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Franklin Templeton CEO confirms rival tokenized funds miss the point of blockchain
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Jenny Johnson used her TOKEN2049 stage time to argue that many competing tokenized funds are digital copies that skip the efficiencies blockchains offer.
Key facts
- The total value of Franklin Templeton’s tokenized money funds, including BENJI, has reached an estimated $2.5 billion
- Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson took a swing at the competition at TOKEN2049 Singapore
- Franklin Templeton’s pitch is that its BENJI product works the other way
- Franklin Templeton has also been using BENJI in its own corporate dealings
Summary
Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson took a swing at the competition at TOKEN2049 Singapore. The conference ran October 7-8, 2026. Franklin Templeton’s pitch is that its BENJI product works the other way around. Join 34,000+ readers across crypto, finance, and policy.