of a $6.8 million seed funding round led by Lightspeed Faction, with participation from Franklin Templeton, Coinbase Ventures, A.GAIN (formerly IDC Ventures), Protein Capital, and Techni Ventures. The financing was completed in the form of equity with token warrants.

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2026-07-02 04:51

STBL Launches RWA-Backed Stablecoin USST on Stellar

on July 1, 2026, STBL launched the institution-grade stablecoin USST on the Stellar network. This stablecoin is backed by real-world assets, with the initial minting collateral being the tokenized Treasury bill USDY. USST is built on STBL's Stablecoin 2.0 infrastructure, allowing market participants to deposit eligible real-world assets, such as tokenized Treasury bills or money market funds, to mint USST. It supports settlement, collateral liquidity, and cross-border payments. STBL plans to add Franklin Templeton's BENJI as a second collateral option but has not yet set a date for the BENJI collateral integration, nor has it disclosed the initial minting size of USST on Stellar.

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2026-06-25 08:05

Cambrian announced the completion of a $6 million seed funding round, co-led by Franklin Templeton and Polychain Capital.

According to The Block, Cambrian, a blockchain data infrastructure startup, has announced the completion of a $6 million seed funding round co-led by Franklin Templeton and Polychain Capital. Flow Traders, Selini Capital, Paper Ventures, and Nomad Capital also participated. Angel investors include Jason Mo, Avi Felman, and Alex Lee and Willy Chuang, co-founders of TrueNorth. This round was structured as a SAFE with token warrants, and Franklin Templeton and Polychain Capital have secured board observer seats. With this round, Cambrian’s total funding raised reaches $11.9 million, including its previously announced $5.9 million pre-seed round led by a16z CSX.

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2026-06-25 06:13

Blockchain data infrastructure company Cambrian raises $6 million in seed funding, co-led by Franklin Templeton and Polychain

Odaily reports: Blockchain data infrastructure startup Cambrian has secured $6 million in seed funding, co-led by Franklin Templeton and Polychain Capital, with participation from Flow Traders, Selini Capital, Paper Ventures, Nomad Capital, and others.As previously reported by Odaily, Cambrian also received a $5.9 million pre-seed investment led by the a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator, bringing its total funding to $11.9 million.Founded in 2024, Cambrian currently offers APIs for institutions and AI agents, providing real-time and historical on-chain data covering yield, risk, lending rates, trading activity, liquidity positions, and market sentiment, helping users allocate capital on-chain. The company plans to expand its existing APIs into a verifiable blockchain data oracle network, serving institutional financial clients, AI agent builders, and protocols that require reliable data to control capital flows. Unlike traditional oracles that primarily provide price data, Cambrian aims to aggregate data from lending protocols, DEX liquidity, social sentiment, developer activity, and historical market data.According to Cambrian, its platform has processed millions of API calls, currently indexes approximately $4.5 billion in TVL across four major lending protocols, tracks 1,789 vaults managed by 895 curators, and monitors over 320,000 DEX liquidity pools on Base and Solana. The company also plans to expand trading data support by integrating Hyperliquid and richer perpetual contract data.

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2026-06-23 22:49

The tokenized version of Franklin Templeton’s ETF USPX has launched on Mantle’s DEX, Fluxion.

The tokenized version of Franklin Templeton’s Franklin U.S. Equity Index ETF (USPX), issued by xStocks as USPXx, has launched on Fluxion, Mantle’s decentralized exchange (DEX). Mantle stated that Fluxion is among the first on-chain trading platforms to distribute this ETF, enabling users to execute AMM-free, zero-slippage trades via Atomic RFQ.

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2026-06-23 20:40

Franklin Templeton Completes Acquisition of 250 Digital and Establishes New Crypto Division, Franklin Crypto

Franklin Templeton has announced the completion of its acquisition of 250 Digital, an active crypto investment management firm, and has established a new division named Franklin Crypto. The asset manager, which oversees $1.7 trillion in assets, did not disclose the financial terms of the deal. The new division aims to provide institutional investors with actively managed cryptocurrency strategies.The new division will combine the investment capabilities of the former 250 Digital team with Franklin Templeton's global distribution channels. As part of the closing agreement, Franklin Templeton will also invest its own capital into these liquidity strategies. The new unit has absorbed the entire 250 Digital investment team, along with all the liquid crypto strategies previously operated under CoinFund. Crypto industry veterans Christopher Perkins and Seth Ginns will co-lead the new division. (CoinDesk)

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2026-06-22 22:18

Franklin Templeton Completes Acquisition of 250 Digital, Officially Launches Franklin Crypto Division

According to an announcement on Franklin Templeton’s official website, Franklin Templeton completed its acquisition of 250 Digital, an actively managed crypto asset firm, on June 22, and officially launched its dedicated digital assets division, Franklin Crypto. Christopher Perkins has been appointed Head of the division, Seth Ginns serves as Chief Investment Officer, and Tony Pecore serves as Co-Leader; all three report to Sandy Kaul, Franklin Templeton’s Head of Innovation. Franklin Crypto will integrate 250 Digital’s existing investment team and the liquid crypto strategy previously managed by CoinFund, leveraging Franklin Templeton’s global distribution network to offer actively managed cryptocurrency strategies to institutional investors.

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2026-06-19 19:10

Franklin Templeton files for U.S. equity ETF that reinvests dividends into BTC exposure

Odaily, Franklin Templeton has filed an application for the Franklin US Equity Bitcoin DRIP Index ETF, a product that reinvests dividends into BTC exposure. (Cointelegraph)

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2026-06-19 18:10

Franklin Templeton Files for ETF That Reinvests Stock Dividends into Bitcoin

Franklin Templeton has filed applications with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for multiple ETFs whose underlying products will reinvest stock dividends into Bitcoin: the Franklin US Equity Bitcoin DRIP Index ETF and the Franklin US Innovation Bitcoin DRIP Index ETF. These ETFs are expected to become effective as early as September 1, 2026.

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2026-06-18 21:29

Avalanche Launches Payment Ecosystem Alliance, with 28 Organizations Already Onboard

Avalanche announced the launch of the Avalanche Payments Collective, with 28 organizations already joining the coalition to build payment infrastructure on the Avalanche network. The coalition aims to integrate multiple domains, including settlement, stablecoins, capital infrastructure, foreign exchange, asset management, compliance, and global payments. Members include Franklin Templeton, VanEck, WisdomTree, Paxos, Kraken, Anchorage Digital, Ethena, and the Wyoming Stablecoin Committee.

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2026-06-16 10:54

Yesterday, Ethereum spot ETFs saw a net inflow of $22.58 million.

According to data from Trader T (@thepfund), yesterday’s Ethereum spot ETFs recorded net inflows of $22.58 million, a marked improvement from the $4.93 million net outflow on June 12. Among them, BlackRock’s ETHA saw inflows of $17.62 million—accounting for over 70% of total inflows—and delivered the strongest performance. Grayscale’s mini-ETH ETF recorded inflows of $3.12 million, while Grayscale’s ETHE saw $1.77 million in inflows. Fidelity’s FETH, Bitwise’s ETHW, 21Shares’ TETH, Invesco’s QETH, Franklin Templeton’s EZET, and VanEck’s ETHV all registered zero inflows on the day.

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2026-06-16 10:54

Yesterday, Bitcoin spot ETFs saw a net outflow of $64.84 million.

According to data from Trader T (@thepfund), Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded a net outflow of $64.84 million yesterday. Grayscale’s GBTC alone saw a single-day outflow of $124 million, dragging down overall performance; BlackRock’s IBIT posted the strongest inflow at $66.45 million, followed by Morgan Stanley’s MSBT ($9.35 million) and Grayscale’s Mini BTC ($10.6 million); Fidelity’s FBTC recorded an outflow of $8.69 million, VanEck’s HODL $6.13 million, Ark Invest’s ARKB $6.63 million, and Franklin Templeton’s EZBC $5.78 million.

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