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Franklin Templeton: Native Fund Tokenization and the Future of Asset Management
Franklin Templeton launched a 40-Act fund natively on-chain five years ago. Today, its shareholder record operates exclusively on blockchain.
In this episode of The Final Block, Georges Bock sits down with Robert Crossley, Head of Digital & Industry Advisory Services at Franklin Templeton, to discuss what this actually changes for asset managers and the broader capital markets.
The discussion explores real-time shareholder records, programmable assets, collateral mobility, and why adoption will ultimately be driven by utility rather than technology itself.
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