{"id":66780,"date":"2022-09-06T19:09:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T16:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=66780"},"modified":"2025-09-07T03:06:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T00:06:47","slug":"franklin-templeton-to-launch-metaverse-focused-etf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/franklin-templeton-to-launch-metaverse-focused-etf\/","title":{"rendered":"Franklin Templeton to launch metaverse-focused ETF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Franklin Templeton, which manages more than $1.4 trillion in assets, announced the launch of an exchange-traded fund (ETF) focused on metaverses. This was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solactive.com\/franklin-templeton-launches-new-metaverse-etf-tracking-solactive-global-metaverse-innovation-index\/\">said<\/a> in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>European investors will have access to the Franklin Metaverse UCITS ETF. The instrument will track the Solactive Global Metaverse Innovation Net Total Return Index. It comprises companies with a significant influence on the virtual worlds segment, including blockchain applications (Block, Galaxy Digital, Electronic Arts).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;The new ETF will be registered on Deutsche B\u00f6rse Xetra on September 7 and on Borsa Italiana, as well as on the London Stock Exchange on September 9,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The company noted that it is betting on metaverses and blockchain due to the potential &#8216;profound impact on society and global economic growth&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the investment company and Illuminate Financial <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/franklin-templeton-leads-curv-funding-round-the-crypto-custody-provider\">led a subsequent round<\/a> of Series A funding for Curv, a provider of infrastructure for storing cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2021, Franklin Templeton supported Galaxy Digital&#8217;s crypto funds fund <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/franklin-templeton-backs-galaxy-digitals-new-crypto-fund-of-funds-with-33-75-million\">with $33.75 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the autumn, the firm <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/investment-giant-franklin-templeton-opens-crypto-related-vacancies\">opened cryptocurrency-related vacancies<\/a> \u2014 an analyst and a trader.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, at the end of 2021, asset manager ProShares filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/proshares-to-launch-metaverse-focused-etf\">an application to launch an ETF<\/a> focused on the metaverse.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog Bitcoin news on our <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, rates and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Franklin Templeton, which manages more than $1.4 trillion in assets, announced the launch of an ETF focused on metaverses, according to a press release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1383,1353,1211,1361],"class_list":["post-66780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-franklin-templeton","tag-metaverses","tag-stock-market","tag-virtual-world-innovations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"16","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66782,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66780\/revisions\/66782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}