{"id":95590,"date":"2026-03-25T20:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=95590"},"modified":"2026-03-25T20:50:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:50:23","slug":"franklin-templeton-to-launch-blockchain-based-etfs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/franklin-templeton-to-launch-blockchain-based-etfs\/","title":{"rendered":"Franklin Templeton to Launch Blockchain-Based ETFs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Asset manager Franklin Templeton, in partnership with Ondo Finance, will release <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-rwas-real-world-assets\">tokenized<\/a> versions of its <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-cryptocurrency-etf\">ETFs<\/a>, which will be directly accessible through cryptocurrency wallets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re excited to announce that Ondo has partnered with Franklin Templeton (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FTDA_US?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FTDA_US<\/a>), one of the world\u2019s largest asset managers with $1.7T AUM.<\/p>\n<p>Together, we\u2019re bringing exposure to Franklin Templeton-managed investment products onchain through Ondo Global Markets. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vY2AqbiMm7\">pic.twitter.com\/vY2AqbiMm7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ondo Finance (@OndoFinance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OndoFinance\/status\/2036828972986609877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Under the agreement, Ondo will acquire the company&#8217;s funds and issue tokens based on them through a separate firm.<\/p>\n<p>Product holders will gain rights to income, but not to the underlying shares \u2014 the structure allows digital assets to be used as collateral or integrated into DeFi applications. Ondo&#8217;s market makers will also provide liquidity, even during hours when traditional exchanges are closed.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative targets a growing class of investors who operate exclusively through wallets and stablecoins, without direct interaction with the stock market.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, Franklin Templeton and Ondo will tokenize five funds: FFOG, FLQL, FGDL, FLHY, and INCE. These include high-yield corporate stocks, primarily from the US.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe selected ETFs represent a good mix of different types of investments. This gives us a great opportunity to test what truly interests a new audience,\u201d said Sandy Kaul, head of innovation at the asset manager.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As of February, Franklin Templeton&#8217;s assets were valued at approximately $1.7 trillion. Ondo Finance manages tokenized products worth about $2.7 billion.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/rwa.xyz\">RWA.xyz<\/a>, since 2025, the market value of real-world digital assets has grown by approximately 360% to $26.5 billion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-68bacebe0553bdcd-61703839577398-1024x455.png\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-277427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-68bacebe0553bdcd-61703839577398-1024x455.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-68bacebe0553bdcd-61703839577398-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-68bacebe0553bdcd-61703839577398-768x341.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-68bacebe0553bdcd-61703839577398-1536x683.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-68bacebe0553bdcd-61703839577398.png 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: RWA.xyz.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, according to Ondo Finance President Ian De Bode, regulatory uncertainty in the US has slowed adoption, as officials have yet to establish clear guidelines for tokenized ETFs.<\/p>\n<p>Several market participants point to the complexity of integrating blockchain with the traditional financial ecosystem, which relies on broker-dealers and authorized participants for issuing and redeeming shares. Structuring products to accommodate cryptocurrency wallets while complying with securities laws also remains a significant challenge.<\/p>\n<p>In March, the US Securities and Exchange Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/sec-grants-nasdaq-approval-for-tokenized-stock-trading\">approved<\/a> Nasdaq&#8217;s proposal to trade tokenized shares.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asset manager Franklin Templeton, in partnership with Ondo Finance, will release tokenized versions of its ETFs, directly accessible through cryptocurrency wallets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Franklin Templeton to release tokenized ETFs with Ondo Finance.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1282,569,1383,1308],"class_list":["post-95590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-asset-tokenization","tag-etf","tag-franklin-templeton","tag-rwa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"56","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Franklin Templeton to release tokenized ETFs with Ondo Finance.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95590","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=95590"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95592,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95590\/revisions\/95592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}