A Shockwave Through TradFi
Key Highlights
• Franklin Templeton expands its Benji tokenization platform to BNB Chain.
• Tokenized funds risk shaking the foundations of traditional finance.
Yello, Paradisers! When Franklin Templeton, a $1.6 trillion asset manager, chooses BNB Chain to house its Benji platform, the signal to Wall Street isn’t subtle. The biggest names in finance are no longer flirting with blockchain; they’re preparing to migrate. For regulators, banks, and even rival funds, this raises a chilling question: what happens when the “plumbing” of finance moves faster than the institutions built to control it?
Benji’s Expanding Reach
The Benji platform has already tokenized Franklin’s U.S. Government Money Fund (FOBXX), with $730 million mirrored on-chain. What began on Stellar now stretches across Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, Arbitrum, Base, Avalanche, and today, BNB Chain. Roger Bayston, Franklin’s digital assets head, calls it “meeting investors where they’re active.” Read between the lines: it’s a warning that tokenization isn’t a sideshow anymore.
A Global Domino Effect
BNB Chain gains legitimacy, Binance gains allies, and suddenly Nasdaq’s push to tokenize stocks doesn’t look so radical. But with tokenized trillions comes danger: fragmented laws, murky enforceability, and protocols that could be tested by the sheer weight of institutional money. As JPMorgan warned, this isn’t just innovation, it’s fragility at scale.
Why It Matters
This is how market architecture cracks: slowly, then suddenly. The very institutions meant to defend financial stability are racing into the same experimental rails they once dismissed. For crypto, it’s validation. For TradFi, it’s a risk. For investors, it’s a new battlefield.
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