Franklin Templeton, a global investment powerhouse that manages $1.6 trillion assets, is expanding its own Benji technology platform into the BNB chain ecosystem.
The move will amplify Benji’s institutional grade tokenization expertise by leveraging the technical strength of the BNB chain, including scalable, low-cost infrastructure and high transactional throughput, to create new classes of on-chain financial assets.
“Our goal is to meet more investors and active investors, while tokenization continues to push the boundaries of what security and compliance can offer at the forefront,” Roger Baston, head of digital assets at Franklin Templeton, said in a press release shared with Coindesk.
“Franklin Templeton and the BNB Chain will work to provide tokenized assets with more usefulness and enhanced capabilities for retail and institutional clients around the world,” Baston said.
Franklin Templeton’s Benji Technology Platform is an integrated stack designed to promote 24/7 trading and management of tokenized assets and to facilitate yield distribution. Over the years, the platform has expanded to multiple blockchains, including Stellar, Ethereum and Vechain.
According to Sarasong, head of business development at BNB Chain, Benji’s expansion into BNB chains stands out as the chain offers a dedicated environment for tokenization.
“The BNB chain has a dedicated environment that publishers cannot find elsewhere: fast payments, low rates, compliant data tools in one ecosystem,” says Sarasong, head of business development at BNB chain.
“For an agency like Franklin Templeton, it’s not just about technology, but also about partnering with a chain that already demonstrates true liquidity and large-scale adoption,” Song explained.
At the time of writing, the total tokenized real-world assets in the BNB chain exceeded $542 million, making it the eighth largest in the world, according to BNB’s Dune-based tracker. The global RWA market will grow five times in three years, and is estimated to reach $30 trillion by 2030.
“The institutional adoption of tokenization has shifted from pilot projects to deployed deployments. The initial question was whether regulated assets could exist in chains. Today, the focus is on which networks can support them by institutional standards.
