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Franklin Templeton teams up with MoonPay to let big investors swap stablecoins for yields 24/7
The Wall Street giant is integrating its tech platform with MoonPay’s infrastructure, allowing eligible institutions to seamlessly swap stablecoins for yield-generating tokenized funds without ever leaving the blockchain.
Jun 2, 2026, 1:30 p.m. 2 min read
What to know:
- Franklin Templeton is partnering with MoonPay to let institutional investors move directly between supported stablecoins and the firm’s tokenized money market fund entirely onchain.
- The integration links Franklin Templeton’s Benji Technology Platform with MoonPay Trade, enabling eligible institutions to gain and shed exposure to the tokenized fund without leaving blockchain networks.
- Franklin Templeton sees rising institutional demand for 24/7 yield on cash-like assets and is expanding its digital asset push, including a new Franklin Crypto division and broader efforts in tokenized real-world assets.
The partnership comes as Franklin Templeton pushes deeper into digital assets. In April, the $1.74 trillion asset manager announced plans to launch Franklin Crypto, a dedicated cryptocurrency division anchored by the acquisition of crypto investment firm 250 Digital. The new unit will focus on active crypto investment strategies, while Franklin Templeton continues building tokenized versions of traditional financial products.
Sandy Kaul, Franklin Templeton’s head of innovation and digital assets, said the company sees 2026 as “the year of the universal liquidity layer,” where stablecoins, tokenized funds and other forms of digital money become interoperable and can be used across trading, lending and collateral applications.
