# Franklin Templeton

> One Powerful Relationship. Boundless Opportunities.

Global investment management organization serving clients in over 165 countries.

Franklin Templeton is a global investment firm committed to delivering better client outcomes. With employees in over 30 countries, they offer specialized expertise across a wide range of asset classes, including equity, fixed income, alternatives and custom multi-asset solutions.

- Type: Company
- Sector: Finance
- Status: Active
- Founded: 1947-01-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/Franklin_Templeton

## Products

- [Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Franklin_Templeton): Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund is the first U.S.-registered mutual fund to use public blockchain as the system of record for processing transactions and recording share ownership, currently operating on Stellar, Polygon, Arbitrum, Avalanche, and Aptos networks. (Managed Fund, Live, Main Product)
- [Benji Investments](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Franklin_Templeton): Benji Investments provides a mobile app and institutional web portal enabling users to purchase, transfer, and manage BENJI tokens representing shares of the Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund with blockchain-based recordkeeping. (Centralised Exchange, Live, Main Product)
- [Franklin Bitcoin ETF](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Franklin_Templeton): Franklin Bitcoin ETF tracks the spot price of Bitcoin through a regulated exchange-traded fund structure, providing institutional and retail investors exposure to Bitcoin performance. (Managed Fund, Live, Main Product)
- [Franklin Ethereum ETF](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Franklin_Templeton): Franklin Ethereum ETF provides exposure to Ethereum through a regulated exchange-traded fund structure, tracking the spot price of ETH for institutional and retail investors. (Managed Fund, Live, Main Product)
- [Franklin Crypto Index ETF](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Franklin_Templeton): Franklin Crypto Index ETF provides diversified exposure to Bitcoin and Ethereum through a single exchange-traded fund, weighted by market capitalization according to CF Benchmark's Institutional Digital Asset Index. (Managed Fund, Live, Main Product)
- [Franklin Digital Assets Core SMA](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Franklin_Templeton): Franklin Digital Assets Core SMA provides separately managed account services for digital asset investment strategies, offering institutional clients professional management of cryptocurrency portfolios. (Managed Fund, Live)

## Assets

- [OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund (FOBXX) (FOBXX)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Franklin_Templeton): FOBXX is a U.S.-registered money market fund issued by Franklin Templeton that uses public blockchains as the official system of record to process transactions and record share ownership. It invests at least 99.5% of its total assets in U.S. government securities, cash, and repurchase agreements fully collateralized by U.S. government securities or cash. The fund accrues yield daily through newly minted BENJI tokens that are airdropped directly into shareholder wallets, with shareholders able to transfer BENJI tokens directly to other shareholders on enabled public blockchains. (Security)
- [BENJI (BENJI)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Franklin_Templeton): BENJI is a tokenized money market fund share representing the Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund issued by Franklin Templeton. It is used to hold exposure to a regulated money market fund that invests in U.S. government securities, and can be transferred peer-to-peer on multiple blockchains or used as collateral in digital markets. Unlike traditional fund shares, BENJI tokens are recorded on public blockchains, enabling holders to transfer ownership instantly without intermediaries and integrate their holdings into decentralized finance protocols. (Wrapped Tokens)
- [Franklin Bitcoin ETF (EZBC)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Franklin_Templeton): EZBC is an exchange-traded fund issued by Franklin Templeton that provides direct exposure to Bitcoin spot prices. It is used by investors seeking Bitcoin exposure through a regulated investment vehicle without the complexities of holding Bitcoin directly. The fund tracks the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate - New York Variant, holding physical Bitcoin to reflect its price in U.S. dollars while charging a 0.19% expense ratio. (Security)
- [Franklin Ethereum ETF (EZET)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Franklin_Templeton): EZET is a spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund issued by Franklin Templeton. It is used by investors to gain direct exposure to Ethereum price movements without holding the cryptocurrency directly, trading on traditional stock exchanges like any other ETF. The fund directly holds Ethereum rather than investing in futures contracts, allowing its performance to closely track the spot price of the underlying asset. (Security)
- [Franklin Crypto Index ETF (EZPZ)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Franklin_Templeton): EZPZ is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the CF Institutional Digital Asset Index by investing in a diversified portfolio of cryptocurrencies. It is used to gain market-cap weighted exposure to Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, Dogecoin, Cardano, Stellar Lumens, and Chainlink in approximately the same weights as the underlying index. Shares of EZPZ trade on traditional stock exchanges, allowing investors to access cryptocurrency exposure through standard brokerage accounts without directly holding digital assets. (Security)

## Links

- [Main](https://www.franklintempleton.com)
- [Blog](https://www.franklintempleton.com/about-us/news-room/index)
- [Documentation](https://www.franklintempleton.com/tools-and-resources)
- [Privacy policy](https://www.franklintempleton.com/help/privacy-policy)
- [Terms of Service](https://www.franklintempleton.com/help/terms-of-use)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/franklin-templeton)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/FranklinTempletonTV)
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/franklintempleton)
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/franklintempleton)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/FTI_US)

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