Franklin Templeton integrates its Benji platform with MoonPay Trade, enabling eligible institutions to move between stablecoins and tokenized money market funds onchain, expanding access to tokenized assets and liquidity.
Institutions can now trade on Binance using tokenized money market fund shares held off-exchange. Assets stay in regulated custody, unlocking crypto liquidity without moving funds onto the exchange.
Franklin Templeton's SVP Chetan discusses dot-com bubble parallels, DBS partnership lowering tokenized fund entry to $20, and Benji platform expansion across 10+ blockchains.
BNB Chain has become the largest blockchain network on Franklin Templeton’s Benji tokenization platform, according to data from RWA.xyz cited by Techub News. The network now holds about $1.5 billion in assets on the platform, accounting for 61.71% of Benji’s total assets and moving ahead of Stellar, which had previously led. The same dataset shows BNB Chain’s holdings on the platform rose 1226% over the past month. Franklin Templeton integrated the Benji technology platform with BNB Chain in 2025. At present, the platform is expanding its tokenized financial products through channels including Kraken, MoonPay, and Binance. Its total assets under management stand at about $2.44 billion. The report attributes the data to crypto.news.
Benji Taylor, formerly Head of Design at Coinbase's Layer 2 network Base, has joined Elon Musk's X platform as Head of Design, signaling a focus on user experience upgrades.
A widely shared CryptoComLearn article revisits some of the strangest coin names in crypto, arguing that poor branding can hurt credibility, adoption, and market perception even before technology is evaluated.
This week's crypto spotlight falls on ASTER, HYPE, and BNB. ASTER surged to $2.41 ATH, HYPE retreated on looming unlock, and BNB topped $1,079 before consolidating. Market sentiment is mixed.
Franklin Templeton, managing $1.6 trillion, integrates its Benji platform with BNB Chain to deliver tokenized financial products. The move leverages low-cost rails and fast settlement, aiming to reach everyday investors and institutions, marking a milestone in real-world asset tokenization.
