Investment firm Franklin Templeton (NYSE: $BEN) is launching new tokenized exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that will trade 24 hours a day, seven days a week inside cryptocurrency wallets.
Franklin Templeton, which manages $1.68 trillion U.S. in assets, says its new tokenized ETFs can be traded around the clock within investors’ crypto wallets.
Specifically, investors will be able to trade ETF shares as tokens on a blockchain from their compliant crypto wallet even when most stock markets are closed.
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The ETF products span U.S. equities, fixed income, and gold, with an initial rollout targeted at investors in Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Latin America.
Franklin Templeton has been at the forefront of blockchain finance. The company launched its Benji Technology Platform in 2021, which hosted the first U.S.-registered money market fund on a blockchain.
The Benji fund now has $557 million U.S. of assets under management (AUM).
The firm has also been aggressive on the crypto ETF front, offering a signature Franklin Crypto Index ETF (BATS: $EZPZ) that is comprised three-quarters by Bitcoin (CRYPTO: $BTC).
Franklin Templeton has recently partnered with crypto exchange Binance to allow tokenized fund shares to be used as collateral for institutional trades.
Tokenized stocks and blockchain-based infrastructure enable real-time trading at any hour of the day, and a growing number of exchanges and asset managers are moving in that direction.
Both the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq (NASDAQ: $NDAQ) are moving to adopt tokenized securities and enable around-the-clock trading.
The tokenized real-world asset market exceeded $22 billion U.S. globally in 2025, according to market data.
BEN stock has risen 19% in the last 12 months to trade at $23.89 U.S. per share.