World asset supervisor Franklin Templeton has accomplished its acquisition of crypto asset supervisor 250 Digital, closing a deal first introduced in April and increasing its digital asset enterprise with a brand new division centered on cryptocurrency investing.
As a part of the transaction, Franklin Templeton absorbed 250 Digital’s funding workforce and cryptocurrency methods right into a newly created division known as Franklin Crypto. The unit shall be led by former 250 Digital executives Christopher Perkins and Seth Ginns alongside Franklin Templeton digital property govt Tony Pecore.
The acquisition follows CoinFund’s determination earlier this yr to spin out its liquid methods enterprise into 250 Digital because the crypto funding agency sharpened its give attention to enterprise investing.
Franklin Templeton stated Franklin Crypto will provide institutional traders actively managed cryptocurrency methods, combining the funding capabilities of the previous 250 Digital workforce with the asset supervisor’s world distribution community. The corporate didn’t disclose the monetary phrases of the acquisition.
The brand new division builds on the asset supervisor’s current digital asset enterprise, which features a devoted unit centered on digital asset analysis, portfolio development and institutional threat administration. Franklin Templeton manages roughly $1.78 trillion in property and operates in additional than 35 international locations, in keeping with the corporate.
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Franklin Templeton broadens crypto and tokenization efforts
The acquisition is the most recent in a collection of strikes by Franklin Templeton to broaden its digital asset enterprise throughout cryptocurrency investing and tokenized monetary merchandise.
In February, the corporate introduced a partnership with Binance that lets institutional traders use tokenized cash market fund shares as collateral for cryptocurrency buying and selling. Beneath the framework, the tokenized fund shares remained in regulated custody whereas their collateral worth is mirrored inside Binance’s buying and selling system.
In March, Franklin Templeton partnered with Ondo Finance to supply tokenized exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on blockchain networks, increasing entry to its funding merchandise past conventional brokerage accounts. Final week, the agency additionally proposed two ETFs that will reinvest inventory dividends into Bitcoin-linked investments, making a hybrid technique spanning equities and digital property.
RWA.xyz information exhibits Franklin Templeton’s tokenized property have greater than tripled over the previous yr, rising from about $768 million in June 2025 to greater than $2.5 billion in the present day.
The broader tokenized asset market has additionally expanded quickly, with onchain RWA worth rising from about $11.8 billion to $32.2 billion over the previous yr.
The worth of Franklin Templeton’s tokenized property. Supply: RWA.xyz
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