Franklin Templeton Holds Approximately $1.5B of Tokenized Assets on BNB Chain

Franklin Templeton holds approximately $1.5B in tokenized fund shares on BNB Chain as of mid-October 2026, representing about 59.8% of the firm's around $2.55B total onchain footprint across 10 blockchains. Total assets on the firm's proprietary Benji tokenization platform reached between $2.5B and $2.6B by October 2026, with the BENJI token—which represents shares in the Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund (FOBXX)—accounting for approximately $760M of that total. After launching on Stellar in April 2021, the Benji platform expanded to BNB Chain in September 2025 via a partnership with Binance, where Franklin Templeton's holdings subsequently surged by over 1,200% in a single month in early 2026. In August 2026, the SEC issued a no-action letter permitting Franklin Templeton, which manages assets valued at as much as $1.83T, to use BENJI for cash management and collateral purposes.